Key Weakness of the Wii - Graphic Capabilites?

[Viper1]

noname2200 said:

Viper1 said:

mike_intellivision said:

The Uncanny Valley.

The closer to life-like we render, the more flaws are revealed because of our inability to replicate real life on the same level we are familiar with obvserving it and therefore we can find it silly, zombie-like or even grotesque.

 

Actually the Valley can be overcome: Twestern posted some video (The Reals or some such, you can ask him) that did a fantastic job of seeming lifelike. The problem we as gamers have is that overcoming the valley remains absurdly time consuming and expensive for now. So if developers can't afford HD costs, they're definitely not going to be able to shell out enough to surmount the Valley anytime soon.

But I'll admit the eye-candy possibilities are enticing, if someone was willing to bankrupt themselves for "art."

Indeed it can be overcome but it's such a developmental and financial burden that it's not really warranted (at hsi point) to persue it as a standard goal of achievement.

 

Curious, the video Twestern posted, was it rendered on the fly as a game console would or pre-rendered? 

 

The Ghost of RubangB said:

Viper1 said:

Or try a regular restaurant.  That would be the Wii financial equivelant for this asinine analogy of which noname and I stated can serve up food just as tastey.

 

People go to the $100 per plate black tie affairs not for the food but to see and be seen.  It's a social spectacle.   Do you have a PS3 just because you want others to see how financially well off you are?

 

I don't know, ask Chad Warden.

"Six hundred dollas ain't shit to Chad Warden.  I wipe my ass with six hundred dollas."

 

$600.00 ain't shit to me either.  It's $600.00.    Don't think I'll be wiping my ass with it anytime soon, though.