Game Informer Reviewers Must Hate the Wii

[mike_intellivision]

Some quick points in response.

First of all, if it is opinion, that’s fine. But since these lists were within the Top 50 Games section, I thought it looked more like a ranking … or at least was unclear.

As for those not knowing about how good games were without playing them, I don’t own a 360 or PS3, but I know that Bioshock, Assassin’s Creed, Ratchet & Clank, and Halo 3 are all praiseworthy. Reading magazines and websites is not that difficult.

Game Informer has been somewhat against the Wii since Nintendo would not give them early access to games last year for review. They did a big pre-release splash on the PS3. It was another month, post-release before the Wii received similar treatment. I wonder if this has any – or just appealing to the more likely consumer – is behind some of these lists and reviews. (Let’s play to market and not objectivity).

Related to this was a brief in the same issue stating a rumor that Nintendo might be the first with a system next generation. It mentioned Microsoft’s dominance. Let’s see, Wii has outsold 360 it 10 of 11 months in 2007. That’s domination? (I can’t remember the exact wording, but there was also a positive comment about PS3 sales in the same brief, if I recall correctly).

It is interesting though, that the Gamestop stores try to emphasize the newer traditional gaming systems, but have far more customers asking about Wiis and far more floor space for the PS2.

Mike from Morgantown