Borkachev said:
You can't get Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, The Orange Box, Assassin's Creed, Halo 3, Uncharted Drake's Fortune, Mass Effect, Bioshock, and many other games available on 360 and/or PS3 on the Wii.. And there is no Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto 4, and many other games scheduled to come out on the Wii. These are the gaming equivalents of the summer blockbusters in the film industry. I'd just like to add that not only are these specific games not available on Wii, neither are any games that could even remotely be called substitutes. And there hasn't been the slightest hint from any developer that this is going to change -- we've got some promising sales figures that we figure might influence their future decisions, but where are the press releases, the screenshots, the concrete game announcements? We've literally got nothing. Wii is more than just the minigame dumpster it's sometimes made out to be: it's a place for bright, instantly fun games from all genres. But for deep, engrossing games, the kind that move through story and gameplay arcs and offer an experience all of their own, it's a vacuum. There's no reason except pure optimism to think this will change. Legend of Zelda might be the sole exception.
While I agree with your assessment, I'd like to quibble one point: the type of gaming typified by the DS and Wii are not new, but are being rediscovered. They are callbacks to classic games like Pong, Space Invaders, Pac Man, Donkey Kong, and Tetris which were simple but fun and accessable. |
Why will the Wii never get a hardcore game? What about SMG, Metroid Prime 3, Mario Kart, Smash Bros? Where are the Xbox 360/PS3 substitutes for these games? RE 4, Scarface, Godfather, MOH 2, Call of Duty 3, Manhunt, Brothers in Arms, these are all substitutes for the games listed above. They may not be as good, but most of them are solid in and of themselves. Notwithstanding most gamers have PCs that would play those games and are not in need of a 360/PS3 to try these games.
Wait until 2008. Next years big 360/PS3 games missed 2007 releases. That's why you know about them. Most big 2008 games will be under wraps until E3. This is because developers are pushing the games that are out now to consumers, not next years games. Wait until next year. I think we'll all be surprised at the support the Wii will garner.
