I know this may seem a little bit overzealous, and maybe the title is a little misleading, but am I the only one who is tired of watching Nintendo's Wii and DS whore out games that are crap at best? Am I the only one tired of having some of the best franchises being dummy downed to the masses? Maybe it's not their fault, as it is, they are just providing the tools for developers to create content. When you create a gaming console that is fun, easy to play and directed at everyone and not just the gaming crowd, they have to share some of the blame don't they?Remember when being a gamer meant something? It might be cool that your girlfriend plays as much as you do, and she is doing it in tight shorts or naked, but really? If your grandma and your 2 year old niece are playing games too, doesn't the appeal of being called a gamer wear off? Maybe gamers are just evolving, and not all of them have to look like this guy.
Today's Hardcore Gamer
Don't get me wrong, the Wii has some gems, but any real "gamer" has more then just a Wii, if they even have a Wii. I have to mention that I did own a Wii at one time (purchased at launch) and enjoyed it for about two weeks. Zelda was a great game, and there a couple of others on the system (see Mario Galaxy), but how much fun can you actually have with those. People seem to forget that Twilight Princess was a Game Cube game with motion controls thrown into it. Another beef I have is that they LOVE re-releasing games that were out for previous systems with no real sort of enhancements to the game itself. Doesn't it make sense for the Wii to be a great system for first person shooters? Find me one great FPS game that console has. I don't understand why people don't see that it is a gimmick. Is it a coincidence that the top rated games of this generation don't use full motion control? The biggest kick in the groin, in my opinion, is when they release a game that doesn't even take advantage of the controls. One of the Wii's top selling and highest rated games, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, doesn't even include motion controls. So why buy this when you can get the last iteration for Nintendo Game Cube for cheaper? And why should gaming be hard work? If someone has been gone all day at work or school, do you really want to come home and prance around like an idiot just to play a video game?
People are currently complaining about the difficulty of the controls in THQ's UFC 2009 Undisputed. Do people not have patience anymore? Not all games need to have the "hit the A and B buttons do to EVERYTHING" mentality. When was the last time you actually played a game that required a lot of hard work that felt fulfilling? Not all titles need to be necessary difficult either. Games can still be easy to pick up, but what I am looking for is some depth (look at Capcom's amazing Street Fighter 4 title). If you put in the time, the game is really rewarding, but if you don't feel like it, you can still pick it up and play it for a quick session. This game is also doing very well on the sales chart as well, because as time passes, fighting games are going to be looked at as a "niche" category. Virtua Fighter 5 and Soul Calibur IV sales were both mediocre compared to it's last titles and are both very good games.
Capcom's Street Fighter 4, one of the best of the year thus far
What about other popular titles? Activision's Guitar Hero is the new aged Dance Dance Revolution, and somehow it's destroying the sales charts. All you are doing is listening to music and hitting a button in sync with a screen (or whatever instrument you happen to be using). I thought good games had stories, complex elements, art, dialog and a point. You know, not an over glorified cell phone game. They should be something you have to work at with a sense of accomplishment once you finally get the hang of things. Activision is worst then EA when it comes to abuse of its licenses. Their are currently (I am sure by the time you are done reading this article, Def Leopard, Rolling Stones and Ozzy Osborne have all come out with their own versions) six different Guitar Hero games in the span of about three years, and they are for every single thing with a screen you can imagine. The biggest question I have to ask is what is the difference between them?
The worst part about this motion sensory nonsense is that Sony and Microsoft are following suit. Sony did a quick 180 and put motion control in the six-axis controllers, and Microsoft is now rumoured to comes out with a motion controller. Can you blame them? Nintendo has more money coming in then anyone could ever imagine. SCEA hardware marketing boss John Koller even said "We're moving on now... to look at softer brands that maybe we had with PS2 franchises. There's certainly a line-up of very strong family-friendly titles that we're looking at for PS3 in our continuing effort to appeal to that casual consumer." Sony, what happened? You guys used to be THE system for the gamer crowd, keep working at it, don't sellout now. Former Xbox boss Peter Moore even said that they are moving in the same direction: "I think they're doing that [introducing motion control] and I think Sony are probably the same."
