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Immortal on 01 December 2010
Chibi.V.29 said:
Immortal said:

Wii Sports and nothing else. Only ridiculously old-fashioned losers will remember stuff like CoD, Halo, GT, Wii Fit, etc. Wii Sports, on the other hand, will be the Super Mario Bros of tomorrow. The gamers of tomorrow will look back at it fondly whilst complaining that Nintendo have strayed from their ways and are neglecting their true audience.


hahahaha  u do realise that CoD, halo and GT are more lily to be remember that wii sports XD. In 20 years time people will prob still be playing them XD. Sales arnt everything but when a game sells 10 million easy people remember it XD Wii sports is just that game that come with wii, u play it, u go get a proper game XD

You're not serious, are you?

Firstly, sales matter. If no one (or very few people, in comparison) played the game, no one (again, very few people) will remember it. Also, why the heck won't people be playing Wii Sports when they're playing CoD and GT? Trust me, only "core" gamers give up on a game as fun as Wii Sports after a few weeks. 20 years later, every time somebody new comes home, my Wii will still be intact, waiting for a game of baseball, :P. Besides, like it or not, CoD, Halo and GT are more of the same. There have been popular shooters and racers forever; even new IPs in this genre will probably be forgotten. Wii Sports is drastically new. If any games follow it in later gens, it'll be looked upon as a trendsetter. If they don't, it'll pretty much be regarded as one of a kind.



 

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fps_d0minat0r on 01 December 2010

call of duty will be remembered like tetris and pacman is today.

theres a lot of factors that will make some big and some not.

for example if EA collapse and someone else make footy games, we will all remember FIFA 11 and how great it was when we criticise the new developer of the official football (soccer) game. if EA carry on, no-one will see fifa 11 as special in the future.



Immortal on 01 December 2010
CGI-Quality said:
Immortal said:
Chibi.V.29 said:
Immortal said:

Wii Sports and nothing else. Only ridiculously old-fashioned losers will remember stuff like CoD, Halo, GT, Wii Fit, etc. Wii Sports, on the other hand, will be the Super Mario Bros of tomorrow. The gamers of tomorrow will look back at it fondly whilst complaining that Nintendo have strayed from their ways and are neglecting their true audience.


hahahaha  u do realise that CoD, halo and GT are more lily to be remember that wii sports XD. In 20 years time people will prob still be playing them XD. Sales arnt everything but when a game sells 10 million easy people remember it XD Wii sports is just that game that come with wii, u play it, u go get a proper game XD

You're not serious, are you?

Firstly, sales matter. If no one (or very few people, in comparison) played the game, no one (again, very few people) will remember it. Also, why the heck won't people be playing Wii Sports when they're playing CoD and GT? Trust me, only "core" gamers give up on a game as fun as Wii Sports after a few weeks. 20 years later, every time somebody new comes home, my Wii will still be intact, waiting for a game of baseball, :P. Besides, like it or not, CoD, Halo and GT are more of the same. There have been popular shooters and racers forever; even new IPs in this genre will probably be forgotten. Wii Sports is drastically new. If any games follow it in later gens, it'll be looked upon as a trendsetter. If they don't, it'll pretty much be regarded as one of a kind.

Saying only Wii Sports will be remembered from this gen is fairly narrow minded. Think back to 1990, is Super Mario Bros the only franchise remembered? Hardly.

More of the same means nothing if a series still breaks records and pushes the medium. CoD, Halo, & GT have all done that this gen.

CoD: Black Ops is the fastest selling game in history (taking the previous record from Modern Warfare 2).

Halo 3 had the largest launch in entertainment history while setting the bar for online mutliplayer higher than any game before it. It'll keep being played long after the 360's successor has launched.

Gran Turismo 5 had pre-market perception and hype like few games had in the past. It'll be the highest and fastest selling racing title this gen (save Mario Kart) .Couple in it's unprecedented amount of content and it's easy to see how it will be remembered for years to come.

Now I agree that Wii Sports will be remembered for generations and generations, because it ushered in a brand new way to play. But it didn't exist in the gen alone as a show stopper, so it won't be the only show stopper remembered years from now.

