| windbane said: I don't want current gen games to look like last gen games. I guess some developers play games and feel the same way. Gameplay is most important, but the power of the system changes gameplay options, just like a unique controller does. PS3/360/PC titles can sell just as well as Wii/PS2 titles based on install bases. It's just too bad that some of you didn't anticipate this third party problem earlier. I'm enjoying my Wii, but I'm glad I also have a PS3 (and possibly 360 in the future, although PC upgrade first) to enjoy the rest of the great games. It seems some of you have too high of expectations for the Wii support. PS3 fans got ridiculed on this site all year because we kept listing all the future games for the PS3. "All PS3 fanboys do is wait for games! There are no games!" and so on... However, it now appears that the Wii fanatics are waiting for the games to show up from third parties still. All I hear is wait until third parties switch development...that's something they appear to not have done yet. I like high production values to go along with my gameplay. The Wii control is great but still not the best for FPS (mouse/keyboard, which PS3 supports with UT3 and hopefully all future FPS), so it will indeed take some creative developers to push the control scheme. Whatever third parties do, I'll enjoy the games if they are fun to play. I'm just glad I'm not limited to only the Wii so I don't have to do RE5 petitions and Take Two bashing. So sad =( |
Let's be candid Windane, what you want is a lead console that isn't Nintendo. The excuses and reasons vary, but in the end I really wonder if fans like yourself would truly be satisfied with a Nintendo console if it had the best graphics, all the games and the best features... would that really be enough to make you happy or would you still find a reason to prefer a console that isn't Nintendo.
The Wii's graphics are closer to this true standard of this generation than that of the 360 or Ps3 as the Wii at least kept within the bounds of economics and the logistics of game development. These "next gen" graphics you adore on the 360 and PS3 are not what was available to this generation, rather, they are what was forced on this generation inspite of the economic and logistical limitations which have resulted in a toll on game length, development time, development cost and most importantly the consumer with two consoles which have literally doubled the standard of console cost from last gen's $200-$300 to this gen's $400-$600. At this rate why not just buy a highly capable PC several years from now for $800-$1,200 and just call it eighth gen? Like so many others you're blind to the plateau of economics vs graphics which was reached last generation, you assume that this generation like each past must be defined by a massive graphical leap and in your earnesty to keep believing this myth (in perhaps a way similar to a child trying to maintain his belief in Santa Claus) you looked at what the Ps3 and 360 forcefully and expensively carved out of a market that would yield no more and deemed it, in your over-eagerness to believe, "true next gen".
Blame the Wii for not being the peak of this generation's graphics, but don't blame it for not going as far as the 360 and PS3 in their excess.
Blame the Wii for not having enough storage space, but don't blame it for not banking on a harddrive, a device which would have significantly shortened its lifespan and given developers liscence to rush games with the promise of patches to fix problems in the future.