Could this be Microsoft new motion control system?
I am tired of living in a world where the simplest games are absolutely murdering sales charts. Wii Sports shouldn't be the best selling of all time, that's just not right. I want a real Donkey Kong game, not one where you bang on drums. Us gamers can only keep looking for so long.
I would like to add that I have nothing against female gamers. I have gotten wrecked in Mario Kart by my ex once upon a time.
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And Super Smash Bros. Brawl does have motion controls.
The voice in that video gave me headache. I don't know if he was complaining, trying to be sarcastic, funny or what...
I hate people on the internet, most of the time they sound stubborn and pretentious, no matter what they're saying.
Like me right now.
I've done so.
Contra was easy. Super Contra; that one just hurts
LOL!
Btw, Punch-Out came out this week...damn awesome game
So would the games that come free with Windows count?
Game developers will see that the demographic that Nintendo went after would buy a crappy game than the demographic that Microsoft and Sony are after.
So what do you do? Develop a crappy game to where it sells, Nintendo; and good quality games are sent to the scrapyard.
They are indirectly responsible, they did the whole casual gamer thing and because it took off everyone else went "me too" and keep churning out these mini game titles that cost as much as a full game.
I wouldnt go as far as saying Nintendo killed core gaming but they are a major part of the reason why.
Hardcore games are few and far between and even then developers that you would consider hardcore are introducing more casual elements into their games. Hardcore gamers moaning that there are no hardcore games doesnt ruin gaming, developers making casual games for casual game players does ruin gaming......
However, I don't agree with your premise that hardcore games have become fewer and far between. I'd argue that "casual" games have increased whilst "hardcore" games have stayed the same.
The problem is defining "core gamer". There isn't a good definition.
I like JRPGs, but my interest in shooters wanted after the last of the witty, obscene Build engine games. Am I being engaged? Not really. I own a PS2 and am not feeling any major need to get a newer console. I'm asking myself "will Oblivion work on 64-bit Vista", as my next gaming selection (once I finally get done with Persona 4 once and for all)
Then you must not know many people, gaming crossed into the mainstream several years ago and it's far from just nerd sport these days. Even funnier is the idea that posting on message boards is somehow not nerdy, lol.
Right, says the 41 year old with the console logos in his signature block. And luckily, you have most posts than I. So, fail on both counts.
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I could have written the same exact thing about PC gaming and how PC gaming is going to shame. But then I just came to the realization that I'm not in my teenage years with limitless time anymore. I'm 25 and only a year or so from starting a real career with no great amount of time to play games anymore.
I think the person who wrote this article needs to realize that he also is not in his hardcore-gamer years anymore.
Someone has to be having fun to keep the company a float.
To each his own.
The reason why every console has great games and sells great is because there are a lot of people who like gaming without having to have a degree on something as well as people who do like games where you need skills and knowledge to complete the levels. I don't think there is another way of explaining all those sales figures. It is also not something you should ignore when writing such an article. If stuff really is crap it wouldn't sell as good as it does.
Also, not every game lents itself for specific controls like the Wii or the Playstation does. Flightsims are mostly a PC-thing because of that (just to name something).
So yes, the article is pretty biased and leaves out a lot of the "why?", but then again..it does seem to start off quite a discussion in the comments section which might be the intention of the article.
The Wii has very intentionally targetted everyone, and not just core gamers. My 3 yr old nephew likes playing the Wii... My mom likes playing the wii..... it sells consoles... it sells games. It's great if you have (real) friends over. It's great when you've had one.... or ten.... too many vodkas... Isn't the point of a game that the end user enjoys it? Does it matter if the precious gamers like to park thier behinds on the couch and twiddle thier fingers, while others prefer to stand up and throw themselves about the room?
It's made playing computer games more accessible to more people... who cares if if Microsoft and Sony were too busy lickin the genitals of gamers to exploit this area of the market.
