Is the Nintendo Wii just a passing fad?
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As of late it seems that the Nintendo Wii's hype has surpassed that of the mighty Playstation 3. Gamers and gift givers alike are scurrying all over the place trying to locate one these little underpowered contraptions. Why is this? Are the graphics great? No. Is the sound great? No. Does it play DVDs? No. Does it play in high definition? No, far from it. Does it have a great online service? Certainly not. Does it have a good controller / control scheme? Yes, a very unique one at that. Gamers simply use the motions of their arms, or whatever, to control games. Thats the hook. But is it really that great? Does the novelty wear off rather quickly?
I picked my Wii up on launch day and I do like it a great deal. However, after an hour or so I begin to lose interest in it and end up switching over to my Xbox 360 or something else.
Sure, the Nintendo 1st party games will be good. But Nintendo's "A List" 1st party lineup is incredibly small including Mario, Zelda, and Metroid among a few others.
Nintendo also has all the virtual console games available for download to attract potential buyers. The problems with the virtual console games are as follows:
- Games are "remembered" as being fun. But once you download and play you will realize just how accustomed to modern games you have become. Boredom sets in rather quickly.
- Price are just too steep at this point. They need to be reduced across the board. NES -$5, SNES - $8, N64 - $10
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posted by Wasted Rage @ 12/20/2006 11:24:00 AM,
4 Comments:
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At 12:07 PM,
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I think that I may agree with this...I can't imagine people will want to swing their arms around like a fruitcake for much longer....
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At 1:15 PM,
said...
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I'm assuming you feel the DS is a passing fad as well?
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At 2:16 PM,
Wasted Rage said...
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No I do not think the DS is a passing fad. I have one and happen to love it. The DS is basically a hand held Wii. However the reason that I believe the DS works so well is due to the nature of hand held gaming which is gaming in "short bursts". I know there are the full fledged games on the DS like the upcoming Dragon Quest but I think those are the exception.
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At 1:18 AM,
billcosby said...
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Nintendo is being Nintendo... Different. Although I do agree that the 360 (and probably ps3, i have not played it much) are more in depth and will have multiple interesting games out simultaneously. But the Wii, I believe, will end up just like the Gamecube. People will buy it and enjoy it (mainly kids which it is focused on) it will be that other system that is in the background with less technology but almost just as fun as everything else.
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