GoldenEye 007 confirmed for Wii?

[LordTheNightKnight]

RolStoppable said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

RolStoppable said:

Pretty much every bestselling FPS has great graphics as well as good multiplayer (offline and online in latter generations). One without the other doesn't seem to work, although the multiplayer aspects are of course more important. Graphics serve as differentiation in a genre that suffers from oversaturation. If there are many similar games out there, gamers obviously flock to the better looking product, except if it doesn't play good.

No, content serves as a differentiation. Modern Warfare didn't set itself apart by its graphics. Ads for Gears barely showed any gameplay, and therefore graphics, but showed a soldier in a city ravaged by war. Those were games that offered awesome content, and gamers flocked to it.

That could also explain why Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories didn't sell as well compared to III and Vice City, since they didn't really offer any new content. Even though both games showed better texturing and performance than their predecessors.

If the content is similar, graphics become a differentiating factor. There are many WWII, sci-fi or postapocalyptic shooters in the market place. Is it just a coincidence that the best looking games usually sell the most? Of course those games also get backed up by the biggest ad campaigns, but that's how it works. Games with big development budgets naturally will have great graphics and since they are supposed to sell a lot to make a profit, they also get a lot of marketing.

Those GTA games were sidestories released on the PSP and later on on the PS2 as the fourth and fifth iteration on Sony's home console, respectively. I don't think they are the best example for your argument, but I agree that content does indeed play an important role for the sales of a game.

So a FPS needs good multiplayer, graphics, content and marketing. Goldeneye will have at the very least the content covered, so much is clear.

What makes you think those are the best looking games? Last I checked Crysis is the best looking FPS ever, from all accounts, and that didn't help it.

And what if it is a coincidence? By you just assming graphics sell a game, you're supporting the very mindset that has been denying the Wii the support it's been deserving since the system was announced.