PipBoy2000 said:
Sorry if I give off this impression. I personally don't really like most of the half witted comments that get passed off as actual arguments (kinda like the one above) on these forums. Better to be long and have a point then to be short and pointless, for me anyways. |
The comment wasn't a pointless argument, it was just a joke. Ignore him if you really find it offensive.
Anyways, you seem to think Wii owners are uneducated consumers that can't tell from the good games from the bad ones, correct? I think you are wrong. The problem is, you're judging games from a narrow point of view - Nintendo has been trying to design the Wii as a console for everyone, including non-traditional gamers. Sure, perhaps they do regret a purchase or two, but the real issue is this: You'll have a hard time convincing girls that Forza is superior to Mario Kart, or telling children that Wii Music is inferior to Guitar Hero. You bring up metacritic or gamerankings reviews, but the truth is most people simply don't care what reviewers think. Especially when they're from mainly from the same demographic ("hardcore," adult males), and they're willing to give a game like GTA4 streams of 10's.
As for complaints about all the traditional games potentially better on other systems - so what? I don't hear many complaints about how all the DS RPG's should move over to the PSP (or any other games that don't need the touch screen). Wii games don't have to utilize its motion controls to the max in order to be great games. As long as the console continues to sell well so it can support a massive software library (much larger than the HD twins), the quality games will follow. The DS was the same, really - it's just going to take a bit longer for the Wii, since console development takes longer, on top of the fact that the HD consoles aren't doing nearly as bad as the PSP. If you just can't get over the fact that the Wii's graphics aren't good enough, and all their games would be better on the HD consoles, then the Wii just isn't for you. Personally, I'm really looking forward to games like Mega Man 9, which has no need for better graphics.
Oh, you also said the reason the X360 is getting more quality support is because their top selling games have all been rated high. Well, let me ask you this - how can anybody know quality games on the Wii wouldn't do the same? The only third-party games that pulled off a metacritic score of 90 or above are last-gen ports. Then comes Zack & Wiki, a niche game that wouldn't do well on any system (though I believe Capcom was satisfied with the sales). No More Heroes was a low budget title that wasn't advertised, and Boom Blox was a title that just wasn't advertised well (btw, its legs may carry it to a million). Until a third party's high budget, quality game on a popular genre fails to sell on the Wii, they're partially to blame for the lack of titles you're craving.
Btw, what do you like so much about the DS? You seem to put high value in review scores, but according to them, the DS is just a mediocre system.
