| Shameless said: Let's get one thing straight before I begin - everyone on this forum should be a hardcore gamer. There are no two ways about it. Erm... Okay... Because of this, it often suprises me that Nintendo fans enjoy seeing the PS360 consoles fall; I do? Moving on... consoles which are entirely tailored and aimed at the hardcore gaming audience. But you said I was hardcore... and I only have a Wii... and right now my gaming needs are met. So... The success of the Wii will mean that all console developers will spend a lot more time and money on the casual gaming audience and where does that leave us? It leaves us at a place where a developer doesn't have to spend $100 million for a sequel. From what I can see of this generation, gaming will cease to be a hardcore form of entertainment. Good, we can stop being a niche group... oh wait... we've been going down this path ever since the PSX. We'll still have hardcore games in the future but they're likely to be lower budget and less innovative. Good, I was tired of the innovative titles such as Halo 3, GTAIV, and Grand Turismo 5. Too many numbers. And of course, lower budget = bad. As they say, Developers who cannot afford to make a game shouldn't make a game. As far as I can see, our preferred form of entertainment will go down the shitter as it becomes less and less profitable to make hardcore games. Dang, and here I was hoping for MegaMan GXLSilver7: Dual Shadows version. Tis a shame. The success of the HD consoles is extremely likely to be the deciding factor on what the state of gaming will be in the next gen. And here I was liking how gaming was becoming more expensive and less innovative. Curse you Wii! |
I blame Wii Fit.
