Honestly I'm all for this change. I already consolidated from the Wii, 360 and PS3 down to the Wii and PS3 (I sold the 360 and got a second PS3 so my wife and I can play co-op and have a blu ray on our 2nd TV).
The way I see it this more or less lets me consolidate further down to just the PS3. I like the motion controller of the Wii, but to be honest the graphics just grates on me. I looked at the Sony version of Wii Sports resort and even though its silly and shallow, that it looked....you know, good, made a big difference to my impression. I'm sick of playing a second rate version of Tiger Woods just so I can use motion.
I will lose out on the Nintendo games but I've kind of outgrown those I've found. I loved Mario 64 when it was new and I was...what...12 or something? I didn't even buy a PS1 until 97 when FFVII forced my hand, I was all about the N64 early on thanks largely to Nintendo games.
I tried to find the same joy in Mario Galaxy but I couldn't get much past the 4th or 5th stage without getting bored out of my mind (while I managed to play long enough for every last star in 64). I loved Metroid Prime 1 but found myself bored with 3...I haven't finished a full Zelda game since Link to the past and that game boy one where you are on that island from back in the 90s.
It probably isn't that the Nintendo games are bad, they still get great reviews. It's more that I find myself needing something more then just interesting game play to draw me in these days. Go rescue the princess because she's the princess and you're Mario just doesn't cut it to pique my interest anymore. I need crazy serial killer stories with intersecting plot lines that could be a david Lynch film like Heavy Rain or crazy Indiana Jones sequences like Uncharted 2. At the very least I need some competitive multiplayer without those god awful friend codes, I'm fine with putting kids in danger of meeting weirdos if it means I have a easy consistent way to get multiplayer going with voice.
The Wii was sort of the system I would play with people who don't otherwise play and would never pick up a traditional controller, I almost never played it alone (except to try and fail to play through galaxy, mario kart, Zelda ect). It looks like the PS3 will fill this gap, which is great for me since selling the Wii and accessories will cover all the Move controllers and a few games.
In short this is a win for Sony fans, not a loss. I'm glad they did it and think they will gain not lose share as a result.
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