[QUOTE="Ravensmash"][QUOTE="gammon56"]

Only because of sales to casual gamers.

gammon56

I think you mean not what you wanted. I'm getting so tired of people thinking themselves = everyone. I looked forward to the release of the Wii like other people and I eventually bought it and it was my best decision. Now just because you and other people diss the Wii because it's not your cup of tea doesn't mean that it is not a good system.

Link

Well this really isn't that shocking. They are leading the pack for a reason.

What do you think about it?

If the Wii was HD here's what would happen:

- It would cost a bit more than it is now thus restricting the Novice gamer audience from buying it.(Sorry, I just hate saying "casual")

- It would be nearly the same as the competitors thus restricting variety and choice for the customer.

- The games would be the same thus again restricting variety and uniqueness.

- The GC had high-end graphics for its time but it still failed same with the N64.

- 3rd parties will still treat Ninty like crap.

- And lastly....haters will still be haters.

- HD wasmore irrelevent in '06 than now in '10 where everybody wants a Hi-Def TV. Which is one of the reasons as to why Ninty went with SD instead of HD.

Really, there are more cons than pros if the Wii was HD. Remember, the GameCube had great graphics for it's time but failed because of: - MiniDVDs instead of traditional DVDs; - Epic game droughts; - Extreme lack of 3rd party support; - The dreaded "kiddy" stigma; - Crummy ports despite being more powerful than the juggernaut PS2.

In my person opinion the Wii would not be where it is now if it wasn't for the lack of HD, improved 3rd party support, mainstream appeal (Which is why the PlayStation brand was so succesful until the PSP and PS3 when they became more for veteran gamers), and motion controls. All these things seperate the Wii from the competitors which is why it's in 1st place...because it's different. How many of you can honestly say that the PS3 and 360 are different from each other. Theyshare the same (or almost the same)games, exclusives, online stucture, avatar system, graphics, etc. People complain about the Wii being being different and not being like MSoft and Sony but what they don't understand is that Ninty is kicking a** because they are different and MSoft and Sony and other idiotic 3rd parties such as EA, Capcom, Activision and othersare trailing behind because they don't understand Nintendo's philosophy to be different which is why Nintendo will be swimmin' in seas of money while elistist fanboys and their collective brands will perish because they couldn't adapt to the ever changing industry.

[QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"][QUOTE="Zaibach"]

No one cares enough to make a thread

Mestitia

Please explain to me how Nintendo failed this gen.

They revolutionized and paved the way for motion controls (Ask Sony and MSoft).

The brought thetwo of the manylargest companiesin the worldto their knees with the Wii & DS. And they single-handedly proved that graphics are meaningless.

On Topic: I guess people realized that they were beating a dead horse. And besides...

Virtual Boy doesnt count as handheld(couldnt add that in title)

I mean noone can argue that it had some of the worst graphics in comparison to its competitors in the 3D era because Wii has fine graphics unless you think a little above Xbox is bad...

The DS is barely above Ngage graphics which is whiy most of its games are 2D and the games with 3D look worse in some areas and better in some then the N64

Also the reason 3DS is attempting to be handheld graphics king with 3D GC graphics is because the only way nintendo feels they can improve their handheld is better controls and graphics so you cant deny Nintendo realises their mistake.

ghost392

I say the GameCube is the worst.

It had great games on it but :

A) It was getting thrashed by it's competititors.

B) The EPIC droughts

C) Fail worthy 3rd party support

I expected people to choose Wii as the worst. This isSystem Wars after all.

I say.....Metroid Prime Trilogy because I never played the original Prime games.

Although, if I include MPT I might have to include: The Orange Box & God of War Collection

I started playing games in '99 when Iwas 4 yrs old with the GameBoy Colorsoooooo I guess that's 64-bit. I assume 4-bit is Atari. I would say that the Atari days are more 2-bit to me but I guess that's the Magnavox Odyssey.

I don't know what Netflix is doing with the Wii but holy cow is it bad.

I've been watching content for about an hour and a half of all kinds and they're all horribly compressed to the point of unwatchable for fast action scenes and there's tons of artifacts.

The Wii is the 4th device I've used the "watch instantly" service on and it's easily the worst and there's no reason for it.

I urge everyone to submit the quality rating after each video you watch and also Email them and complain about this shoddy service on the Wii. These is no excuse for this kind of quality anywhere. All content looks bad no matter what you watch. Know the way that bad cable service makes HD look because it doesn't give the channel enough bandwidth? Multiply that by 10 and you have this quality

Make sure you speak up to Netflix. They ask you after every single thing you watch and don't settle for the "the Wii only does 480p" excuse, this is not a result of that

Jaysonguy

360 is that way>>>>>.

But really, you seem to be the only person that has problems with Netflix on Wii. Maybe your Wii hates you :P