| HappySqurriel said: The PS3 and XBox 360 didn't sell 130 million consoles to "hardcore" gamers, they sold the vast majority of those systems to broader market gamers who wanted to play games like Call of Duty and these systems were their only option ... If the generation played out differently, and third party publishers produced a decent number of similar games for the Wii, a large portion of these gamers wouldn't have bought their HD console. The typical gamer, regardless of whether they play "core" or "casual" games, doesn't really care that much about the processing power of their system; they care whether it provides new and interesting experiences. |
Call of Duty gamers are a combo of hardcore & semi hardcore gamers. They are the ones that play 8 hours a day online. Many of them will also buy Battlefield, Halo, Killzone, MSG4 etc
If the Wii was a HD console as you say, and matched the processing power of the other 2, it would flop. The launch price by having similar spec hardware and the inclusion of the the hook that is the Wii remote would put it's price above the PS3 and well above the 360. It would be a ridiculous flop, the hook wouldn't save it. Call of Duty players don't care about motion control!
Better hardware allows Call of Duty to run at the high fps it does, which is what entices people. The Wii can't match that, The Wii U certainlty won't match that next gen. The WiiU remote is not a hook that will entice these players.
Better graphics, better framerates, better gameplay experiences will do that, so yes processing power is important. Many gamer's might not know the difference between PS4 of 720's processing power, but they will most certaintly know they can play their game of choice on these consoles because it is more powerful than the WiiU.
The Wii U will produce some great Nintendo style games for it's gamers, but I'm confident if you were to ask any gamer if they would prefer the Wii U to have more ram and processing power, and the trade off would be to drop the Wii U remote, bye bye remote.
Just to re-iterate my point. It's about the games, which stronger power makes possible. The gimmick won't entice these players.
