Do Nintendo fans enjoy seeing the downfall of the HD consoles?

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RolStoppable said:
Yes, I enjoy the downfall of the HD consoles.

The rising development costs have caused the majority of the industry to place their bets on the proven horses: FPS, sports and racing games or generally violent games. Innovation is nearly non-existent, most of the time it's just refining graphics, physics etc. in these games.

Basically you get served a handful of genres which are more of the same. What makes it worse for me is that FPS and sports games are among my least favorite genres. Due to this, there's only a handful of games released on the HD consoles each year which I am interested in.

I believe that the Wii's success will counter this direction the market was heading to and due to the lower development costs on the Wii there will be more innovative games in ALL genres in the coming years. That's what I am looking for.

The fear that there won't be enough core games on the Wii is unjustified. For the budget of a single HD game you can probably make a core game and two "casual" games on the Wii. So even if there would be more of these "casual" games, the number of core games stays the same.

Lastly, if someone is really such a hardcore gamer and loves what the 360 and PS3 offer, why don't they move towards PC gaming? There you get pretty much the same genres with better graphics, better online, lower prices for the games. Apparently it isn't that expensive anymore to build a good gaming PC.

 You are my hero. Very well said. It is very nice that almost everyone that disagree with the OP voiced it in such a civil manner. I just hope next generation everyone will launch under U$ 300.