Your personal rant could have been delivered more favorably if you didn't add the "stomping my feet and gonna cry" attitude to your article.
I think many people know the frustration when the moment comes up for you to aim the controller at the TV. Goes something like, "FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU..."
One of my biggest quarrels is why use motion controls if you don't have to? If it isn't done right why bother? Nintendo has even realized this and that is why their big games don't really have full blown motion control (Zelda, Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Brothers etc).
Motion controls should compliment the game, not BE the game.
Yesyesyesyes thank you, if motion enhances a game then use it, if it doesn't then don't just stick it in for the hell of it.
I never play PES on the Wii for that reason.
Rename the article to : Let me have a whinge about why i am not the target audience of nintendo anymore.
Simplicity making a come back in gaming? It's about damned time! Why should games be too complicated for people like seniors to enjoy too, or so involved that they result in addictions, fanatical killings and entire lives being ruined?
The Wii did the impossible. It not only managed to take gaming back to the roots that I and so many others have missed for so long, but it even made gaming healthy for you in the process.
You, sir, are alone in your opinions.
Simplicity making a come back in gaming? It's about damned time! Why should games be too complicated for people like seniors to enjoy too, or so involved that they result in addictions, fanatical killings and entire lives being ruined?
The Wii did the impossible. It not only managed to take gaming back to the roots that I and so many others have missed for so long, but it even made gaming healthy for you in the process.
You, sir, are alone in your opinions.
you have missed some points. different people consider different stuff fun. "simple" games aren't fun for me I like a challenging game. that said there's nothing wrong with simple games, the problem with the Wii is like 98% of the games are simple retard games. Name me some games that are challenging and please don't say Zelda because it wasn't hard or challenging to me.
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My only regret is that i played some more Wii games, but the ones i did try out where just repetitive motion controls (red steel and rayman raving rabbids come to mind). You just kept doing the same thing over and over again for hours. How is that fun?
If you are to look at Nintendo's top five games (http://www.metacritic.com/games/wii/), how many of those have full fledged motion controls? The only one that comes to mind is world of goo, but that is a Wii Ware title and is available for multiple platforms.
I do not think games where you hit a couple of buttons over and over without really thinking is taking back to its root. I know a lot of people enjoy the nostalgia of playing a mario game where all you do is jump, run and throw fireballs, but is this something that should be expected in supposed "A" titles of today?
Let me guess....you put the flashy and frilly stuff before actual game play or fun. That was about as subjective as that fluff piece up top. Your whole so called editorial screams...ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME. If you don't like what Nintendo is offering to consumers then by all means stay away from Nintendo.
I personally would rather pop in a game Wii sports or some other party friendly game and have fun with friends than be immersed in most of the eye candy crap that's on the PC, 360 and PS3.
A real gamer? FYI, a gamer is a person who enjoys playing games and it looks the old woman up top is enjoying herself. Try not to be so one sided next time.
Yes the Wii is more "party" friendly. But do you honestly stay at home by yourself for a couple of hours a day and play Wii Sports?
consoles killed gaming long before the wii when they were able to compete with the pc and all the games for the pc started getting simplified down to be usable with controllers. that and developers started producing games with style over substance, it's become more important for games to look good then be fun.
I can argue that point. Why? Because an opinion is subjective. You can have any opinion you want. If you think the majority of Wii titles suck then again, that is your opinion and not fact.
I'd rather have a game that's fun than a game that's been all hyped up on visuals and provides no substance. I've seen and played many of those types of games.
Really? I think you can do better than providing yet another opinion as fact.
Yes the Wii is more "party" friendly. But do you honestly stay at home by yourself for a couple of hours a day and play Wii Sports?
A horrible game that looks good is still horrible.
It is A LOT easier for publishers to make mediocre titles for the Wii and have it sell then it is for the 360 or PS3. The formula just seems to be have a couple of fun parts so the "casual" gamer is entertained for a little while and you are set. You can't really get away with that with the 360 or PS3, those gamers expect more then that.
Next time if you like I'll just provide separate links for all the research that was done in that article.
