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TalkBack / Re: What Bubble?
« on: December 17, 2008, 09:36:26 AM »
As someone who has fallen off the Wii wagon, I can say this: No the Wii is not a fad, the "bubble" won't burst any more than the PS2's "bubble" did. There's a huge install base and only a very small minority of disillusioned gamers are selling their Wiis on eBay and abandoning ship for more HD, online and hardcore* pastures. I know a guy who is doing this. I'm not.
I am holding out hope for Wii Motion+ and the next killer Nintendo game, as I still have faith Nintendo can produce innovative quality titles. But I must admit, I only turned my Wii on recently to play Mega Man 9, and I could have done that on the PS3 -- it just didn't feel right on anything but a Nintendo. I feel the games available on the Wii aren't as engaging as I had hoped, the motion controls aren't as accurate as I'd imagined and the online is, frankly, worthless. Their success makes it worse because they aren't doing anything to address the online complaints, and the quality games are slow in coming. Again, maybe Wii Motion+ will make things more interesting but I would be lying if I said Fallout 3 wasn't the greatest game I've played since Grand Theft Auto IV, and I just didn't enjoy anything on the Wii as much as either of those games. Not to say that Super Mario Galaxy wasn't great, it was as was Twilight Princess and Metroid. Just in my opinion, there are titles on the HD systems that are more fun.
You will disagree, and you are not wrong to do so. I stress that I and people like me are the minority, and while the more disgruntled Wii owners will probably be the loudest, they won't be louder than the sound of hundreds of thousands of new Wii consoles flying off shelves all the time. The fact is Sony is in trouble, Microsoft is just turning a profit, and Nintendo has been raking in cash since the dawn of time. They will continue to do so into the foreseeable future.
So relax, enjoy your games and stop worrying about stuff like this. Nintendo is doing fine.
*Just generalizing games that aren't "casual", and not that there's anything wrong with casual games.
I am holding out hope for Wii Motion+ and the next killer Nintendo game, as I still have faith Nintendo can produce innovative quality titles. But I must admit, I only turned my Wii on recently to play Mega Man 9, and I could have done that on the PS3 -- it just didn't feel right on anything but a Nintendo. I feel the games available on the Wii aren't as engaging as I had hoped, the motion controls aren't as accurate as I'd imagined and the online is, frankly, worthless. Their success makes it worse because they aren't doing anything to address the online complaints, and the quality games are slow in coming. Again, maybe Wii Motion+ will make things more interesting but I would be lying if I said Fallout 3 wasn't the greatest game I've played since Grand Theft Auto IV, and I just didn't enjoy anything on the Wii as much as either of those games. Not to say that Super Mario Galaxy wasn't great, it was as was Twilight Princess and Metroid. Just in my opinion, there are titles on the HD systems that are more fun.
You will disagree, and you are not wrong to do so. I stress that I and people like me are the minority, and while the more disgruntled Wii owners will probably be the loudest, they won't be louder than the sound of hundreds of thousands of new Wii consoles flying off shelves all the time. The fact is Sony is in trouble, Microsoft is just turning a profit, and Nintendo has been raking in cash since the dawn of time. They will continue to do so into the foreseeable future.
So relax, enjoy your games and stop worrying about stuff like this. Nintendo is doing fine.
*Just generalizing games that aren't "casual", and not that there's anything wrong with casual games.