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HappySqurriel on 27 December 2008
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ryu1976 said:

First, I have a Wii and a 360. They're both great. However, I think Nintendo could be walking a fine line in the near future. Also, to marginalize games with high production values does not elevate the art.

It is self serving and just plain dumb to say that the soul metric to judge the quality of Wii games is how well they sell. This is the logical equivalent of stating that the best beef dish is a Mcdonald's hamburger.

The thing I fear about lower quality titles on the Wii, and I have played a few, is that they may lead to a slippery slope for the entire industry. The Wii could become the Atari 2600 of this generation (think E.T.) -- mountains of shovelware and disenfranchised gamers of all types.

 

I own a Wii and an XBox 360 and I see things a little differently ...

For a very long time the single minded quest to elevate the narrow definition of "Games as Art" has marginalized more and more gamers; and when Sony and Microsoft decided to play a game of brinksmanship to capture the 20% of gamers who care about this quest, the 75% of existing gamers (and large untapped group of potential gamers) were left for Nintendo.

The sad thing is that the industry has decided that people who enjoy puzzle games like Tetris, want 2D versions of Mario and Sonic games, people who enjoyed old-school adventure games, or people who want to have fun with their real life friends were not worth targeting; this is made worse because there are so many so-called "Hard-Core" gamers (who grew up playing Tetris, 2D Sonic and Mario games, enjoyed old-school adventure games, and loved playing games with their real-life friends) who argue that abandoning these gamers (and games) is the only way to move the industry forward.