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megaman79 on 20 July 2008

Troll, but seriously its surprising how actually getting physically active is appealing to people. How strange that after years of sittin on our asses we have an opportunity to do something different and the world jumps at it. Look if it was only a temporary thing the rumours, not to mention the sixaxis, would not be so prevalent.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

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vaio on 21 July 2008
dib8rman said:
I would love to go to his site and say "Ha-ha your favorite console has and is losing to my favorite console, Wii owns you noob, you should of picked smart and not HD." But I don't want to give that site the hits. =(

Quite a dilema.

Viao it's actually funny you posted these - I have a friend who actually believes full heartedly that the Wii is killing gaming, and that it's turning real gamers into... I don't know exactly how to express his expression.. but he did some body gesture and did a limp wrist action and said "wimpy gamers" or "girly gamers" or something along those lines. Sadly he said that to a bunch of people (including myself) who don't take the console war seriously and we either laughed or told him: "I'm sorry but I like beating all my games and enjoying them fully."Actually I told him that part >.> Of course he's a Cancer so he's very sensative =.=.

I have a few friends like that too, not only do they think the direction of Nintendo will kill gaming but also the Wiimote is the the spawn of the devil and games will not evolve as long as they are controlled with the Wiimote or things alike. Their biggest fear is that wiimote clones are going to be the way of the future and if so they will stop with their gaming and that is proof that the gaming industry will die as if the industry is dependent on their contributions solely.

 



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super_etecoon on 21 July 2008

Actually....motion control hasn't even really begn on the Wii yet. Once motionplus and the balance board have market penetration then we will really start to see the birth of motion control.



kitler53 on 21 July 2008
vaio said:

Wii being dragged by motion control but for how long?

Posted on Jul 20, 2008 11:47:01 PM

How far can the Wii controls drag the console on through this war?

The ability to have full motion through the controls was huge innovation from Nintendo and has proved to be a great success but how long will it carry on until people begin to get bored? In fact, how many of you have already brought a Wii but don’t use it? Is the Wii sports the only game you own?

Ever since the first consoles gaming has always been sit down, accept arcade games. That was until the Wii was released, it took the gaming world by storm because it was so different. The graphics wasn’t impressive but the game play was. Do gamers really enjoy standing and moving all the time? Does it really just make for complications that are unwanted? I believe that the Wii has only survived due to the new take on controls but i also believe that eventually gamers will always come back to a Hardcore system, Playstation3, Xbox 360. The Wii may appeal to a wider audience but how much of this audience play the console all the time?

That is just my opinion but I am interested in hearing yours. What I want to know is what consoles you own, which one you play the most and what games you own for it. Write all comments below or in the forums. Users can now register to the site.

http://thatgamingsite.com/?p=242

Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero.  No sitting down - giagantic franchises that predate wii.  face-it, there are a ton of gamers that won't game in the "hardcore" fashion.  Like my mother for instance: 28 years of video game consols in her house and it took wii sports/wii fit to make her a gamer.  And my god does she love it.

 



JGarret on 21 July 2008

Personally, I´m not fond of the idea of games ending up in virtual reality...but I guess that´s where the industry is headed.



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bardicverse on 21 July 2008
vaio said:

Wii being dragged by motion control but for how long?

Posted on Jul 20, 2008 11:47:01 PM

How far can the Wii controls drag the console on through this war?

The ability to have full motion through the controls was huge innovation from Nintendo and has proved to be a great success but how long will it carry on until people begin to get bored? In fact, how many of you have already brought a Wii but don’t use it? Is the Wii sports the only game you own?

Ever since the first consoles gaming has always been sit down, accept arcade games. That was until the Wii was released, it took the gaming world by storm because it was so different. The graphics wasn’t impressive but the game play was. Do gamers really enjoy standing and moving all the time? Does it really just make for complications that are unwanted? I believe that the Wii has only survived due to the new take on controls but i also believe that eventually gamers will always come back to a Hardcore system, Playstation3, Xbox 360. The Wii may appeal to a wider audience but how much of this audience play the console all the time?

That is just my opinion but I am interested in hearing yours. What I want to know is what consoles you own, which one you play the most and what games you own for it. Write all comments below or in the forums. Users can now register to the site.

http://thatgamingsite.com/?p=242

Bro, you're KILLING me. Why are you even reading these sites? the last one was enough for me, I don't have time to retaliate every fanboy who posts on a fanboy gaming site. =)

I love people who "believe" that something will happen. Thank you, Nostradamus.

In regards to the article, I sit through at least half of my Wii games, not stand.

 

 



Onimusha12 on 21 July 2008
vaio said:

Wii being dragged by motion control but for how long?

