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milkyjoe said:

When you're in a race, and the leader is way out in front, but there's a close battle for second place way behind, the coverage will mostly be on that close battle, with occasional glimpses at the leader.

This statement makes sense to me.



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Shadowfest3 said:
milkyjoe said:

When you're in a race, and the leader is way out in front, but there's a close battle for second place way behind, the coverage will mostly be on that close battle, with occasional glimpses at the leader.

This statement makes sense to me.


It would make sense if every far ahead leader in news got the same treatment. ONCE AGAIN, the PS2 did not, despite the similar situation.



A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.

Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs

What's a Wii?

I don't think it's deliberately  to ignore Wii.  It's just there's no news to talk about Wii.   Wii sales are down, but should go up over the holiday season but probably not close to last year.    Wii has just gotten old-hat.   Which is nothing to be ashamed of, because Wii is following a typical console cycle (5 years) whereas MS & Sony are doing everything they can to extend the console cycle we're still in.  

Which is what the news is about.  Will Kinect / Move succeed?  How much?  Which will do better?  How much of a life boost can it give these systems? Etc. 

Wii has already won.  If 360 or PS3 outsells Wii over the holidays, that will be news.   If Wii dominates, that's not news, that's business as usual.

Nor do I think Nintendo cares.   If they wanted to, they could release 3DS this year and the hype around that would blow Sony's and MS 4 year late to the party motion control offerings right out the window.    Wii's on the decline, so is DS, which is probably exactly as Nintendo expected it to be and I'm sure we'll see the Wii successor by late 11 or early 12 depending on how well Wii holds up in the meantime. 



 

scottie said:
Squilliam said:
scottie said:
Squilliam said:
scottie said:
Squilliam said:

 

 

 

I personally haven't seen much advantage in the Wiimote. Maybe I set it up wrong or something or maybe I have IR interference or maybe my TV size and viewing distance wasn't anticipated by Nintendo. In any case to me the Wiimote is just a less reliable mouse and if the next generation perfects the controller then I wouldn't mind it. However as it exists right now it is flawed and I can attest to the flaws because it doesn't work perfectly out of the box. However the current console controllers on the Xbox 360 and PS3 are certainly good enough. They do the job which is asked of them and they work on all the major genres you see on consoles today.

I never play online multiplayer, its too stressful for me.

 

Well basically, imagine the Wiimote is like a keyboard and mouse. Then imagine the keyboard can fit in your hand, and you dont have to put up with the hassle of using wasd (or, God forbid, using the arrows to turn) and then imagine the keyboard can also be used as a mouse.

 

What do you mean by less reliable?

I already know what the Wii is, except for the fact that the Wii shooter games have a bounding box and turning does represent a hassle whereas the PC mouse doesn't have that issue. Besides, I have no more love for KB and mouse than I do for a controller, im not that anal. I use what works.

Less reliable = jumpy crosshair and sometimes unregistered motion or unintended motion.



Tease.

The Wii already won, the others are just trying to catch up an d not be in last



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@squilliam  someone who sees the Wii controller the way I do.  People are so quick to jump on the whole Wiimote is better for FPSs. I have one and I dont see it. The turning still sucks, but everyone some forgets to mention that. the pointing is better but thats about it. They improved in one area and went way down in another so I say analogs/Wiimote is about even. Also if the pointer controls were so great, why the hell dont FPSs do better on Wii?? Why do multiplat FPSs not even come near the HD counterparts?? that tells me that most FPS players really dont care that much for pointer controls as some fans would like to think



They didn't mention the PC either.  It's the same as " GT5 with head tracking" make news while we've had head tracking  on PC for  10 years now.



TukTuk said:

The Wii already won, the others are just trying to catch up an d not be in last


agree. Nintendo already won this generation!



oniyide said:

@squilliam  someone who sees the Wii controller the way I do.  People are so quick to jump on the whole Wiimote is better for FPSs. I have one and I dont see it. The turning still sucks, but everyone some forgets to mention that. the pointing is better but thats about it. They improved in one area and went way down in another so I say analogs/Wiimote is about even. Also if the pointer controls were so great, why the hell dont FPSs do better on Wii?? Why do multiplat FPSs not even come near the HD counterparts?? that tells me that most FPS players really dont care that much for pointer controls as some fans would like to think

Probably. The market doesn't support the idea that its a perfect shooter interface. If there was strong cross-over the Wii FPS games ought to sell proportionately better than they do relative to the Xbox 360 and PS3.



Tease.

@squilliam  one with common sense would think that