Wii reminds me of the crash of '83

I made a topic like this, and after thinking about it, TC, don't make topics like this until you see the next generation ofconsoles, and what direction they take.

the gaming market in 2009 is dramatically different from what the gaming market was in 1983. So no...the Wii is nothing like the "crash of 83" :|

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[QUOTE="TAKE_IT_BACK"]I'm pretty sure that in the crash of '83 there weren't a strong pulse of quality games to blot out the shovelware. IronBass

It was nothing in comparisson with today.

For what the market was back in the day it was comparable. Steppy_76

Relative comparissons are irrelevant when the actual situation is that much different.

The only major difference now is that there is still a healthy indie and core market throughout the entire industry.

foxhound_fox

This, and the fact that the Wii "shovelware" titles aren't the big sellers.

The Wii's shovelware rarely sells well unless it has advertising, hype, or had a similar name/boxart to a successful game. Most of the Wii's million sellers are quality titles, and most shovelware does not sell well. The issue with the crash was that there was less competition around, and video games had not yet really kicked off that well. Today the gaming business, like most entertainment, is more or less fail proof even in tough times because people want to escape.

nintendofreak_2

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The Wii's shovelware rarely sells well unless it has advertising, hype, or had a similar name/boxart to a successful game. Most of the Wii's million sellers are quality titles, and most shovelware does not sell well. The issue with the crash was that there was less competition around, and video games had not yet really kicked off that well. Today the gaming business, like most entertainment, is more or less fail proof even in tough times because people want to escape.

nhh18

wii sports - 7.8 (GOOD)> haze-6.0 (fair)Lair - 4.5 (poor)Too Human 5.5 (Mediocore)

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[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]

The Wii's shovelware rarely sells well unless it has advertising, hype, or had a similar name/boxart to a successful game. Most of the Wii's million sellers are quality titles, and most shovelware does not sell well. The issue with the crash was that there was less competition around, and video games had not yet really kicked off that well. Today the gaming business, like most entertainment, is more or less fail proof even in tough times because people want to escape.

shutdown_202

wii sports - 7.8 (GOOD)> haze-6.0 (fair)Lair - 4.5 (poor)Too Human 5.5 (Mediocore)

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[QUOTE="nhh18"]Wii play, and wii sports are the highest selling games and they are bad games...

wii sports - 7.8 (GOOD)> haze-6.0 (fair)Lair - 4.5 (poor)Too Human 5.5 (Mediocore)

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wii sports - 7.8 (GOOD)> haze-6.0 (fair)Lair - 4.5 (poor)Too Human 5.5 (Mediocore)

IronBass

I'm more curious how out of all the sports, he thought boxing was the one not broken.

I'm more curious how out of all the sports, he thought boxing was the one not broken.ActicEdge

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]I'm more curious how out of all the sports, he thought boxing was the one not broken.IronBass

I basically felt the same. Tennis and Golf were fun. Boxing was basically arm flailing which I really wasn't a fan of. Granted, I grew tired of wii sports quickly after playing it but it was fun well it lasted.

Almost no crap games on the wii sell. There are only a couple of exceptions.

/thread.

Agreed the Wii is killing video games.

360 and PS3 have shown that there are enough hardcore gamers to sustain the industry.

jjenkins78x

That said, I agree with the rest of his post.

[QUOTE="King_Dodongo"][QUOTE="Sonic_on_crack"] um RE5 just moved past 4 million copies , high Quality game with amazing salesSonic_on_crack

The wii is too expensive to develop for for something like that to happen.

[QUOTE="dr-venkman"]PS2 was the king of shovelware, so your comparison fails.hakanakumono

PS2 had a much more healthy ratio of high quality games to low quality games. It didn't really have that much shovelware. For shovelware see the PS1.

While this is true, again, I bring up the fact that the PS2 has been around much longer than the Wii. So of course, it will have a higher ratio of quality games to bad.

Without the Wii, NPD will show HW sales plunge overall instead of being up 7%.