| forest-spirit said: Gaming journalism at it's finest... |
Exactly. The lack of quality gaming journalism around really does irritate me-mainly because many gaming journalists so openly hate on the Wii. There isn't any kind of professional judgement, there isn't any attempt to discuss the Wii's merits or embrace new gamers in the market. It's just the same old anti-Wii crap.The same old "Nintendo abandoned us", the same old "gimmick gimmick gimmick" motion controls.
Honestly-are Nintendo going to lose at this point? They have what, a 30 million lead over PS3 and 20 million lead over 360, that is getting bigger every week despite the price cuts, despite the 'superior' software and features of the HD machines.
The 'hardcore' need to wake up and see the Slim for what it is. It's Sony's most desperate move yet. It isn't the machine designed to turn the console war upside down and dethrone the Wii-it's the machine designed to give Sony a fighting chance at second place this generation, and to actually become relevant to the mass market Nintendo has been capturing.
Nintendo have 'won' this generation without really fighting it. They stepped round their competition, and have forced Sony and Microsoft to accept the new rules. That's why Natal and PS Motion control are the 'next big thing', according to MS and Sony-because they didn't see the Wii's success coming in 2006, when motion control really was the next big thing.
