windbane on 02 May 2008
| Sky Render said: The nature of what is selling well on the Wii baffles most of the haters of the system. They see collections of minigames, and basically only spot the forest for the trees. The games that sell well on the Wii are not selling well because they have minigame collections, because they're Nintendo franchises, or because they're quirky. They sell well because the experience they provide appeals to users. And to a user who has become content to repeat the same incrementally upgraded experience that games have offered for the last 20-some years on consoles, it makes no sense to rejoice at something completely new and defying that long-standing tradition. |
Doesn't baffle me. It's great getting more people into games and accepting of the entertainment medium. That doesn't change the fact that third parties are still pushing videogames more on the other systems. The forrest consists of mostly gamecube-quality trees mixed with ports and mini-game collections. We had those last generation. The Wii isn't transforming videogames, it's just creating some more fans and adding a new pointing mechanism (that's still not as good as a mouse). Rock Band, Guitar Hero, LittleBigPlanet are and will do the same. I just want people to accept the Wii for what it is and stop acting like Nintendo is perfect.
