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> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Oh, agreed in all ways. It's not like we're comparing the Wii or something.
> 
>   It's curious that technically the Wii is like 10 years old, yet if you
> look at the sales, it surpasses the Xbox 360 and the PS3 combined. By a
> large margin.

Unless you're considering sales only in one particular region.  Global 
sales for 360 and PS3 combined are higher than for Wii.  Which is a good 
thing as far as true gaming is concerned.

Wii didn't target gamers who are into this media for ages.  They tried 
to bring a new audience into the media, by offering a new largely 
buttonless control experience.  Unfortunately, the people playing Wii 
are more acurately described as the people playing Wii Sports and a few 
other casual games -- besides the die-hard loyal Nintendo fanboys.  Part 
of this audience is now buying Kinect instead.

But Wii was just the begining into bringing down the industry to more 
primitive and cheaper gameplaying experience.  Just look at Apple and 
the 99 cents one-shot games proclaiming the death of Nintendo and even 
consoles...

I for one had my fair share of primitive (but far more challenging) 
gameplay in the 80's.  They are all the rage again now, except with no 
challenge and much arrogance...

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