I wonder if this is how Nintendo fans felt between 2007-2009

[Aielyn]

Euphoria14 said:

youarebadatgames said:

Why would ninty fans feel that way?  They have all the great 1st party games they want and the system prints money.  Only a handful of insecure fans would buy into that, everyone else is strutting around laughing at the haters.

Don't want to stray too far off topic, but that doesn't help anyone here.

Really? Where do you think the money comes from to pay for Nintendo's great first-party games?

 

Anyway, I've seen MS's Kinect lineup, and it's atrocious. They're chasing the so-called "casual audience" so hard, they're set for major failure. Nintendo succeeded with the Wii by providing a wide variety of experiences and having games that everyone, from the most casual of gamer to the most core (note: not "hardcore", just "core") can play and enjoy. Kinect doesn't have anything comparable to Wii Sports, Mario Kart Wii, New Super Mario Bros Wii, or Wii Fit (comparable in the sense of "of equal quality"). It does, on the other hand, have pale imitations of three of them.

While many 360 and PS3 owners mocked the wii for its lineup, it still had high quality titles. This is the difference between Wii and Kinect, in my view. But in terms of third-party treatment, yes, I'd say that the way Kinect (and thus the 360) is going is starting to look like the way that third parties went on the Wii in 2007-2009, generally speaking.