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

[WereKitten]

mike_intellivision said:

WereKitten said:

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

 

Again, no. Please look up the term. Innovative and lateral thinking applied to business decisions, maybe.

And how has the industry at large moved, exactly? Party games and shovelware existed on the PS2. Casual gaming existed yet in the form of singing games and quizzes and kid games.

Has the industry moved in a different direction because now the collections of minigames are played with a wiimote? The family friendly/party games are simply more under the spotlight because they are central in the Wii marketing strategy, instead of being a wealthy sideplate.