CGI-Quality said:
Why do you consider the Wii just a "toy"? Do you play games on it? That label for such a generation defining console is proposterous IMO. The Wii has garnered in new gamers, put Nintendo back on top, and has changed the way games are played. Yet, it get's ignored by sooo many, this to me is sad to see as a gamer. Fortunately, it IS a gaming machine that pleases the masses, for that, it gets +1 respect from me.
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Read a little more carefully. I said "more of a toy". I understand it is a gaming machine and yes I do play games on it.
What the Wii has done is tapped a market of nolstagic gamers around my age, as well as parents and grandparents both for themselves and their children/grandchildren. The Wii to them is a much less threatning form of entertainment for their 7 year old and the whole family. The Wii is more like a toy as it has hit the same sort of market a board game goes after.
Understand?
One thing that I find funny is all the screaming for hard core Wii games from us actual gamers who own one. There is a chance that Hard Core or M rated games could hurt the Wii. Imagin that mother/grandmother who was going to get a Wii for their 10 year old based on all the cute characters always shown on TV for it. Then imagin a big add campaign showing a burly man cutting other burly men/women in half with a chain saw (through the crotch) right before throwing them into a giant fan and seeing all the splatters of red blood flying into the screen. That could cause mom/grandma to think twice about it being the right toy for their child.
