The meltdown of Wii haters continues

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Rhonin the wizard said:

2008: Nintendo Waves Goodbye to Gamers

Staff Blog entry on April 23rd, 2008

This week we’re going to see just how divided the market has become over the past two years. Two massive titles both being released at around the same time, neither of which will impact the sales of the other in the slightest. This week we see the first clear-cut fork in the road: GTA IV shows us the future of hardcore gaming machines, Wii Fit shows us the future of an entirely new direction in gaming which has become so complex and massive that the term ‘casual’ just doesn’t seem to do it justice anymore.

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The crossover of hardcore and casual gamers between the two console types is going to wane soon enough: whilst all of us had hope for the Wii because of the potential the wiimote provided, it’s been almost two years now and there are still practically no games that make good use of the Wii’s strengths. Sure, we get thrown a bone once in a while- but Mario Kart and Smash Bros. don’t really cut it (the former in particular seems to have ramped up the luck factor considerably, in what I suspect is a planned mechanic to add more of a Wii-sports feel of the playing field being level regardless of skill). Don’t get me wrong - it’s still a fun little console - but as a primary console for serious gamers it’s simply never going to be able to stand up to either the 360 or the PS3.

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Honestly the guy hasn't really done any research or analyzing any time recently or he would know that the Wii has been on the market 74 weeks and the PS3 for 76 weeks. The PS3 isn't even at 1.5 years yet and he is already rounding up to two years. I think it is reasonable to expect someone who thinks himself an analyst to remember that both consoles launched in Nov of '06 and that assuming he is aware of the current date he could figure out that November is still more than 6 months away.

There are more of these discrepencies in the article but the point I'm illustrating is that this guy set out to make this case without an objective thought in his head. The entire article from the GTA IV lip service to the "the wii is cute for n00bs" attitude is built around one central theme: Promote "real gaming" through attacks on "casual gaming".