Comment Re:Long Term vs. Short Term (Score 1) 368
Waaaaaiiit... Nintendo is targeting a niche market???
How so?
It seems to me that while they are not necessarily competing with the HD gaming guys they are actually trying to expand their own market to encompass gamers and non-gamers a like with an approachable and enjoyable console.
I myself am a long time gamer and am looking for more innovation in gaming as opposed to prettier graphics.
The movie industry went the way of bigger/better effects fairly recently and now they are starting to realize that you still need a good plot, good director, and damn good actors! Who knew movies were about telling good stories?
Who knew games were about.... GAMES.
Graphics ARE important, but ive seen impressive graphics in games for the PS2 that theoretically should have been beyond the system's capabilities... something can be said for the ingenuity of the developers and artists...
But as for PS3 vs. XBOX360... think about it, its all format wars. Games are appearing for both consoles and that is likely to continue, but Sony is putting their money for Blu-ray while Microsoft is pushing HDDVD.
Whichever format wins will determine which of the HD systems wins.
As for Nintendo, to quote a comment I read from another forum (damned if I can remember where exactly): "You buy the PS3 to sell on eBay, and the Wii to play the games."
How so?
It seems to me that while they are not necessarily competing with the HD gaming guys they are actually trying to expand their own market to encompass gamers and non-gamers a like with an approachable and enjoyable console.
I myself am a long time gamer and am looking for more innovation in gaming as opposed to prettier graphics.
The movie industry went the way of bigger/better effects fairly recently and now they are starting to realize that you still need a good plot, good director, and damn good actors! Who knew movies were about telling good stories?
Who knew games were about.... GAMES.
Graphics ARE important, but ive seen impressive graphics in games for the PS2 that theoretically should have been beyond the system's capabilities... something can be said for the ingenuity of the developers and artists...
But as for PS3 vs. XBOX360... think about it, its all format wars. Games are appearing for both consoles and that is likely to continue, but Sony is putting their money for Blu-ray while Microsoft is pushing HDDVD.
Whichever format wins will determine which of the HD systems wins.
As for Nintendo, to quote a comment I read from another forum (damned if I can remember where exactly): "You buy the PS3 to sell on eBay, and the Wii to play the games."
