windbane said:
HappySqurriel said:
Another thing to consider is that the Wii's graphics have hit a point which is "Good Enough" for many genres and art styles: | | | | | | Certainly, you can improve on the quality of these graphics quite dramatically but how much do you really benefit? Much like comics and cartoons it is often more appropriate to represent something in a less realistic fashion than a more realistic one. Now I know someone's going to make the connection that "Cartoons and Comics are Kiddie" but much like South Park, The Simpsons, Spawn and most graphic novels that are being turned into movies lately being less realistic allows you to push the boundries with less risk that a realist representation. |
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Better graphics don't have to mean more realistic. The more powerful systems aren't just about graphics either, they are about processing power and hard drive space (well, 1 at least) to be able to do things faster and do more at a time. I think that the current difference in overall power of the systems is greater than any previous generation in which all the consoles are viable options (which excludes 3DO and Neo Geo). The Wii may "win" this generation but there is plenty of room for the other 2 to show off things that the Wii can't. |
There are other benefits to higher processing power but the main one is better graphics ...
My main point was that (at about the time the Dreamcast was released) we hit a point where you could express practically everything you wanted to in a videogame and from that point on it is all about progressive refinement. The Wii has enough power to produce some pretty nice graphics, good AI and decent physics (no where near as good as the XBox 360 or PS3 but nice enough for many games).
On a side note, even though the Playstation and N64 were probably closer as a ratio of performance I would argue that the impact of that difference was far greater than the difference between the Wii and XBox 360/PS3. Back in 1994 through about 1998 you had to upgrade your computer every 9 to 12 months to continue playing videogames and there was a drastic difference between what was available every year. Today people are updating their computers at a much slower rate and most games have not really changed that much since (about) 2001/2002.
