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S.T.A.G.E. on 30 July 2013
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happydolphin said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

I never said that a wiimote wasnt tangible value-add in, far from it. I am saying by virtue of it always being secondary in the gamers eye and not a successor to the slowly evolving traditional gamer pad leaves it as a gimmick. They will always be searching for some new peripheral to make gaming easier or different from last gen. Nintendo didnt mind that they caught the worlds attention, even if it was just for an instant.

100M gamers voted for the Wii. I'm not sure it is completely secondary, but more that Nintendo abandoned it prematurely.

Hopefully with the rise of the U the motion controls will come back. I already miss them.The traditional controller being enjoyed is like people sticking to retro graphics. Enjoying retro graphics doesn't devaluate the importance of graphics, nor does it devaluate the value-add of more cutting-edge graphics. 500M people downloaded angry birds. I believe that's more than the # of cutting-edge graphics games sold last gen.


Dude...the people who bought the Wii bought it because of the commercial nature of the product. It was a quick and fun product that made gaming lose its rough around the edges wall. It brought the people together, but that is a risk. Angry birds is a cheap phone or tablet game, so of course you would see loads of people paying for it if its fun and simple. Its like the argument of Avant Garde vs Kitsch all over again. Simple if pulled off right will always gather people in droves, psychologically speaking. I studied this in school.