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Number20
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The Non-Biased PS3 Thread
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11-Jan-2007, 11:28 AM
Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
i totally agree with that statement. thats why im saying only time will tell.

to be perfectly honest im leaning towards the fact that the Wii will definatly have the upper hand. But from what ive seen at my work and talked to customers about, the majority of them anyway seem to be graphics whores for the most part, or into more adult themed gaming (see gears of war). Im thinking that will be the only downfall of the Wii. Now although they cant get past the fact of not having much eye candy i think its crucial for them to break this mould of catering towards more family oriented games and start to shake it up a little.

People say they love great graphics, which is only partially true. Ultimately, it is games that sell the system. If awesome graphics were all it took, the Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar, 3DO, and Neo-Geo would of been huge successes. These systems were sold on their incredible graphics for their time, but they were expensive and couldn't come up with games to attract the masses. So they didn't sell and lesser systems, graphically speaking, won out.

for example, look at Resident Evil 4 for the gamecube. Anyone who has played this game knows how much ass it kicked. It was a different spin on the survival horror genre and it worked extremely well. It even looked damn good on the system too. I'm not saying that Nintendo should start pulling out Grand Theft Auto games or things of the sort, im just saying that perhaps by catering towards more mature themed games, they would be able to keep a broader audience.


One of the reasons the Gamecube didn't get crushed by the PS2 or Xbox was the fact that they avoided this market and concentrated on the children's market, that was mostly ignored by Sony and Microsoft. But yes, they had non-children's games, its just that Nintendo has a reputation for not going after this market. The question is will they continue this, or will they see the opportunity to take on Sony in their niche market?

I would totally love to see Nintendo come out on top, but im just not sure if its going to have the thunder to keep gamers interested for the consoles 4 to 6 year life cycle.


This is my concern as well for the Wii. Is the controller scheme going to catch on beyond Wii Sports or the swordfights in Zelda. Time will tell. I hope it does, but you never know.