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greenmedic88 on 19 June 2008
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MontanaHatchet said:
Kasz216 said:
MontanaHatchet said:

Because this is the first time in history where the two losing consoles are getting tons of games that the leading console isn't, especially when these games were on the leading console's predecessor, even if multiplatform (Beyond Good and Evil 2 seems to be a good example of this).

 

Except... Sony is claiming the same thing for the DS. Which doesn't meet any of your qualifications.

So... no.... your wrong. That's now why they're saying it.

If you ask me it's because Sony and Microsoft care less about videogames and more about entertainment.

The design philospy of Nintendo is to make a system that plays games... period. They follow the company motto. Do one thing exceptionally. They don't even like to own other buisnesses selling them off whenever they aquire something related to the VG buisness.

While the other two companies are more interested in taking over your living room. Either one would do anything for that... as it's a much larger piece of the pie as far as money goes.

Well also Microsoft more wants Sony to not get a hub, as a thing like the Playstation 3 controlling your living room is basically "like" a PC... and that could be a mega inroad into the PC market hurting their profitability.

The Wii isn't going to take over anyones movie collection or sound system or anything else... so it doesn't challenge their ulitamte goal it just delays it.timedia device... that primarily was trying to push UMDs. Though that failed, it stil has other non game uses. It's the same with the PSP. The PSP isn't really a game system... it's really more a mul

Well, he asked about "companies." As if he would be implying both Microsoft and Sony. Since Microsoft doesn't have a handheld, my first thought turned to the home console race. And the PSP is still getting a lot of games that the DS isn't, even if many of them are first party. The problem is that there isn't a third leg in the handheld race for comparision. I'm sure that if Microsoft had a handheld in the race, similar to the PSP, that the PSP and Microsoft's handheld would both get a lot of games that the DS wouldn't get, despite the DS being the market leader. A lot of it comes down to demographics.

So no, I'm not wrong. You're (notice the spelling?) wrong about that.

 

Maybe he meant "your wrong" as in your bad. lol

You can split the argument either way depending on your point of view. Yes, every Wii sold is potentially a PS3 or 360 that was not sold, but I really don't see the same types of games (or the same high profile titles) being developed for the Wii, barring a few multi-port titles with perfunctory motion controls (Force Unleashed may actually be the first decent port if they nail the controls). They simply don't exist on the platform.

By far most of my best gaming experiences this generation have been on the HD consoles. I have exactly three titles between the two of them that had a port for the Wii; none of which were better due to the merits of the Wii. I have one FPS title for the Wii that was also available for the 360 and despite the IR aiming, the port was horrible. And MP3 didn't give me the seamless FPS controls I was expecting even though they were much improved over the previous standard GC controls.

Just about all the Nintendo franchises that are the key selling point for any Nintendo console haven't won me back over for the first time since the SNES as far as the hardware and games go. I've long since transitioned from being a fan of Nintendo, to a minor investor in the company. No room for cheerleading there; the financials are my only concern. Lot of fun, great little console, but hardly the be all end all revolution in gaming.