Editorial: Nintendo’s Wii Is The Gaming Industry’s Financial Scapegoat

[Bodhesatva]

Hus said:

Bodhesatva said:

Hus said:
Quality, the likes of Metroid or Mario Galaxy not Excite truck and PS2 ports. Is that really what you consider quality ? really ?

I sure as hell don't consider Fear or RSvegas as "quality" PS3 games.

Just curious, what do you consider to be quality?

Of all platforms.

Ratchet, Metroid, Halo3, GTA4, Oblivion, Mario Galaxy, FF13, MGS4, MAss Effect, Bioshock, Uncharted, White Night Story, Eternal Sonata, Gears, GT5, Resistance, LittleBigPlanet, Crysis, Lost Planet, Killzone, COD4, URT3.

 

Maybe my "quality" is alot higher then yours, then this whole thing is so pointless lol.

I'll just start with your first example. The last iteration of Ratchet and Clank, Size Matters, recieved an 85 on Metacritic:

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/psp/ratchetandclanksizematters?q=ratchet%20and%20clank

The best selling Ratchet game was the original, and it sold under 3 million copies. Here is the list of how well they have sold:

http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=ratchet&console=&publisher=&sort=Total

Games on the Wii which have recieved better reviews than the last Ratchet:

Zelda
Resident Evil 4
Super Paper Mario

Games coming to the Wii whose last iterations recieved better scores:

Metroid Prime
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Brother Brawl
Animal Crossing
Mario Kart
MySims
Geometry Wars
Fire Emblem

Games coming to the Wii that have historically sold better than Ratchet (2.9 million+)

Mario Kart
Super Mario Galaxy
Guitar Hero
Madden
Super Smash Brothers
Super Mario Galaxy
MySims
Animal Crossing
Wii Fit
Wii Music
Dance Dance Revolution

As to your CoD4 against RSV: the last Call of duty games (two and three, since two was the last developed by Infinity Ward) receieved these reviews:

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/callofduty2?q=call%20of%20duty%202
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbx/callofduty2bigredone?q=call%20of%20duty%202

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/callofduty3?q=call%20of%20duty%202

As you can see, CoD2 averaged around an 82 (depending on version) and CoD3 averaged around the same. Rainbow Six Vegas:

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/tomclancysrainbowsixvegas?q=rainbow%20vegas
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/tomclancysrainbowsixvegas?q=rainbow%20vegas

So you can see RSV got higher review scores than any CoD game ever. In short, you don't have "higher" standards, you just have different ones. You have your tastes, I have mine. By any objective standard, CoD is not better than Rainbow Six Vegas, nor is Ratchet and Clank superior to any of the games I've mentioned. It's just your opinion.