Comments on: Forbes: Kinda Sorta Missing the Point

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:05:29 +0000

I consider myself a hardcore gamer, but being a recent college grad, my financial situation can easily be guessed. As a kid, I eagerly awaited the next Nintendo console, and int he current race, with no funds for a truly 1337 home set-up, or HD console, my choice was pretty fixed. While the Wii may be lacking inth e sheer quantity of jaw-dropping third party titles, enough bones are tossed our way int he way of No More Heroes, Okami, and RE:4 Wii Edition, not to mention Boom Blox, that a budget “hardcore” gamer can get his fix. That being said, I am currently saving my gil for another console and am torn between the beautiful symetry of a Wii60 set up or the glossy allure of MGS4… either way I need to play RE5.

All told, hardcore gamers can get their budget rocks off on Wii, but the days when one Ninty conso9le sufficed for a generation are over… and this is coming from someone who owned a Gamecube but did not own an XBOX until he inherited one, and to this day never has owned a Playstation console.

By: Adrian Wood

Adrian Wood — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:30:09 +0000

I agree on most of the points in your post, but not your conclusion. I am a gamer, one of the old-skool I-Remember-When-The-SNES-Was-High-Technology types. I followed consoles right up until I got a job, and then, unmeaningly, unknowingly, made the transition to PC gaming.

I bought a Wii because, hey, it’s *Wii*. It’s cheap, and cheerful, and most of my none-gamer friends can get with it. Besides, the only alternative was the 360 (with pay-per-month multiplayer? Buhh?), with the PS3 being late and not ready.

But now… Now, the 360 has a library of games that would be worth getting if the best of them weren’t on PC or coming out for it, so that puts that out of consideration. Which leaves waiting however long it takes for GTA4 to make it to the PC, or buying the scumbag of the console world, the PS3.

I hate the PS3. It’s noisy, cumbersome, not as powerful as it should be, and it doesn’t have games worth a damn right now. But I also know that, one day, I’ll look at MGS4, and GT5, and LBP, and I’ll have to buy one. So I’m doomed; the worst system available is the one I have to buy. And if only I could find somewhere that had a copy of GTA4 in stock, I’d have one sitting under my TV right now, snarling at my, making me cringe every time I glance at it, knowing that the wrong choice was the only one to make.

..I forgot my point. Sorry about that.

By: Tenyu

Tenyu — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:12:37 +0000

So, while MS and Sony had hit the floor where is not the promised land for gamers like China, Nintendo , with proxy like iQue, has swept off all its opponents. You see, SCE China is really a stub. And PS3 360 is not even allowed through the customs, but Nintendo has won. Apart from this it’s much easier to find a GBA or NDS (and of course Wii) playa here, rather than a PS3 player.

By: Tenyu

Tenyu — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:00:06 +0000

For instance, here in china to posses a Wii is far more realistic to own a PS3 or 360. This may support your idea – Wii is for everyone

By: Tenyu

Tenyu — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:54:31 +0000

That is the point. When Sony and MS were to put PS3 and 360 onto the shelf both were apple-polishers to Wii – “They’ll surely buy two consoles, it’s and Wii! ” And this circumstance is still a joke towards the two giants! The worry that Wii will lose is fo sho, thus, a mortal concern… Cool marketing analysis, I’m looking forward this prediction to be proved!