Play Magazine has never, ever catered to anyone other than elitist techno-fetishists.  I remember years ago when they proclaimed the first XBOX as the second coming of Christ even before the first tech demo and rarely if ever mentioned Nintendo software, unless it was some artsy gloss-job like P.N. 03.  I believe the publication has changed hands since then, but I sincerely doubt their incessant snobbery has relented. 

Honestly though, this is hardly a lone voice in the wilderness at this point.  Every scared and sniveling acolyte of “hardcore” gaming has lambasted Nintendo’s success and will continue unabated until they either: 1) grow up, or 2) find a new and more secluded clique to join.  This phenomenon occurs constantly in the realms of politics, religions, and academia.  Though it’s no less childish or petulant within these circumstances, at least it usually concerns something more important than a silly game.

Wii can sell 200 million. How, you ask?

Two Words:













Light Saber

2 Quick points

1) The heavy hitters are the games that Nintendo are most likely going to reveal at E3, why have E3 if you tell everyone what your going to do before then.

2) There is nothing in his artical that says anything more then "they didn't show us the good stuff" a law of logic states that just because something isn't mentioned doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

3) If Nintendo didn't release any good "hardcore" games it would open up a great market for 3rd party games, to me nintendo is just another game publisher as I didn't grow up with them. I hope ID, Valve and other great companies make games for the Wii

4) Now I shall utterly contradict point 3 and say : I hope at E3 they show some great games as I loved Zelda: TP and have some new found faith in this publisher.

Gebx don't argue with Rolstoppable!

He is a Wii fanboy he is more smarter than an editor of an magazine and that all because of brain age!

Sigh.

 Now tell me what is going to turn around the fortune for the PS3. How will it possibly sell 110+ million more units?

This is the same sentence that I have heard a lot when PS2 launched! 

 Amazing. Not everyone thinks Nintendo has abandoned the hardcore. Who'd thought....

Worst case scenario, Nintendo stops making hardcore games focuses completely on the casual gamer. Does that mean that Sony and Microsoft will follow suit? Does that mean that from now on none of the third parties will make Hardcore games anymore? Heck even if it does mean that Microsoft and Sony follow suit does that mean that a new player won't come in and make a console that supports them? Even in the worst case scenario all that would happen is that there would be less development for hardcore games. Are you telling me that you played every game that has been released, and not had other games that interested you that you decided not to pick up?

Exactly, it's a pointless argument and a pointless opinion.

This is the same sentence that I have heard a lot when PS2 launched!

And I bet you heard everyone complaining about its price, the 1 year disadvantage it had against MS and the loss of its big third party exclusives :)

Face it, the PS3 is in a completely different situation. It may turn things around, but it doesn´t look that will happen.

It's unfair to call people who question editors "fanboy".  Editors and analysts make inaccurate and biased statements/arguments all the time, as you're probably aware. 

After all, anti-Nintendo folks also have questioned editorials when they read something they don't agree.  No need for double-standard.

And this kind of personal flaming doesn't contribute to the discussion.  Perhaps you need to play more games rather than trolling in here.

I know, right?