Posted on Jul 20, 2008 11:47:01 PM

How far can the Wii controls drag the console on through this war?

The ability to have full motion through the controls was huge innovation from Nintendo and has proved to be a great success but how long will it carry on until people begin to get bored? In fact, how many of you have already brought a Wii but don’t use it? Is the Wii sports the only game you own?

Ever since the first consoles gaming has always been sit down, accept arcade games. That was until the Wii was released, it took the gaming world by storm because it was so different. The graphics wasn’t impressive but the game play was. Do gamers really enjoy standing and moving all the time? Does it really just make for complications that are unwanted? I believe that the Wii has only survived due to the new take on controls but i also believe that eventually gamers will always come back to a Hardcore system, Playstation3, Xbox 360. The Wii may appeal to a wider audience but how much of this audience play the console all the time?

That is just my opinion but I am interested in hearing yours. What I want to know is what consoles you own, which one you play the most and what games you own for it. Write all comments below or in the forums. Users can now register to the site.

http://thatgamingsite.com/?p=242

You always find the most positive news for Nintendo. Looking at your avatar I must wonder if these opinions do not mirror your own sometimes. Oh well.

obieslut said:
well the Wii is not going to be selling that well in th next few years, i have stated many time

2009 will be the last year the Wii does well

Because you've been nothing but a fair and balance contributor to these forums since you've appeared here. Had the Wii not already passed the Gamecube's lifetime sales I imagine you'd say that would be the point it would stop selling too.

 



TWRoO on 21 July 2008

The gaming press is on it's period again.

The Wii is the broken high-heel of a PMT sufferer.



vaio on 21 July 2008
Onimusha12 said:
vaio said:

Wii being dragged by motion control but for how long?

Posted on Jul 20, 2008 11:47:01 PM

How far can the Wii controls drag the console on through this war?

The ability to have full motion through the controls was huge innovation from Nintendo and has proved to be a great success but how long will it carry on until people begin to get bored? In fact, how many of you have already brought a Wii but don’t use it? Is the Wii sports the only game you own?

Ever since the first consoles gaming has always been sit down, accept arcade games. That was until the Wii was released, it took the gaming world by storm because it was so different. The graphics wasn’t impressive but the game play was. Do gamers really enjoy standing and moving all the time? Does it really just make for complications that are unwanted? I believe that the Wii has only survived due to the new take on controls but i also believe that eventually gamers will always come back to a Hardcore system, Playstation3, Xbox 360. The Wii may appeal to a wider audience but how much of this audience play the console all the time?

That is just my opinion but I am interested in hearing yours. What I want to know is what consoles you own, which one you play the most and what games you own for it. Write all comments below or in the forums. Users can now register to the site.

http://thatgamingsite.com/?p=242

You always find the most positive news for Nintendo. Looking at your avatar I must wonder if these opinions do not mirror your own sometimes. Oh well.

 

 

To anser your question I qutoed my self in a post earlier in this thread.

vaio said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
Cougarman said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
Shouldn't the username indicate this is just a Sony fanboy? He's just posted two articles written to make the Wii look bad.

 

vaio is huge wii fan

 

Could have fooled me.

 

 Actually I post anything I read that i find interesting and think you guys would find interesting or funny, it doesn´t mutter what it is about or what console it bashes or praises. I am the last person to be a Sony fanboy, infact I probably am the biggest Sony hater on this site but I stress that I have no hate whatsoever against PS as I love consoles and games too much to hate any console but Sony as a company I couldn´t hate more as my experiences with their products are way beyond terrible. Some of my favorite games are on the PS like TEKKEN or MGS and many more.

My username is my real name I am named after my grandfather and the name is a very common greek name (i have a greek mother and Italian father but I am born and live in Sweden)

@Cougarman TY for setting the record straight as I am the biggest Nintedo fan and have been since early 80´s but I don´t let the love for Ninty blind me or set me apart from great games from other consoles.

 

 Is that an answer good enough for you?



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.jayderyu on 21 July 2008

"New"(or application there of) technology can only go so far. It must also be backed up by a new business model, new set of values with a focus towards everyone rather than just the smaller upstream. Nintendo has done this. Which means that it's not about any ONE of these factors. What drives the Wii is that these 3 different elements are just ONE whole. Nintendos plan would have failed if they relied on just one element.

Nintendo advertising to just the "core" gamers. Wiimote would fail as most want HD gfx.

Nintendo just focusing on "casual". No Wiimote would cause fail since games would be hard to get into. No button press is more fun than swinging the racket.

Nintendo making "casual" games, but advertising to "core" games with or without Wiimote would fail.

Nope, it's one package.



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