| Erik Aston said: First of all, sales do not "prove" what is "quality" or "good," because those are subjective terms that cannot be proven. "Quality" is just sort of used after the fact. In fact, if you listen to people in real life, they never do the critical psuedo-analysis of "quality," but just talk about likes and dislikes. This game "kicks ass." Why? Because it lets me do X. |
Exactly my thoughts. The appeal to the majority (argumentum ad populum) can never be treated as an absolute, even when dealing with matters of subjectivity (morals, values, etc). In this case, it is only true that quality (of art) can be equated with popularity (with the masses) if "quality" is defined as an extension of "popularity" - and personally, I find "success" to be a much more suitable term.
Of course, I am aware that Sky Render never made this claim (griffin kind of did), but I figured I might as well point it out.
As for the Wii, yes it is/will be greater (by Erik Aston's definition) than the PS2. It's funny because I remember Miyamoto commenting on the same thing - how the industry goes through one generation of revolution (when a new game experience is introduced) followed by evolution (when the experience is "perfected"), and how Nintendo's next console might well end up as a Super Wii if history is any indication.
