Comments on: Thrillville dev: Wii popularity could dwindle like EyeToy’s http://www.nintendic.com/news/798 Tue, 22 May 2012 10:48:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Stephen http://www.nintendic.com/news/798#comment-12240 Stephen Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:07:27 +0000 http://www.nintendic.com/news/798#comment-12240 I agree with the article. I'm most excited about the virtual console games. I bought the Wii on launch day, and after I got tired of Wii sports, have rarely played it again. I purchased Zelda and Rampage. I was underwhelmed with most of the controls. I do think the controls will be a gimmick, but with the price of the console and nintendo's production capacity, I can see this selling well for another year. I think after Christmas 2008 the wii will be finishing up the majority of its sales. Let us remember though, for every Wii sales, nintedo makes money so they don't have to try and keep the system out for a long time. They are probably already working on its succesor, which maybe finished well before the end of the wii's life cycle, but nintedo will wait, in my opinion, until the end of wii to release the new console. I agree with the article. I’m most excited about the virtual console games. I bought the Wii on launch day, and after I got tired of Wii sports, have rarely played it again. I purchased Zelda and Rampage. I was underwhelmed with most of the controls. I do think the controls will be a gimmick, but with the price of the console and nintendo’s production capacity, I can see this selling well for another year. I think after Christmas 2008 the wii will be finishing up the majority of its sales.

Let us remember though, for every Wii sales, nintedo makes money so they don’t have to try and keep the system out for a long time. They are probably already working on its succesor, which maybe finished well before the end of the wii’s life cycle, but nintedo will wait, in my opinion, until the end of wii to release the new console.

]]> By: kirbyy http://www.nintendic.com/news/798#comment-12200 kirbyy Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:36:42 +0000 http://www.nintendic.com/news/798#comment-12200 do mind, wii offers so much more options then eyetoy ever could have given in the gameplay area. its not weird that eyetoy got "old" after 18 months, considering it was always more of a gimmick. if gamedevelopers do their part and actually try making interesting stuff instead of blatant generic games, then there's nothing to worry about. do mind, wii offers so much more options then eyetoy ever could have given in the gameplay area. its not weird that eyetoy got “old” after 18 months, considering it was always more of a gimmick. if gamedevelopers do their part and actually try making interesting stuff instead of blatant generic games, then there’s nothing to worry about.

]]> By: Ossy http://www.nintendic.com/news/798#comment-10634 Ossy Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:44:29 +0000 http://www.nintendic.com/news/798#comment-10634 I think the real problem is that most developers are Halo-loving thumb fairies that would prefer to sit on their butts and veg. If developers use the creative side of their brains (and stop making ugly ports with wonky controls), then there will be no reason why the Wii should not last as long as the PS2 or Xbox. HD graphics are great (and I might buy a PS3 one day for the Blue-Ray), but there are way too many cookie-cutter FPS games whose only defining feature is how realistic water and fire look. I think the real problem is that most developers are Halo-loving thumb fairies that would prefer to sit on their butts and veg. If developers use the creative side of their brains (and stop making ugly ports with wonky controls), then there will be no reason why the Wii should not last as long as the PS2 or Xbox. HD graphics are great (and I might buy a PS3 one day for the Blue-Ray), but there are way too many cookie-cutter FPS games whose only defining feature is how realistic water and fire look.

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