Latest PS3 and 360 fanboy excuse

[QUOTE="slduncanlaw"]Look, we all appreciate your enthusiasm for the stellar business Nintendo is doing in the console market. But a lot of gamers out there are like me - they know Wii caters to a younger crowd. I never considered Wii when I wanted to purchase my next gen console. Waving your arms around like a lunatic trying to get your mind off of a long days work doesn't appeal to me. I just want to play a game. Not conduct an orchestra. But more power to you if you have the energy and desire to do it. I think the Wii is a great console for some people and I hope it does great. But I like my next gen games in HD with sweet graphics and a controller that allows total vegging.negtegra

[QUOTE="axt113"]Those games will go the PS3 and 360, but afterwards expect to see fewer titles for those consoles, they aren't going to stop the games already in development, but they will stop developing new onesDementedDragon

It's too bad the PS3 and the 360 ARE actually better systems with better games overall. It's looking like the Wii is going to be just like the GC but with better sales. Crappy 3rd party, superb Ninty games. It's going to eventually bite them in the ass imo...

heretrix

[QUOTE="slduncanlaw"]Look, we all appreciate your enthusiasm for the stellar business Nintendo is doing in the console market. But a lot of gamers out there are like me - they know Wii caters to a younger crowd. I never considered Wii when I wanted to purchase my next gen console. Waving your arms around like a lunatic trying to get your mind off of a long days work doesn't appeal to me. I just want to play a game. Not conduct an orchestra. But more power to you if you have the energy and desire to do it. I think the Wii is a great console for some people and I hope it does great. But I like my next gen games in HD with sweet graphics and a controller that allows total vegging.negtegra

[QUOTE="negtegra"][QUOTE="slduncanlaw"]Look, we all appreciate your enthusiasm for the stellar business Nintendo is doing in the console market. But a lot of gamers out there are like me - they know Wii caters to a younger crowd. I never considered Wii when I wanted to purchase my next gen console. Waving your arms around like a lunatic trying to get your mind off of a long days work doesn't appeal to me. I just want to play a game. Not conduct an orchestra. But more power to you if you have the energy and desire to do it. I think the Wii is a great console for some people and I hope it does great. But I like my next gen games in HD with sweet graphics and a controller that allows total vegging.Gamer46

[QUOTE="Gamer46"][QUOTE="negtegra"][QUOTE="slduncanlaw"]Look, we all appreciate your enthusiasm for the stellar business Nintendo is doing in the console market. But a lot of gamers out there are like me - they know Wii caters to a younger crowd. I never considered Wii when I wanted to purchase my next gen console. Waving your arms around like a lunatic trying to get your mind off of a long days work doesn't appeal to me. I just want to play a game. Not conduct an orchestra. But more power to you if you have the energy and desire to do it. I think the Wii is a great console for some people and I hope it does great. But I like my next gen games in HD with sweet graphics and a controller that allows total vegging.slduncanlaw

Damn right.  OK, you don't need to jump around when you play a Wii but I've seen the commercials where "Wii would like to play with you," and they do look pretty foolish putting the Wiimote on top of their head doing virtual squats and putting the Wiimote at their sides and doing virtual hoola hoop. That's not video games I want to play.

[QUOTE="slduncanlaw"][QUOTE="Firelore29"]

The PS3/360 is not compeating against the Wii.  It's selling to a different audience.  Honestly people what a crock of $@(&.  The people who are saying that are the exact same people saying that the PS3/360 was going to destroy the Wii in sales.  Now that the Wii is winning the bag of excuses have changed.

It's quite simple.  Third party developers have a set amount of money to make games.   They could make an exclusive game for the PS3, 360, Wii, etc. or make it multiplat.  If they decide to make a Wii exclusive game that does not magically mean that they have a ton of additional resources to make a PS3 or 360 exlusive also.  Granted many of the big name developers will still make some exclusives for the PS3 and 360 but the Wii will get a ton of them.

I think Reggie said it best in a recent article when they asked him about third party support:

"Every publisher has either made the decision and stated it publicly or made the decision and not stated it publicly, but the amount of resource shift has been tremendous," Reggie responded. "The natural follow-up question is, 'What's driving it?' What's driving it is, they see the install base, they see the mix of established players ... with the potential for new gamers, and they see a business opportunity. Coupled with the lower development costs, it really is a no-brainer."

Firelore29

That's fine and all but the fact of the matter is that the Wii will get the majority of the development dollars this gen if it wins which looks promising at this point.  To say that it caters to a different audience may be true but it does adversely effect your console if the Wii wins this generation.

[QUOTE="slduncanlaw"][QUOTE="Gamer46"][QUOTE="negtegra"][QUOTE="slduncanlaw"]Look, we all appreciate your enthusiasm for the stellar business Nintendo is doing in the console market. But a lot of gamers out there are like me - they know Wii caters to a younger crowd. I never considered Wii when I wanted to purchase my next gen console. Waving your arms around like a lunatic trying to get your mind off of a long days work doesn't appeal to me. I just want to play a game. Not conduct an orchestra. But more power to you if you have the energy and desire to do it. I think the Wii is a great console for some people and I hope it does great. But I like my next gen games in HD with sweet graphics and a controller that allows total vegging.negtegra

Damn right.  OK, you don't need to jump around when you play a Wii but I've seen the commercials where "Wii would like to play with you," and they do look pretty foolish putting the Wiimote on top of their head doing virtual squats and putting the Wiimote at their sides and doing virtual hoola hoop. That's not video games I want to play.

For instance, if golf simulation actually involves you standing and swinging your weemote around then you know what you ought to be doing? How about stepping outside and ACTUALLY PLAYING GOLF!!!slduncanlaw

[QUOTE="Firelore29"]

The PS3/360 is not compeating against the Wii. It's selling to a different audience. Honestly people what a crock of $@(&. The people who are saying that are the exact same people saying that the PS3/360 was going to destroy the Wii in sales. Now that the Wii is winning the bag of excuses have changed.

It's quite simple. Third party developers have a set amount of money to make games. They could make an exclusive game for the PS3, 360, Wii, etc. or make it multiplat. If they decide to make a Wii exclusive game that does not magically mean that they have a ton of additional resources to make a PS3 or 360 exlusive also. Granted many of the big name developers will still make some exclusives for the PS3 and 360 but the Wii will get a ton of them.

I think Reggie said it best in a recent article when they asked him about third party support:

"Every publisher has either made the decision and stated it publicly or made the decision and not stated it publicly, but the amount of resource shift has been tremendous," Reggie responded. "The natural follow-up question is, 'What's driving it?' What's driving it is, they see the install base, they see the mix of established players ... with the potential for new gamers, and they see a business opportunity. Coupled with the lower development costs, it really is a no-brainer."

slduncanlaw

too bad the wii has had ZERO good games (twilight princess was basically a gamecube clone)
sales doesnt mean anything as a gamer

audioaxes

[QUOTE="audioaxes"]too bad the wii has had ZERO good games (twilight princess was basically a gamecube clone)
sales doesnt mean anything as a gamer

Axel_rocks14