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There are no system-sellers anymore. For some reason, this generation just doesn't work that way. Even the mighty Halo 3 didn't cause more than a momentary blip in the 360's sales, and if Halo can't do it ain't no one can do it.

I suspect that this comes from this generation's tendency to view game consoles as "investments," something nobody bothered to do in the past. People don't wait for their favorite games before buying consoles anymore; they buy them as soon as they can (or as soon as they become interested), and tide themselves over with other games until then. This is great for early sales, but it means that system-sellers no longer work right, because they sell most of the consoles they're going to sell long before the game is ever released.



Complexity is not depth. Machismo is not maturity. Obsession is not dedication. Tedium is not challenge. Support gaming: support the Wii.

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What do I hate about modern gaming? I hate tedium replacing challenge, complexity replacing depth, and domination replacing entertainment. I hate the outsourcing of mechanics to physics textbooks, art direction to photocopiers, and story to cheap Hollywood screenwriters. I hate the confusion of obsession with dedication, style with substance, new with gimmicky, old with obsolete, new with evolutionary, and old with time-tested.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.