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Bobbuffalo on 19 March 2009
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Onimusha12 said:
Ari_Gold said:
GLoRySoGLoRy said:
trestres said:
And if you count in house games that are not ports, the list gets reduced to 1 (one) game. Zack & Wiki, that's it. With 1 more coming MH3 (If it makes it to the West). Not counting TvsC because it may never make it here.

On the other hand the HDs get a lot of in house games, DMC4, Lost Planet, Lost Planet: Colonies, Dead Rising, SFIV, RE5. With the Upcoming Lost Planet 2 and Dead Rising 2.

I think it's clear who's their primary target this gen. Hint: Not the Wii.

 

 Dark Void and Boinic Cammando.

Yay Capcom HD!!!

Indeed, Capcom know where its target audience lies, in the HD consoles. Can't wait for Bionic Commando, and Dead Risin 2.

 

Target Audience? HD Consoles? You mean a brand of gaming largely dominated by the sub-standard masses cultivated by the Xbox mentality of Spike TV gaming who flock towards the console with the best version of Madden and by thier own lack of discretion have allowed HD gaming to survive as well as it has due to the sheer willingness of the consumer to buy anything that has Guns and online multiplayer/co-op?

HD Gaming is not the Rennaisance of Gaming nor is it Gaming as we knew it on the N64/PS1 or the PS2. HD Gaming is in a nutshell the flourishing and mass standardization of the once fringe Xbox brand of gaming that sold itself to young adult male non-gamers who had strayed from gaming over the years because it was all "Big Eyed, Spikey Haired, Japanese shit" and "Kiddy Mario Stuff" on the promise that the hardcore "X"-box would bring them HARDCORE testosterone gaming. As such, HD Gaming is now driven largely by two signiture demographics. Young Adult Males who lust over anything violent, grimdark and gun based and Grade Schoolers who want to play awesome violent games that grown ups play.

Don't get me wrong, the Wii's audience is just as much if not more so a laugh in its own respect, and just as much a failure of the industry but don't kid yourself the HD consoles are some sort of rennaissance for gaming by default. More precisely, HD Gaming is not "where it's at" this generation so much as  it's where there is no where left to go for Developers. In a nutshell, its HD Gaming or Bust.

The Wii surprised everyone with its success thus developers were not ready for it as most were already heavily committed to HD Gaming. From here on Developers had no choice but to push on through the economic tragedy of HD Gaming and since games couldn't just be ported to the Wii and new games would take time to develop they really had no chance to switch over to the Wii even if they wanted to. Developers had no choice but to make HD Gaming work come hell or high water. And with most Western Developers having been bought up by larger Gaming Conglomerates such as EA or Activision while many others just go Bankrupt, its obvious the struggle has been great.

But by all means, keep gracing Nintendo threads to reiterate the fact that you don't like the Wii and like Hardcore HD Gaming. It never ever gets old at all.

 

QFT!