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Darth Tigris on 01 January 2009
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vlad321 said:
Darth Tigris said:
You know what will kill the industry? What Maxwell stated, the Wii, and about 4 or 5 other things as well. This is no SIMPLE problem. Its EXTREMELY layered and complex, thus the solution is especially hard to grasp for most because we want simple answers and to point the finger at a 'villain'. There are greater minds than ours that are trying to tackle these issues head on with limited success.

 

I think he said tht it's NOT the wii.....

I wasn't saying that HE said it was the Wii.  I was stating that what he said is part of the problem and then I was referring to other things.

For the record, I'm not into the Wii.  I've played with it and had some fun (SMG was pure joy), but its not really my thing overall.  But I'm fine with that, the industry is bigger than my gaming wants and that's a good thing.

The problem that the Wii has created, though, is that people flock SO much to Nintendo games that 3rd party developers are not finding the success that they SHOULD.  Its the hottest system but buyers are not purchasing as many 3rd party games as they are on other consoles.  Nintendo had this same problem with the N64 and especially the GC, but not with the NES and Super NES.  Those systems were GREAT for 3rd party devs and Nintendo.    This may very well be the first time that the top system is not a generous well for 3rd parties.  That creates a problem.

The industry could just be going through some growing pains concerning the expanding of the market.  That's what we all HOPE it is, as the Wii is not the NES, Super NES, PS or PS2.  It should expand the market to NEW gamers while the 360 and PS3 target the old.  But is that what is happening?  Or is it simply that people are buying the hot system like previous gens and being content with not supporting it with many game purchases due to the other things that Maxwell stated in his post?

 

For the record, I'M NOT BLAMING THE WII!  As I stated in my initial post, this is a much, MUCH larger issue than one console and what Maxwell stated in the OP is unquestionably a big part of it.  A perfect storm could be brewing, and by focusing on only one part we'll miss the forest for the trees.

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