I Wish someone would quote the interesting parts of the article so that we don't contribute to the free hits that the article was designed to get.
It's not so much that the Sun slams Wii U, but in an editorial, an author gives his opinion.That's why The Sun is so terrible. They always give their opinion. Always.
I just wish there was some way to make these people eat their words when they end up being proven wrong. They should get fired or something. Its very frustrating that they can say all this **** and get away with it.
to those who disagree with my title "The Sun slams the Wii U" - I have no patience for your pedantic despotism. I think that statements like "Wii+DS=Fail" and describing the Wii U as "drastically over priced" constitute a slam.
Please note my use of the term "I think" and accept that yours is not the only opinion of worth on the whole internet.
If the Xbox420 rumor of having 8GB of RAM is true it shows the 2GB Wii U has only 1/4th the power. I know people say graphics have hit a wall and no longer matter, but other game related things do matter like physics, AI, and so forth. A developer who designs a game for the PS420 which takes full advantage of their specs will be able to make a Wii U version
Some times I wonder why I bother with forums......
to those who disagree with my title "The Sun slams the Wii U" - I have no patience for your pedantic despotism. I think that statements like "Wii+DS=Fail" and describing the Wii U as "drastically over priced" constitute a slam.
Please note my use of the term "I think" and accept that yours is not the only opinion of worth on the whole internet. Several UK game sites picked up on the story too, CVG described it thusly:
"...to categorically instruct readers to not buy a new console - one built by the most experienced console maker in history, no less - is pushing things a bit far."
ANYWAY. I shared the Sun piece because it is very badly written and shows little understanding of how the gamepad works and what it does (even less of how the Vita works and what software is available for it). Which I found funny. A bit annoying too, but mostly funny.
So far as I can tell just Little Big Planet 2 and 4 PS2 HD remakes offer similar features to the Gamepad when used with a Vita - and that's it. It's all an experiment for Sony and there are no other announced games that are planned to build on it, yet. Compared with all of the Wii U launch window games using Gamepad features in some way, and with it being a core aspect of the console (which the Vita will never be for PS3 owners) all future releases are likely to continue to support it. Again, I am a Vita owner and I like it. It ain't a Gamepad.
I do think that Wii U is over priced, but not "drastically" so, I will follow the Sun's one decent piece of advice and wait to see if there is a price cut next year. Also, they are right about the lack of decent exclusives (so far anyway).
utterly disgusting 480p graphics.
For most of our lives 480p graphics was all we knew. Its funny how something that a decade ago was standard, normal, and accepted is now rejected and spit on. No one complained about the N64, Gamecube, and so on having lousy 480p output, but with the Wii that's all you hear these days.(http://i.imgur.com/oaNSV.jpg)
utterly disgusting 480p graphics.
For most of our lives 480p graphics was all we knew. Its funny how something that a decade ago was standard, normal, and accepted is now rejected and spit on. No one complained about the N64, Gamecube, and so on having lousy 480p output, but with the Wii that's all you hear these days.
No one complained about the N64, Gamecube, and so on having lousy 480p output, but with the Wii that's all you hear these days.The Nintendo 64 can't output 480p. The majority of games are 240i, with a select few being 480i.
HD TVs were also not very common in those days, where SD graphics look considerably worseIt depends on the TV, SD content looks better on my new TV than on my CRT. I think the bigger issue is that the average TV is larger now, and so you can really see the pixels (i.e. jaggies) that make up the games because of how much larger they are.
If it was up to what I feel is "good enough" graphically we'd all still be playing Super Nintendo. Our opinion of what graphics or what hardware is "good enough" means squat. What do the developers feel is good enough? That indicates what games we actually get.Not really. If a developer decided all they were going to make was SNES level graphics games and nobody bought those games, the company would go out of business. If enough people buy those games to make the company a profit, then those games were justified. Why developers make the games, those same games are dictated by what people are actually buying. The only games out there that are solely up to the developers are ones that are independent and made the game completely without a publisher, then published it online themselves without any money from kickstarter or another publisher. They also would have to make it for themselves only because if they made it with intent to sell it, they would have to make it accessible to more than just themselves.
Everyone said the same thing about Wii graphics being good enough. Well that's all fine and good but third parties did not share the same sentiment. They just ignored the Wii. Were they "wrong" in doing so? Who cares? All that matters is that they didn't make games for it.
I'm sure the Wii couldn't handle certain games.
And many companies don't want to water their games down. Selling a game known to be watered down already stacks the odds against it succeeding.
Games like Resident Evil 4 sold well enough. So the RE fanbase is present on Nintendo systems, and has been since the Gamecube years. Why just kick them to the curb the way Capcom did? Sure, they made those half assed on rails spin offs, which no one wanted and didn't sell very well, and then Capcom whined and used that as a pretext to cut off further support.
How has Monster Hunter done on PS2/PSP? Are the less than stellar sales of Monster Hunter Tri more likely the result of the series general popularity in the US or the way games perform on the Wii?
It's not so much that the Sun slams Wii U, but in an editorial, an author gives his opinion.That's why The Sun is so terrible. They always (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzEbA2hTdbY&feature=related#t=2m24s) give their opinion. Always (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzEbA2hTdbY&feature=related#t=2m24s).
