NJ5 said:
Gamers in general don't agree, not when the Wii is stealing market share from these two consoles, making them sell slower than the consoles of the previous generation. Unless you think the market of hardcore gamers is crashing of course.
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The distinction with Chess is that you CAN be hardcore or casual about it if you wish, the game actually provide enough depth for you to study, analyse and be hardcore about.
A lot of Wii game do no have this distinction, they are made deliberately shallow to appeal to mass market but fail to provide the depth a hardcore gamer needs to keep him hook.
This of course is also generalising and I'm sure their are many games on the wii that you can get hardcore about, no least of which some of the system's evergreen titles such as Mario Kart etc.
With regards to the Wii, the Stigma is mainly tied to the fact that the wii promote alternative gaming which a traditional gamer may have very little to no interest in. When a console's flagship title include such game as Wii Fit and Wii Music one does not need to wonder why many teens and young adult look at the system and find it unsatisfying.
Call it an illusion, but it is one that Nintendo itself promoted to begin with, so I have no qualm in calling them out on it.
The wii lacks the high adrenaline visceral appeal of the PS360. It lacks voilence, it lacks sex and it lacks 'mature content' which is the staple food of a selective audience who have consider themselves 'hardcore' gamers for the past few generation.