It's obvious you hate the Wii, but if you look at numbers the console still appears to be outselling all the others... that has to count for something. The console is not just a gimmick otherwise sales would have dropped off shortly after launch.
It may be true that some game developers are pushing out crap for the Wii, but there are still some cool games on it. Let's not forget the older console games you can pick up on virtual console.
BTW. In the console realm. I only have a Wii. Does that make mean I am not a "real" gamer. I have owned most of the consoles that have come out. Coleco, Odyssey, Atari, Atari 2600, NES, SNES, Gameboy, SEGA Genesis, PS1, PS2, and Wii. I haven't bothered with the newer consoles. I am 30 now and I don't see a reason to spend $60 for a game that will probably be played through one time and then sit on the shelf.
Seeing as my GC collected dust after playing through the few decent games for it, and waiting forever for a non-cartoon Zelda, it seems the same has happened to others who've purchased the Wii. It sits collecting dust until Nintendo releases an awesome game for the virtual console...
For the casual gamers, I'm glad you guys can enjoy yourselves. Forgive me for wanting things to be as they were back in the good ol' NES / SNES days... when RPGs were actually in existence for the Nintendo console. I suppose at the very least, I can thank Nintendo for not totally screwing up their handheld market.
If you throw Ubisoft in there I'll agree with you.
The appeal of nintendo games always seems to be very short, take wii fit for example. Once you had done the excercise routines a couple of times, what was there to keep you going back? It was over very quickly for a game aimed at helping you stay motivated for excersie over the long term. Yet again lots of sales of £69 balance boards that are now mostly gathering dust. I purchased a wii after launch but never found anything I wanted to buy for it, so mainly played wii sports. Playing wii sports made me realise that the motion controls are very basic (for moves such as swings, etc) and that really the console was almost playing the game for you, this made me think most of the motion control games would be the same. The upgrade to the controller kinda confirms this.
This year I got a xbox 360 and have been far more impressed by it, the wii just does not have the equivalent for Fallout 3, etc. So now the wii is next to the TV but certainly not connected.
Waiting for Wii Sports 2...
As with any form of media or art, if you are putting yourself into a little box and only experiencing one subset or genre or facet of your passion then you are only cheating yourself. You only get one life...might as well spend it trying something new and interesting every single day that you draw breath.
To think that someone can't enjoy shooting dudes and matching gems and everything in-between is quite ignorant and shallow minded.
I've been trying to get my grandma and my mom to play games since Super Mario Bros. so don't you dare yank the controller out of their hands now that they are finally playing something just because it's some game that you don't care for. Be happy that they are playing at all you fool.
As far as this article is concerned, it is very biased and a little childish at best. Interesting read though, but I stand by my judgemental view!
Yeah because graphics are the defining quality of a video game. What are you, 5?
The hardcore gamers will always be there, always complaining, and comparing 3dmark tests as if that somehow makes you more of a man/woman, when it really just screams out sad and you have no life.
The amount of times in the past where I have went over to a mates, or vice versa, and you spend hours just sitting there watching your mate play a game, waiting for your turn, for them to do the exact same, is pretty sad, but that's what being a teenager was all about for me.There are obviously quite a few exceptions to that rule, but with the Wii, the games I play there is a 95% chance that it is a multiplayer of upto 4 people that we can all play and enjoy.I played Rock Band for the first time last week and even though I had hated it before, I was drunk and thoroughly enjoyed it.Family occasions now involve bringing your own booze, and a Wiimote with you, for the whole family to play, and for that, Nintendo has done a great job.
Hardly to imagine I can play any PS3 games with my mom
I hate self-proclaimed gamers so much.
Yeah, this is absolutely the stupidest thing I've seen, and I can only that it was written in trolling, and that the author doesn't actually feel this way.
First of all, there was never "appeal" in being called a gamer, especially when larger society is looking at you like social outcasts. The "appeal" was in the fun derived from playing the games themselves, as well as the fulfillment and satisfaction derived from getting good at it and eventually beating it.
