Digital Foundry - Nintendo Wii U review

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Veknoid_Outcast said:

the_dengle said:
Wii U may not "feel" like next-gen to many people, but it depends on your perspective. My friends and I had a bit of a Wii U launch party yesterday, at which we played local multiplayer with five players at a time on a single console. THAT felt next-gen to me. I thought Metroid Blast in Nintendo Land was the best example of this in action -- it was crazy.

No, the particle effects or whatever weren't blowing the PS360 away, but none of us cared about any of that. The game was just fun, and it kept more of us involved at a time. Less switching controllers around, fewer people sitting out each round, more focus on having fun.

Hear, hear. When did graphics become the be-all and end-all of video game consoles? I just don't get the obsession with more horsepower, better graphics, look at that draw distance!! Yes they are VIDEO games, so the visual is very important; but they are also GAMES, and they're meant to be fun.

Graphics will always be the be-all and end-all of video game consoles. Games with great graphics, together with great music will be able to immerse the player better as opposed to 8 bit graphics and midi music.

Why do think console makers like Nintendo upgrade from NES to SNES, Gamecube, and Sony, the PS1 to PS2 and PS3? Because not just gamers wanted it, but the developers themselves want it so that they can create games/worlds/environments that are more immersive and realistic.

It's like yes, we can fuck an ugly girl and have fun...sex is meant to be fun, but we want to fuck girls with supermodel faces, big boobs and long legs.