| nintendo_fanboy said: Since you are constantly changing the topic it is difficult to prove you wrong, but I'll compile a list here with all the weak arguments you have: 1. Reviewers tastes are not everything. A lot of the Wii's million sellers have arguably been too low scored because they are not epic single-player games but funny multiplayer party games. Fact is, they are doing right what they want to, they have no flaws like other 70 % rated games. They just represent a different way of gaming. 2. Very few people are buying consoles because of games that are about to come out. Most people except a few hardcore gamers are waiting for the game they want until they buy a console. 3. You were constantly saying that the 360 AND the PS3 have more good games than the Wii although you proved yourself wrong on that before. The PS3 may has more "good" games than the Wii in percents out of their million sellers, but in absolute numbers, Wii is clearly better even after your standards for good games. I don't think you can argue that the important thing is the absolute number of good games and not the relative one, because why should I bother if there are a lot of bad games when there are still more good games than there are on other consoles? That the 360 has more is easily explained by its one year head start. If sales trends continue like this, The Wii will even catch up the 360 in terms of good games by your standards and in absolute numbers. 4. You said that the Wii will be the first console that has not the best games out of a generation but wins it. You clearly show your bias here because this generation just has started, how can you know which console will have the best games at the end? That's all I can think of right now, just tell me if I forgot to disprove an argument of you. |
I am not changing the topic i have made my point and others are changing the topic in an effort to try and prove me wrong but are failing. So now let me answer your 'arguements'.
1). Reviewers tastes aren't everything but for decades the average review score for games has been accepted as the best way to show how good a game is. You don't have to agree with all or some of the reviews but the fact is most people do, just because a new breed of casual gamer has come along who don't have a clue what makes a good game and they like shallow, easy, short games with many flaws instead, doesn't now make the review system flawed, a bad game is still a bad game no matter how many casual people buy it. A wii game that scores 70% is just as flawed as any other game that scores 70%. Lets take wii play for example with an average review score of 60%, why did the game score so low? It only contains nine mini games, they are all too short and the entire game can be completed in less than 30 minutes. The controls are basic, like kinder garden 3 year old basic, with some games having basic movement taken away from you for no reason other than to make the game ridiculously easy. Speaking of difficulty, the entire game is too easy and has next to no skill involved. The graphics are poor, theirs no proper leaderboards, it has no online play. The games are mainly just shallow rip offs of other older games that are better then what is contained in wii play. The sound effects are basic, their are zero options for each mini game you just get to play the one basic version of them and most of the mini games are boring with little to no innovation. Wii play is a bad game and scored 60% accordingly.
2). Some people buy consoles in advance of games coming out, i know i did, i've seen hundreds of people on forums say they did and so do some of my friends. I said people buying consoles in advance of the games they want is just one reason, buying a console as a movie player and backwards compatibilty are two other reasons i gave and their are many more.
3). If you want to talk absolute numbers on gamesrankings.com the x360 has 70 games rated 80% or above, the ps3 has 35 games rated 80% or above and the wii only has 14 games rated 80% or above.That's a huge difference in class and you'd have to be in denial not to see it. If you want to just talk about million sellers then yes right now the wii is just ahead of the ps3 in terms of million sellers that are rated 80% or above but the ps3 is catching up. By the end of the year the ps3 will have more million selling games rated above 80% then the wii will and chances are it will overtake the wii by the end of the summer on that front.
4). It's clear to see the trend of quality games coming to the 360/ps3 and not the wii. This hasn't changed at all this year and it's too late for it to change until next year at best but it's very unlikely to happen. The trend is to make 360/ps3/pc versions of the same game because those systems are of a similar spec and will sell more games then just a seperate wii version that has to be completly changed (a.k.a. dumbed down). Console generations only last 4-6 years in terms of proper software support, do you even think the wii will last 6 years? I don't and it would have to be one hell of a software market change for the wii to catch up to the 360 and ps3 which just isnt likely to happen.
