CGI-Quality said:
If you know anything about Nintendo, it would be that no matter how much power they have, their games are still fun and engaging to pick up and play. The author wasn't trying to say that graphics = gameplay. He just emphasizes his excitement that Nintendo may finally be back in the game next gen. By "back in the game", he means not ignored by 3rd party companies and high-def graphics may just be what gets the foot in the door. |
Lets look at where the 3rd parties flocked.
NES, Snes, PS1, PS2, DS
Most power
Master System, Mega Drive, N64, Xbox, PS3
Correlation does not imply causation, but lack of correlation does not imply causation either.
Fact is, the Wii's lack of 3rd party support had nothing to do with lack of power, and it will not be rectified by an increase in power. The Wii was initailly given only token support because the consensus amongst analysts was that it would bomb, selling less than the GC. After it took off (well, a few years after, analysts and producers are pretty unwilling to admit their mistakes), 3rd parties brought a lot of games to the Wii. Unfortunately, developers didn't have a clue who actually owned a Wii, or what sort of games they wanted. They lacked the intelligence required to even copy Nintendo, and so their attempts to do so failed. Seeing poor sales, most developers did not want to put effort into Wii games, so they didn't. As a result, sales continued to stay low.
