Here we go again: Heavy Rain creator calls Wii a toy and board game

[richardhutnik]

forest-spirit said:

richardhutnik said:

forest-spirit said:

Smidlee said:

I wonder why some gets defensive when someone claims Wii is a toy. Where I disagree is that PS3 is a toy as well.  And what so offensive with Wii is like board games since Wii is known for local muliplayer just like board games?

There's nothing offensive about calling Wii a board game; it's a compliment; board games is the most hardcore kind of entertainment there is!

While that is true, depending on the game (some stuff is REAL light), it is ironic the videogame industry sticks board game stuff in the "Casual" category.  Well, I do play off that a bit with the CADERS project that sticks casual and retro together.

Damn right! I mean, as you said there are some very simple board games but writing them all off as "casual" is madness and ignorance at it's finest! Instead of laughing at them the industry really sould learn from them. Several game genres has their roots in board games after all.

I am taking "casual" to now mean "we don't need a large dev team to get it out", this the development is more casual than this like a movie development cycles.  Also, CADERS sticks boardgames under the C for "Casuals" in the name (Casuals And Devotees of Everything Retro Society.  Yes it is manglish, but done so it can sound like arcade).