| Sharky54 said: Oh stage, one more quick thing. Who says you must be great at a game to play it? I am not saying the games are easy to master, but to play they sure are. I just took what probably most people see as a complex genre and dumbed it down for newbs. 2 buttons and two sticks. Not very hard now is it?
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Could be just 1 button and two sticks if there is auto reload. |
I never said you have to be great at a game to play it. I stated that certain videogames have "learning curves". The games that the games Microsoft and PS3 mostly acquire under their belt have over a 30 minute learning curve just to play. Nintendo games can be picked up in 5-15 minutes or sometimes even less. Casuals who don't normally care to play videogames, but will play for the party aspect of it will go straight for the Wii. There is no reason for them to go for the PS3 or the 360 just yet. It's interactive, it's fun, allows you to do far more than a HD console can allow you do with less buttons and alower learning curve (Which means you can jump right into the game with another person). Did you know how long it took me to get my friends who don't play videogames to learn Gears of War 2? It took them literally an hour to become somewhat comfortable with the controls and use them properly. Nintendo is the system alongside Sega which brought the wealth of gamers into the industry and Nintendo is STILL doing it. Sony cannot say they are responsible for this nor Microsoft. Sega is no longer making systems, but they left a great mark on gaming history.
There are 18 buttons on a PS3 controller
There are 14 buttons on the 360 (Which is why the directional pad sucks)
There are 8 buttons on a Wii-mote.
If a Wii owner wants to play an intermediate level game, he/she will refer to the retro SNES controller or the Gamecube controllers, which have more than 8 buttons.