Secondly, who gives a crap if someone else enjoys having fun using the same tools that you do? Is your girlfriend supposed to only be allowed to play Snake on her phone, and leave your precious console alone? If anything, the fact that I can buy _one_ system and then purchase a game that I will love, another that my nephew will love, one that my girlfriend will love and another that my Mom will love is --excellent--. I shouldn't need multiple systems for that.
Get a bunch of mates (boys/girls, children/adults/OAPs) round and break out the Wii and suddenly everyone's involved, break out the PS/XBOX/PC and straight away your a social leper with a house full of bored friends.
I love my PC (and occasionally XBOX) for more hardcore gaming such as FPS and strategy.
Each system has it's advantages and disadvantages.
One thing that does bug me is that if i haven't played a technical Wii game for a while i have to read the instructions on how to control it again.
P.S. on a side note i was just watching Saturday morning TV (Saturday Kitchen) and one of the chefs said f**k!
oops-a-daisy!!!!
nintendo gives the game a seal of approval though..so in a way it is their fault. All the publisher give final approval for a game on their system and Nintendo coudl easily say enough i'm freaking tired of barbie pony princess games yet they don't.
While some may argue that it is not their place, consider this: The PS3 isn't an easy console to develop for, but given time and energy, titles can truly shine given the opportunity. With the Wii, it seems that developers work hard to provide quality, but can never get it close compared to Nintendo's first party titles... This really drives some speculation, at least for me, that Nintendo must be holding [/i]something[/i] back... I mean, it shouldn't be "because they know their console better" that their games are better, but that everyone should be entitled to the same tools to develop their games.
I dunno. Maybe I'm totally wrong about them. Still, based on what I've seen, this is how I feel about it, especially after reading about Nintendo having to work to help third party developers. It really makes me feel that they're knowingly holding back helpful information and/or tools.
I'm not sorry for being blunt, because the author himself admitted that the title was BS.
I don't know what a "core gamer" is supposed to be, but I consider myself a gamer even though I have a life outside of video games. I only own a Wii. I purchased good games for the Wii, and played those: Zelda, Metroid Prime, Zack and Wiki, etc. I don't beat them in a week, because as I said I have a life outside of gaming.
Are you kidding me? You're angry at Nintendo for innovating in technology poised to take gaming a leap forward? Yes, it makes sense for the Wii to be a great system for FPSes. That's why Metroid Prime is great, and to me nothing feels as satisfyingly accurate as shooting an arrow in Twilight Princess. This is why those who've had a hands-on with the upcoming Conduit are praising the controls. Are you saying that because 3rd parties have not invested in making their good games for the Wii, that the system doesn't offer the best natural interface for point-and-shoot? Are you saying that I should go muck about with dual analog sticks so I can be a part of the "frustratingly difficult game in-club" and feel better about myself?
The immersion presented with motion control is a step forward. I don't know what this "hard work" is you speak of. Wii Sports is more fun when you actually stand up like you're playing the sport, but that does not mean that any game requires you to "flail around" and get tired. As a matter of fact, splitting the controller in two lets me be much more laid back than any other setup I've played. I don't get it, when accelerometers were added to our phones and put to great use, I didn't even hear crotchety old men speak of "motion sensory nonsense gimmick". Wow.
Nintendo isn't killing whatever you think "core gaming" is. Nintendo is making sure that we still have gamers in the future, since all of the current people who grew up on the SNES and N64 now only want to play Gears of War. Nintendo is making sure that everyone still has an appropriate fun experience, and not just make games that keep kids from becoming involved. As inexperienced gamers develop, they get to go buy stuff like MadWorld and the Conduit.
You sound like Nintendo stole your candy. I'm getting really tired of these inane Neowin editorials. The surge in hits from publishing a stupid title can't be worth the loss of respect that follows.
Nintendo's first party titles are wonderful, no doubt about it. However, I'd like to play something more than endless sequels, and that's where Nintendo fails. More decent third party games please!
Doesn't matter though, since they're making money I guess. Just don't expect me to sit around ready to jump on the next thing Nintendo releases...
