id Boss: 3rd-Party Wii Development "Not Really Justified"

[mike_intellivision]

WereKitten said:

mike_intellivision said:
Now, maybe it's just that we don't know how to exploit it, and Nintendo does because they made the Wii, and they're really that good. And I'm not trying to take away from those guys at Nintendo. Their games are awesome--I'm a fan, too. But as a company that doesn't make Nintendo-type games, the Wii is less of a compelling platform for us to really sink a lot of resources into.

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6207773.html

This is a quote from the original interview -- obviously not picked up by Kotaku because it does not go along with the thesis it point to make.

Basically, a lot of people don't know what to do because the Wii shattered a lot of industry assumptions. It has caused a paradigm shift because graphical improvement is no longer the cornerstone to console success.

In the short run, some companies are just going to do what they have always done. This may not serve them well in the long run however.

Mike from Morgantown

I dissent. Graphical improvement did not grant success to GC and Xbox over the PS2. The only shift the Wii made was in market focus: they went for the untapped market of the audience that found games not accessible enough and overly complex.

This changed nothing for the traditional gamers, including the Nintendo core. And it's not a paradigm shift.

 

This was a generational statement -- not necessarily a statement about the market leader. Each generation has made graphical strides in all the consoles.

And you are right, Nintendo went for something different and has moved the industry in a different direction. By definition, that is a PARADIGM shift.

 

Mike from Morgantown