| Kyros said: In the end I think the Wii is pondering to the 14year old insecure boy demographic as much or more than the other systems. Using the Wii controller to simulate choking people in GodFather? Shoot&Kill with the Zapper and Medal of Honor? Slicing them up in Red Steel? No the Violence has not much to do with the system choice. I will concede though that 14-30 year old males are more impressed by the technical brilliance and beautiful looks of games on the other two. I couldn't play a Wii or PS2 game anymore (besides a quick round of Tennis with friends) They look like hell on a HD-TV. Besides 360/PS3 simply have by far the more sophisticated games. Yes everyone can play Wii Tennis or Mario Kart but if you are able to play games that give you more options, a bigger world, a better storyline why not use it? Bioshock, MAss Effects, Assassin's are all games that give you many options, a great story and innovative gameplay. Console games on PS3 and 360 have become more mature that is correct but not (only) in the violence section. PC games also started off simple but they evolved into more complex beasts like realtime strategy games, advanced role-playing games etc. pp. I think that is the main distinction. The Wii is more accessible, 360/PS3 have the more complex, advanced games. At the moment keeping it simple lets the Wii sell more units but if you like your games complex, beautiful with great stories and many options you will not be content with the Wii. Both approaches have their merit and you have to choose the right system for your gaming requirements. Or buy both. |
Now this is a good post. It doesn't even contain vague stereotyping or chest-thumping.
At the end of the day the demographics that the 360 performs well in can be loosely defined as the informed gamer, the gamer that perhaps spends a lot of time reading game impressions and reviews and spends a reasonable amount of time discussing games with others. You win these people over by releasing great games.
Now the Wii has some great games, but they tend to be from franchises that were great on the Gamecube and great on the N64. Basically if these demographics didn't want a Nintendo console then, then they really have no reason to change their opinion now. Informed gamers have already factored in that there will be a great Zelda title and a great Mario title and so it has no impact upon their decision-making. Winning over this demographic is not about releasing violent videogames its about releasing interesting, ambitious and innovative gaming titles.