Now preteens call themselves "hardcore" and want to follow a career in "professional gaming" and stuff like that. We are too old for that term, so we're still geeks.
People are currently complaining about the difficulty of the controls in THQ's UFC 2009 Undisputed. Do people not have patience anymore? Not all games need to have the "hit the A and B buttons do to EVERYTHING" mentality. When was the last time you actually played a game that required a lot of hard work that felt fulfilling?
now i might be taking you abit out of context, but didnt you just contradict yourself?
Sorry for the confusion
Can you please tell me how that even makes sense? Regardless of your point being valid or invalid I think the first thing you should do before trying to make it is to make sure that it all actually makes sense.
When did writing an editorial become so important that it couldn't wait to be proof read before it is published? I don't know how many "editorials" I have read recently that seemed as if they were first written on a the back of a beer mat then given to a chimp to reproduce and publish.
I don't mind small grammatical errors, but when the sentence requires me to reread it just to understand it, it really makes me wonder...
We still love you though, Garrett.
edit: fixed, thanks guys
Well, you can either do something about it or try to move on. How sales charts imapct your life is beyond me. Spend your money how you want and let others do the same.
To each their own.
And the world keeps spinnin'.
Innovation without innovative ideas will only bring half assed games. Look at the PC market and how it easily died when everything turn into a Wolfestein 3D clone or a Populous clone.
And just the fact that you decided to put a giant screenshot of Street Fighter means you don't want change, and for that there's always the xbox360 or to a lesser extent the PS3.
I do wish all companies were hiring better programmers because most Wii games outside of japanese companies are pretty bad.
The sad part of your rant is the "Wii Sports shouldn't be the best selling of all time, that's just not right." Sadly you probably want Grand theft Auto to own the title, but the mayority speaks. And the game comes INCLUDED with the Wii, another idea that propelled motion gaming to rule above the rest, the same way Super Mario Bros made the gamepad the DEFACTO method of gaming for decades...
I'm not sure there's any other hobbies out there where people spend as much time discussing how much they hate the competition/competing products in comparison to those that they like.
Just saying
And no, Nintendo is not killing core gaming, not at all. Nintendo is making their own market demographic happy. 360 and PS3 fans just get butthurt about this because their console isn't selling as much and that damages their ability to justify their console purchase(s) to random strangers. Online strangers of course, because in the real world no one gives jack **** about what you purchase
Strangely, no I don't, and I'm forty years of age. I do, however, remember the emergence of the crowd who went from seeing games as just fun activities for all, to seeing them as some sort of elite activities that were designed solely for them.
When I was a young teenager, my parents regularly played on our ol' Activision console, etc. in the evenings, and I grew up in a pub where I couldn't get to the table-top asteroids because those cursed old people were so hooked on it. So please, spare us the "we're not special any more" speech. You never were in any place but your own imaginations.
What is it they say - youth is wasted on the young. I think this article proves that point. Even with youth, they still find something to whinge about, even when it exists only in their own sphere of imagination.
Gaming hasn't changed, you're just growing up and missing your youth. Live with it.
Wait until you get to the age where you grow as tired of people whinging when, in reality, they have stuff all to whinge about. You are seriously miffed because games that you don't approve of are proving popular? Oh please....
Games like Metal Gear, Halo, Bioshock, Dawn of War etc. should be the top sellers because games like those push the limits. If developers see that that is what they are up against, they are going to try hard to make games which that quality is on par or greater then those. That is how I think the gaming industry should be evolving.
If all you want is Metal Gear, Halo, Bioshock, Dawn of War etc. then gaming would never evolve and gaming population would not grow since those kinds of games appeal to a very specific market...a small market in overall gaming world.
Convoluted control schemes and killing things does not make a good game, nor it evolves gaming.
I dont like any of the games you have listed, and I dont think I have ever seen any of my friends play them so how should they be the best sellers, when on the other hand with Wii Sports, near enough everyone I know has had a bash at some point with it, and thoroughly enjoyed it.Gaming is meant to be fun which is what the Nintendo bring you.Games where its the same old futuristic crap with laser guns etc and super duper body armour just annoy me.Ive been gaming since I got my first Amiga 600+ and I think now people are so spoilt for choice n what they want to play its unreal.
