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Mazty on 18 March 2010
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BoleroOfFire said:
Mazty said:

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/the-nintendo-wii-is-a-virus-says-ex-dice-boss-673627

...I knew who you were referring to...I really wanted to know what makes him the authority on the Wii.  He doesn't even work there anymore.  By the way, he's already been mocked in this thread:

 

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=102381  Check it out.  

Out of all the people I know who own a wii, this is true. They no longer use it, or use it very infrequently. I'd say he knows more about the gaming industry than either one of us, therefore it'd be naive to ignore his opinion.

Well, since you know all ~70 million Wii owners, this conversation's done then.  Oh wait...you don't.  The total playtime hours for many games keeps increasing (including Wii Fit).  Fact.  Wii sells a hell of a lot of software.  Fact.  I'd say facts are move reliable than your opinions, therefore it'd be naive to ignore them.  

In the UK, the adverts are presented by female celebrities aimed at middle aged women....It says anyone can use it, but the adverts are more aimed at women then men. Again, not really something that can be argued.

I don't live in the UK, nor do I care enough to look up the commercials for your region.  In the US I see commercials with EVERYONE using it.  Consider your point argued.

No, the wii has hardware limitations as it's GPU and CPU suck, and it's awful in terms of being a media center, something which the 360 is more than capable of being, and something the PS3 excels at. There is a massive power difference between the PS3 and the wii, whereas with last gen, the difference was very little.

And again, it's had a motion controller since it launched.  As for the media center argument...and???  The Wii is a video game console.  Who says it has to excel at being a media center?  

What are you on about? Those links are very dated and reguardless, Reggie said the wii is aimed for a younger audience - end of point, unless you really, really think you know better than the offical spokesman of Nintendo....

Dated?  I gave you a link to the official Nintendo website.  Unless you really, really think you know more than Nintendo themselves...

If you claim Mario is good, you are saying the genre has barely developed in two decades. Is that what you are claiming?

Huh?  I'm not sure I follow that sentence...  But if you're saying that Mario is platforming at its finest, then you're right!  

I'm repeating what people who have worked in the gaming industry have said, as well as going with my own expereince. Is that really foolish or trolling?

Read: an unknown ex-dev and your friends.  It's silly to say the least. 

@atama

Sorry, but you showed you were incapable of reading my earlier posts so I shan't reply to you as you clearly are not going to read whatever I put, but just reply with flame-bait answers with no actual depth.

 

So he's been mocked why? Because he stated an opinion? If you look at many, many surveys they always come back with that wii's are hardly used.

Well the advert on the Nintendo website is 2/3rds women, so to say it's not aimed at women, or it is in one country and not another makes no sense.

So what it has a motion controller? How does having a motion controller suddenly remove GPU and CPU problems?! Sorry that just shows you have no understanding of components. The wii is technically by far the weakest as well as does the least in comparison to the other two consoles, limiting it's game line up.

So you ARE trying to say Reggie is wrong? Of course the website is going to say the wii is for everyone, because it'd be stupid not to. However, it is official that the Wii is not aimed at hardcore gamers. Stop trying to argue this point - take it up with Nintendo if you must disagree.

So you are saying that platforming has had little improvements in 20 years of gaming development...Riiiiight.

Read: An industry professional, surveys and the offical Nintendo spokesman. What are you going on? Marketting speal and your own opinion.

As for Move unless it gets 1:1 and real time response, it's pointless/ a gimick. You slash a sword, if it goes rebounds of the shield but your hand carries on moving, it's broken all immersion, rendering it pointless. If it could be used to effectively use iron sights, then that's improving gameplay.
Not really a "LOL!" question, unless you think I was going to say "IT RULZ!!!!".....

I'm not a fanboy, I'm just pissed off that gaming has gone down the crapper this generation due to a complete lack of innovation and originality and more foucs on gimicks and rehashing old concepts.