Yeah, I know, it's going a bit too far, but I really think so. The OP said that which games would be like Pac-Man, Pong and SMB. That kind of recognition won't be received by other titles from this generation I'm guessing.

I admit that it was a bit trollish of me to say that everything else doesn't matter though, :P.



 

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Chibi.V.29 on 01 December 2010
Immortal said:
Chibi.V.29 said:
Immortal said:

Wii Sports and nothing else. Only ridiculously old-fashioned losers will remember stuff like CoD, Halo, GT, Wii Fit, etc. Wii Sports, on the other hand, will be the Super Mario Bros of tomorrow. The gamers of tomorrow will look back at it fondly whilst complaining that Nintendo have strayed from their ways and are neglecting their true audience.


hahahaha  u do realise that CoD, halo and GT are more lily to be remember that wii sports XD. In 20 years time people will prob still be playing them XD. Sales arnt everything but when a game sells 10 million easy people remember it XD Wii sports is just that game that come with wii, u play it, u go get a proper game XD

You're not serious, are you?

Firstly, sales matter. If no one (or very few people, in comparison) played the game, no one (again, very few people) will remember it. Also, why the heck won't people be playing Wii Sports when they're playing CoD and GT? Trust me, only "core" gamers give up on a game as fun as Wii Sports after a few weeks. 20 years later, every time somebody new comes home, my Wii will still be intact, waiting for a game of baseball, :P. Besides, like it or not, CoD, Halo and GT are more of the same. There have been popular shooters and racers forever; even new IPs in this genre will probably be forgotten. Wii Sports is drastically new. If any games follow it in later gens, it'll be looked upon as a trendsetter. If they don't, it'll pretty much be regarded as one of a kind.


Its not even worth arguing with someone who just said gran turismo and Cod are the same thing XD. I actually laughed when i read that. keep up the good work, i like a good laugh :D



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Immortal on 01 December 2010
Chibi.V.29 said:
Immortal said:
Chibi.V.29 said:
Immortal said:

Wii Sports and nothing else. Only ridiculously old-fashioned losers will remember stuff like CoD, Halo, GT, Wii Fit, etc. Wii Sports, on the other hand, will be the Super Mario Bros of tomorrow. The gamers of tomorrow will look back at it fondly whilst complaining that Nintendo have strayed from their ways and are neglecting their true audience.


hahahaha  u do realise that CoD, halo and GT are more lily to be remember that wii sports XD. In 20 years time people will prob still be playing them XD. Sales arnt everything but when a game sells 10 million easy people remember it XD Wii sports is just that game that come with wii, u play it, u go get a proper game XD

You're not serious, are you?

Firstly, sales matter. If no one (or very few people, in comparison) played the game, no one (again, very few people) will remember it. Also, why the heck won't people be playing Wii Sports when they're playing CoD and GT? Trust me, only "core" gamers give up on a game as fun as Wii Sports after a few weeks. 20 years later, every time somebody new comes home, my Wii will still be intact, waiting for a game of baseball, :P. Besides, like it or not, CoD, Halo and GT are more of the same. There have been popular shooters and racers forever; even new IPs in this genre will probably be forgotten. Wii Sports is drastically new. If any games follow it in later gens, it'll be looked upon as a trendsetter. If they don't, it'll pretty much be regarded as one of a kind.


Its not even worth arguing with someone who just said gran turismo and Cod are the same thing XD. I actually laughed when i read that. keep up the good work, i like a good laugh :D

Now I don't want to be trollish, but you really should read more if English is your mother tongue. "More of the same" means "stuff that's already been done", not "the same thing".



 

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RageBot on 01 December 2010
Immortal said:

 

 

Firstly, sales matter. If no one (or very few people, in comparison) played the game, no one (again, very few people) will remember it

 Wii Sports is drastically new. If any games follow it in later gens, it'll be looked upon as a trendsetter. If they don't, it'll pretty much be regarded as one of a kind.


1. Yeah, but the fact that 60 million pepole played the game, or 40 million pepole bought the album, or 70 million bought the book means just one thing - if something will be remembered, it will be rememberd for being big in the past, and then... disappearing.