I dont think I know anyone who has bought a Wii to be used as a hardcore gaming machine, it has been bought for fun and fun only.If you want a "core" gaming console you go for a 360 or PS3, and if your real hardcore you spend a fortune building a gaming rig and use that.Dont slate the Wii for not filling your requirements when imo, frm the get go it has never targetted that market, hence why Wii Sports, such a simple game is bundled with the console.
"I'm so l333t!!!1 Wii for kiddies LOL !111
It's hardly Nintendo's fault that 3rd party devs are pumping out shovelware.
"I'm so l333t!!!1 Wii for kiddies LOL !111
It's hardly Nintendo's fault that 3rd party devs are pumping out shovelware.
Nintendo has full control over what gets released on their systems and could implement some QC like they used to. I think they allow all this crap through because if it wasn't for the crap, barely anything would get released. Their 1st party creativity is just about used up IMO. Nintendo is going to find themselves in trouble in the coming years if they don't get major publishers on board next time around.
Nintendo was never hardcore actually, nintendo has always been considered the kiddie,cheap and casual part of gaming it all dates back to Sega Genesis days.
I'd like to mention that Guitar Hero really does need a lot of skill to master. It's not as simple as you put it. I however, do agree that all the releases with just different bands are kinda annoying and hard to keep track of.
Games should be FUN. That is the important thing.
This article misses in every way. Is there a way to vote this into the trash? How do I vote this article a 1?
You mean like Tetris? One of the most popular games ever?
Or, going pre-electronic, Checkers? Soccer?
nintendo will never be able to beat Sony that's why we have the wii now, nintendo knows they will never be able to beat Sony in they continue to play the same game with them.
We won't hold our breath.
This part strikes me.
Why did you use anymore ? Games used to be simple. Not complicated. I used to be an hardcore gamer. But now i'm in the mid 30 and with families, car to pay and such i honestly don't have the time anymore.
I find games these days to be far more complicated than what they used to be. Games back in the 80ties and 90ties was simple and their goal was to be fun. Atari 2600, NES, SNES, Genesis, etc ... games was for the most part boot and play. Nothing to configure. No learning curve. Boot the games and lets have some fun.
Now i find myself spending more and more time to configure the control, the game, learn how to play and when i come back to a game after couple of weeks off i need to learn that all over again.
I don't say all games should be simple. I loved Ultima when iw as young. But lets be honest Nintendo fill a gap that NEEDS to be filled. Not all games need to be 3p4c. Not all games need to be hardcore with people calling others n00b.
One of the games i loved the most lately was Guild Wars. It was simple. Fun. The community was awesome.
Sony has lost. Pack it up, go home. Take it like a man.
(KISS = keep it single stupid, or keep it single, stupid!
But for most people (childs and teens) they don't like simple games, instead they love those complex game (hit A+B then do a hadouken and press C twice). Luckily, non-hardcore gamers have the money, power and influence to buy games and to decide which games will be a best selling and which not.
(simple and cute yet addictive).
(KISS = keep it single stupid, or keep it single, stupid!
you mean keep it simple stupid ?
imho, complicated games are complicated because of the limitations of the system, and they had to keep people hooked on the game somehow
now that we have a control scheme that matches our normal everyday movements more closely, gamers can feel engaged without needing to resort to unravelling obfuscated and abstract experiences to have a good time
While for gaming to expand it's reach to end users is generally a good thing... I'm beginning to wonder if the market will reach a saturation point where all developers will chase after the casual gamer (due to sheer volume of sales) instead of releasing any games for the "more-than casual" player. ie: no more FPS, RPG, RTS, etc. Just mountains of Wii-Fit 2099, Rock Band Senior Citizen Special Gray Edition, etc, flooding the market. Yeah, if it ever gets to that point, I pray for another Hard Crash to end the misery once and for all.
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