1) I love this thread.
Why? HD fanboys can use a slap in the face from time to time. The Industry doesn't turn around them like it did during the last generation. Gamers (especially the so called hardcore) are selfish and conservatives. They want the same games to played alone, with nobody in the way.
2) No game is better because no one has sold as much as Wii Sports? This is the question that most of the posters are answering. And I would say that sometimes best seller games are good, but sometimes they are not that good. I am a gamer too, you know. I love to play new-the-same games all by my self. And for me, and a lot of people who are the core of the market, there are lots of better games than WiiSports. Games we now call hardcore games.
3) I agree: Wii sports is great. In what sense? WiiSports= Elvis. It has sold so many consoles that now videogames are something socially accepted. You know, I hated sometimes when I feel like playing a little Zelda or RE 4 and my wife and son are in the mood for Wii Sports. I end up playing Bowling with them and staying up late to play my games. And we end up having a good time. But thanks to the Wii buying a 360 or a PS3 is not something weird. In the future, everyone in the family may have a different (or a personal) console. It may happen now, thanks to the Wii and WiiSports.
4) Your question: Impossible to answer! Maybe when they come up with a new console consisting in a pair of glasses along with some inmersive and social experience... Something that expanded the market again... Who knows? The trick that Nintendo pulled was a very good one. You still can play traditional oldschool games but at the same time, you can make your granparents play videogames now! It is a great thing for the industry!
5) I think that a two years tantrum was enough. The Wii and WiiSports-like games are here to stay. Just like Elvis and Rock n Roll. You should learn to live with that, accept the change and this new way of gaming because hardcore games are going to be around anyway. But if jelousy is still killing you: find another hobby! The next generation, I predict, the consoles are going to be a mix between HD and the Wii remote. Love it or leave it.
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