| ImJustBayuum said: Although the Wii is the market leader, it doesnt seem to get the respect from the gaming community (industry) + media as opposed to the HD twins. The hd twins seems to be the mascot/face of gaming, and the wii is simply disregarded or ignored. 3 main reason IMO for this. 1) it lacks innovation in regards to alot of gaming aspects (graphics etc) 2) Third parties are just not selling, relative to its marketshare. 3) its has a more casual demograhic as oppose to the traditional " gaming" demograhic |
Too true. Actually the Wii might be the leader of a parallel market of its own... As a matter of fact, the Wii is the FIRST "leader" (in terms of installed base, and current sales among other home consoles available) that DOES NOT have full third-party support, meaning the Wii doesn't have the major third-party franchises and the biggest sales for those franchises despite having what could be -wrongfully- appreciated as absolute market majority. It may be the highest selling videogame console since 2006, but the leader it is not. I'm not trying to belittle the Wii here, but it's perfectly clear to the naked eye. Atari 2600, NES, SNES, PSone, PS2, they were all leaders of their own generation, all of them had the top ranking third-party games on their lines. A company wanted to make a game? You can bet it would certainly be number one priority to produce it/port it to the chief console of the time.
I remember a couple years ago, Nintendo enthusiasts would say: "oh wait for next E3, you'll see the games, it's just that thrid-parties were caught off guard by the success and it's just now they've started development focused on the Wii" ....2010 is here, and that was just sweet dreaming. Nintendo is to blame for it, and it seems they don't really care. They have failed to present the exploits of the revolutionary motion-sensor interface they introduced to the masses. There may be a lot more to harness from the Wiimote, but Nintendo is the first one who has not inspired a true gaming revolution. They keep doing what they did in 2006, and people just keep buying for the same Wii Sports, Wii fit and a couple other Nintendo titles. Third parties never had a clue, and even those who went with the copy-cat strategy landed on their own asses.
