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Millennium on 31 August 2009
frybread said:

http://kotaku.com/5347143/approval-ratings-batman-positive-by-2+to+1

 

Or at least the comment section.

 

4. Which platform do you enjoy the most?

Xbox 360: 41 percent (5,033 responses)
PlayStation 3: 32 percent (3,906)
PC: 19 percent (2,359)
DS/DSi: 3 percent (363)
Wii: 2 percent (266)

 

10. Do you want to play Wii Sports Resort? (Wii)

Yes: 38 percent (4,638 responses)
No: 51 percent (6,261)
Not sure: 11 percent (1,299)
12,198 total responses.

"The 51 percent negative for Wii Sports Resort sends a pretty strong anti-casual message from the readership. The gameplay variety and motion control aspect seem to do little to overcome our posture that we like our games deep, we like them to have narratives, and we like them to have guns and shooting."

 

*vomits*


 If it weren't for Stephen Totilo, I'd have removed Kotaku from my bookmarks.  Here's hoping he decides to write somewhere else.

Aside from gonintendo (which has way too many posts!), are there any good pro-Wii or pro-ludology blogs?

 


I've always heard it called ludism, rather than ludology, but in general if you want a ludist standpoint, you're not going to find it among video-game industry professionals: they've become wedded to simulationism because it's so much easier to market. For a ludist standpoint, start looking for other sorts of gamers who also do video. Miyamoto would probably write a good ludist blog, but he doesn't seem to have a blog at all.

Complexity is not depth. Machismo is not maturity. Obsession is not dedication. Tedium is not challenge. Support gaming: support the Wii.

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What do I hate about modern gaming? I hate tedium replacing challenge, complexity replacing depth, and domination replacing entertainment. I hate the outsourcing of mechanics to physics textbooks, art direction to photocopiers, and story to cheap Hollywood screenwriters. I hate the confusion of obsession with dedication, style with substance, new with gimmicky, old with obsolete, new with evolutionary, and old with time-tested.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.

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salaminizer on 31 August 2009

well, just ignore it, there are always annoying posts and comments, but it's better to ignore them.

Totilo and Crecente are cool enough, so you can safely ignore Luke and the others



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elmerion on 31 August 2009

Wii Sports Resort is a great game i have a hard time believing someone hates it or doesnt like it, story games do not sell well with few exceptions

I wonder what Malstrom would say about this...



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Wii_Master on 31 August 2009

wow i will never go to kotaku i never did anyways



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chenguo4 on 31 August 2009

over react much? flocking to people who only agree with you is... well, it's not a good thing.




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outlawauron on 31 August 2009
Gnizmo said:
Is Plunkett the one who deliberately mis-quotes developers to make it seem like they hate the Wii? He is the reason I wrote the site off if so. It has created a couple of really funny threads here though.

Yeah, Plunkett is the worst in my opinion.

He still thinks the PSP doesn't have any good games!



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