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NYANKS on 05 September 2010
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Killiana1a said:
NYANKS said:
Killiana1a said:

By my definition, yes Wii Sports is the greatest of all time because it has sold the most. Who have I seen playing it? Seniors in nursing homes, girlfriends, moms, dads, little sisters, and on. It is the greatest because of the  sheer sales and capturing a market that a Final Fantasy game, Uncharted,  Infamous, Modern Warfare, and on could never catch no matter how much it is polished.

Games are first and foremost about fun. Wii Sports is fun. Niche games are fun too, but they are not as great because their sales numbers are indicative of a limited audience who can have fun playing them.

If I wanted to work my brain or think, then I read. I don't come home at 6am from work thinking, what game will be the most stressful intellectual activity? I play games for fun, but it has become convoluted over the years because as niche games have gotten more complex or nichey, players for some illogical reason set these games as the bar for greatness.

A series like Legacy of Kain is great and beloved by many including me, but it is a picnic compared to Wii Sports' three course meal. Wii Sports developers get paid while many niche game developers look for another job once their niche series has run it's course and can't put food on their table anymore.

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."

I guess it just comes down to everyone's standard of quality.  I don't know how many would agree with you here, but we are the illogical players you speak of as well.  Most seniors, girlfriends or little children either know nothing else or can't do anythin more complicated than hold right and jump.  I am fully aware that simplicity = popualrity. Look at movies, they weren't as comlicated as they are now. Mediums evolve.  I think games have the same potential.  Very few people watch the contenders for Best Picture, very few will read a book like The Stranger.  Does this mean Twilight eclipses these works?  Oh opinions, gotta love 'em.

Games are about pure, unadulterated fun.  Many games offer this.  

I started by using "My" which was asked for. I am no arbiter of truth or fact.

Many games do offer fun, but I find games becoming a chore with achievments. As the neurotic type, I try to get all the achievments, which many times are not fun at all. This is a problem of my own making. The resolution will be of my own making.

I agree, achievements/trophies suck.  Waste of time and take away from true enjoyment if you let them.  You have to soak the game in.  Sometimes I'll stand in a spot for a minute or two takin in how gorgeous or awesome something is.  I investigate everything.  It's fun to me.  Perhaps it's a function of playing games for so long.  I love Mario, but I can accept and appreciate other things that do their jobs just as well.