Ok, I have a Wii. My dad got the Wii, not me. Wait... A kiddee console? I think not. It sells to ALL gamers, young, super young, our age (and by that, I mean teen), middle age, geezer, etc. Everyone loves it, except the pure hardcore 360 and PS3 fanboys.
Ok, so it dosnt have the best graphics. It dosnt have the best physics simulation. It dosnt have the best ability to calculate 849 projectiles flying from the automatic rifles of 47 highly advanced AI players, plus you blasting them to peices with destructable scenery. What it does have is gameplay, which in my opinion is the most important. I hate Half Life 2. Why? THEY RUINED IT. Dont add physics puzzles and scenery destruction puzzles just because you can... Add them where needed, and where they wont seem like the most obvious thing to do because the developers left it in. In my opinion, the only thing Half Life 2 was good for was Gary's Mod and holding up Valve long enough to get Portal out (which btw, looks better on the 360 than on the PS3, as well as HL2:E2 and TF2). I have been playing Half Life 1 (which I missed before) and it is 250x better than its sequel. GAMEPLAY MATTERS.
What is this garbage about Multi vs Single? Some of the best games out now are lacking in Single (Halo 3, SSBM, Battlefield and Battlefront series, etc). Others are almost completely lacking in Multi (HL2, HL2:E1, HL2:E2, Metroid 3, etc). There are the exceptional Single player ones (Halo 1, Half Life 2 and episodes 1 and 2, Metroid 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Assasins Creed, etc) that are meant for single player and are awsome at it. There are those meant purely for Multiplayer (Mario Party series is all I can think of). However, there are those that have both, but are just a billion times better when you are with your friends (Mario Kart series, Super Smash Bros series, Halo series, etc, etc, etc). The point is, if it excels in one, then its a good game. Those that work for neither are most likely trash.
You know, I consider myself a Mac fanboy. I will not stop on a Mac vs PC argument. I have a comeback for everything. I do the same for the Wii, yet I respect the other two systems. Yes, the 360 is nice with all its online multyplayer glory, and all its next-gen graphics first person shooters, as well as its good LIVE Arcade games. And I understand Sony for trying to make a powerful system. The problem is its so powerful nobody knows what to do with it and there must be a balance between time and money spent making and profit off the sales. Spend too much and end up with a bad game and you waste too many resources. Spend just enough and still come out with a bad game, then at least you didnt kill your company by putting everything into the one game that took so long to develop. Because of the amount you put onto that Blu-Ray disk, you spend more time overall developing. If you dont get money to cover that, you gain no profit.
Thats why the PS3 cant work. The game price must be high enough to cover the money spent developing. And to develop a great game with super next-gen graphics and gameplay, you need more time, and thus more money, driving the price up again. However, take Crysis for example. If the game didnt get all the approval, how much of a problem would it be for Crytek (the developer) because of the money spent? Point is this:
Sales > Money spent developing
therefore
Money spent developing kept minimized
so
Price of game stays low for buyers
meaning
less money spent on development
and
higher game sales (for a good game, not a piece of garbage)
thus
not as next-gen as it seems
But you know what... I think I might start liking the PS3. It is afterall, a fine piece of machinery.
No, wait...
I lied... Its just a very expensive paperweight. Oh yeah. And if anything, its the PS3's sitting in the warehouse so that the Wii's can be crammed onto every available shelf so that the 200 or so people waiting outside for opening on Best Buy's shipping day can snatch them up. Then its waiting for the next shipping day. Oh... BTW. Guitar Hero 3? 360 has plenty in stock. PS3 has way more than plenty in stock. Wii has... No wait. Uhh.... WTH??? THERE WERE 30 ON THIS SHELF 2 DAYS AGO!!! FREAKIN PARENTS DIDNT BUY IT THEN, NOW ITS SOLD OUT AT BEST BUY, AMAZON, AND EBAY SELLS THEM AT 2 TO 3 TIMES THE PRICE. On a lighter note:
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Also... cigarr? Can you please shrink your Avatar by about 12x? That would be very helpful. Thank you.
