Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
the wii on the other hand is very much limited in its capabilities. they will very much have to focus on gameplay for their audience. in a year or two the wii is going to look real bad. but that all depends on what your looking for when playing games.
the wii on the other hand is very much limited in its capabilities. they will very much have to focus on gameplay for their audience. in a year or two the wii is going to look real bad. but that all depends on what your looking for when playing games.
You do realize that is what Nintendo has always been about right? The Wii is about gameplay and a new innovative way to play video games. But of course, contrary to what many people think, the Wii will be able to have really nice graphics for enhanced definition gaming. Look at some of the games on the GameCube and then remember that the Wii has approximately 1.5 - 2 times more power than that. If developers stop being lazy, the Wii will have some really nice graphics. Look at Super Mario Galaxy for a good looking Wii game, and that isn't even out yet.
So I strongly disagree with your comment about the Wii going to look really bad. Right now the games, at least the ones that developers took a little time on the graphics, look really nice on HDTVs with component cables. If you were to compare PS3 and 360 games running in 480p to games on the Wii, of course running in 480p, then I think, with the exception of the PS3 and 360 games having more going on, they can look extremely nice compared to the 360 and PS3 graphics. Like you said with developers getting used to the PS3 hardware same thing applies with the Wii. Yes, the architecture is more or less a GameCube, but developers aren't taking advantage of their knowledge and once they get use to programming the Wii Remote, I'm sure you will see some pretty innovative and creative games coming out.
-Shark2k