2. Yeah, each new Halo and GT and CoD is more of the same, however, you cannot deny the effects of the first Halo, and to some extent, CoD4, on the gaming world today, they had a big influence, that, for now, seems like it will last longer than Wii Sports influence, however, we can't really know at this point what will happen five years from now.

3. And that's the point, something that's "one of a kind", that has no influence, no real lasting appeal, and doesn't involve pepole emotionally, or mentally, will be remembered as something that just sold a lot.



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ishiki on 01 December 2010

wipeout HD FURY

wait...



Immortal on 01 December 2010
RageBot said:
Immortal said:

 

 

Firstly, sales matter. If no one (or very few people, in comparison) played the game, no one (again, very few people) will remember it

 Wii Sports is drastically new. If any games follow it in later gens, it'll be looked upon as a trendsetter. If they don't, it'll pretty much be regarded as one of a kind.


1. Yeah, but the fact that 60 million pepole played the game, or 40 million pepole bought the album, or 70 million bought the book means just one thing - if something will be remembered, it will be rememberd for being big in the past, and then... disappearing.

2. Yeah, each new Halo and GT and CoD is more of the same, however, you cannot deny the effects of the first Halo, and to some extent, CoD4, on the gaming world today, they had a big influence, that, for now, seems like it will last longer than Wii Sports influence, however, we can't really know at this point what will happen five years from now.

3. And that's the point, something that's "one of a kind", that has no influence, no real lasting appeal, and doesn't involve pepole emotionally, or mentally, will be remembered as something that just sold a lot.

1) Then disappearing? Really? How do you figure that? That doesn't look at all likely to me at this point.

2) The first Halo was important in ways, but it wasn't from this gen in any case. Also, CoD 4 having more influence than Wii Sports? Honestly, what the heck?

3) Lots of the best things that people remember from the past are considered "one of a kind" because they were so special and unique. Honestly, those things have a lot of lasting appeal and I'm willing to make a (a rather pointless and unwinnable, :P) bet that more people have been emotionally and mentally attached to Wii Sports than to CoD 4.



 

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RageBot on 01 December 2010
Immortal said:
RageBot said:
Immortal said:

 

 

Firstly, sales matter. If no one (or very few people, in comparison) played the game, no one (again, very few people) will remember it

 Wii Sports is drastically new. If any games follow it in later gens, it'll be looked upon as a trendsetter. If they don't, it'll pretty much be regarded as one of a kind.


1. Yeah, but the fact that 60 million pepole played the game, or 40 million pepole bought the album, or 70 million bought the book means just one thing - if something will be remembered, it will be rememberd for being big in the past, and then... disappearing.

2. Yeah, each new Halo and GT and CoD is more of the same, however, you cannot deny the effects of the first Halo, and to some extent, CoD4, on the gaming world today, they had a big influence, that, for now, seems like it will last longer than Wii Sports influence, however, we can't really know at this point what will happen five years from now.

3. And that's the point, something that's "one of a kind", that has no influence, no real lasting appeal, and doesn't involve pepole emotionally, or mentally, will be remembered as something that just sold a lot.

1) Then disappearing? Really? How do you figure that? That doesn't look at all likely to me at this point.

2) The first Halo was important in ways, but it wasn't from this gen in any case. Also, CoD 4 having more influence than Wii Sports? Honestly, what the heck?

3) Lots of the best things that people remember from the past are considered "one of a kind" because they were so special and unique. Honestly, those things have a lot of lasting appeal and I'm willing to make a (a rather pointless and unwinnable, :P) bet that more people have been emotionally and mentally attached to Wii Sports than to CoD 4.


1. Yeah, cause a lot of pepole talk about the Backstreet Boys now, right? After all, Millenium is around the fifth best selling music album of all time.

2. Err... yeah? If you consider the sales of games who tried to rip-off CoD4, either completely (MoH) or just a lot of aspects of it, like a long-term leveling up in shooters, it had a much bigger impact on the overall gaming market than Wii Sports.

3. You missed my point, pretty much... completely.



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cr00mz on 01 December 2010

i would have to say Alan Wake, the best game this generation.