Dude i can only assume your too young to get the concept of narratives but there is a continuing debate about whether playing a game is the same thing as watching a movie. Your playing a role in the narrative, whether thats Wiifit or MGS, and your involvement changes the narrative as you progress.

Theres something to be said about passive entertainment (tv) and whether, i dk Tetris for eg, is ultimately a better, more convincing and appealing narrative simply because you are a part of it. 

If you don't own a system and post in a thread about it you're a troll?  Seriously look up the word before throwing it around.  It really seems like this is a case of shooting the messenger.

Excellent contribution and I took the liberty of adding it in.

if you don't own a system and bash it and think u know what ur talking about then yes u r a troll and we r using computer terms a "troll" is a supernatural being in scandinavian mythology, thats like saying "lol" is in the dictionary i guess u should look it up

@Grampy, thanks: I was thinking about Nintendo games the other day, that excitement vs fun paradox. I realised they never really excited me hugely like HD games but they were consistantly fun. I had that thought when I was playing a N64 Paper Mario RPG funnily enough (Nintendo was never big in my country until one year after the Wii, so I've never seen a Nintendo home console system before in my life before I got my Wii!)

We can have movies that range from popcorn movies that require no real thought to very deep movies that may require repeated viewings by some people to understand.  The same can be said for books, pictures, etc.  So I find it hard to understand why some people seem to think that all games should be simple and without any kind of complex plot.  In the end it comes down to personal preference and there are truly great games that were made better by having more than just a basic plot.

Well show me how my post was bashing the system.  I stand by my statements.  Is saying that Wii Sports is a system seller considered bashing to you?  Is posting the sales of games on the Wii considered bashing?  Seriously take off the fanboy glasses because you're seeing something that isn't there.

Chill Everyone. Let's not kill another good thread bickering like children. I accept your question as legitimate and I will respond. Every system has megahits that seem to appeal to it's core.  Certainly few things will sell on the hardcore more than GTA 4 for example. I assume we would then as legitimately claim that people bought these consoles particularly for that type of game.

LBP will never ever sell anything like GTA on the PS3, does that mean there is no room for it? Should it never have been written? No, of course not, it adds a great deal to the system and I'm glad it's there and hope it sells well.

Not every game can or should be a super megahit. Several of the games that some of the PS360 crowd like to ridicule the most on the Wii sre obviously target at a young female audience. They'll never sell a gazillion copies because young girls will probably never be a majority on the Wii or anywhere else. But statistics indicate they may well be between 30-40% of gamers. Shouldn't they have games.

Not everyone likes puzzle games like Boomblox, but a lot did. Enough to make it profitable.

And that's the bottom line, the more good games that add to variety and can turn a profit, the better off we all are.

^^ what do you say to people who think MGS4 is too much movie and not enough game though? Isn't that worse, loosing the whole point of it really

Excellent insight. The key to Wii development is understanding that the platform is different, that the users actually have tastes, and that fun is the main draw for the games