They thought it would end up last because of its underpowered graphics, and virtually everybody here cares a great deal about fancy, polished photo-realistic graphics. Their miscalculation, though, was assuming that casuals and non-gamers care about the same things they do.thinicer
Well said. Although I'm a pc gamer, IMO a console is to provide ample entertainment for the masses. Companies like Nintendo and Sega have done well in this department. Sony also had a knockout with PS1/2. IMO Microsoft and (recently) Sony has tried to change the appeal of "plug and play" with their latest consoles. I wouldn't be surprised if they bring more addons to the table.. addons that your average gamer could care less about, hence destroying the purpose.
If it's a media/life center that they want, they should just make a solid dedicated machine. Sony should make a blu-ray player with media features, file-sharing with pcs, and possibly mini-games like Calling all Cars or something and perhaps more ppl will go for this. What they've done is monkeyed up something nearly perfect (ps2). Same goes for X360.
The Wii is just that... FUN! Truely plug and play like the good old days of NES. You need not worry about how it will look on this or that tv.. or if you have proper cables. I personally get a kick out of watching an old school company wipe the floor with such a "plug and play". Talk about the ultimate negation. Stickin' it to the man, are we?
Oh yes, about the photo-realistic graphics. Here's a clue for consoles.. IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. For the 5-25% of graphic whores (that buy consoles) out there, pcs will overtake all consoles by the end of this year and soon pretty much all multiplats will look painfully better on your midrange pc. There will be games that no way in hell could be done on a console shortly so why even bother? All this fuss for 1-2 years of braggin' rights that will lead an even longer road of trailing behind pcs (as usual) in this department. I'm not saying consoles can't produce an extremely nice picture. I'm just saying they lose track of it's original purpose of plug and play... and for what? To hit a brick wall? Unless consoles start having upgradable parts, it is a brick wall. So why not act like it (Wii).
The above is of course all IMO so thanks for tuning in!
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