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Not as we know them, so far driving games seem to just need you to tilt the remote frome side to side which looks like it could work out fine. Traditional fighters wont work on the remote that's for damn sure, but IMO they don't work on anything but an arcade stick anyway. I'de love to see a wii punch out style game though that could work great. And even with a traditional controller nintendo couldn't get any fighters the cube has what 3?Quote:
(fighting games, driving games, etc)
A Ferrari is not a necessity. Not even people with Ferraris take them out to the daily commute.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
understatement of the century?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
A better analogy would've been comparing like a $30,000 car to a $15,000 car. But even then its still pretty bad. Just admit you said something dumb and let's move on.Quote:
but it still forces some people to find a cheaper alternative with less performance.
I think HDTV and SDTV are pretty apt comparisons for the consoles were talking about.
I'm not really convinced that the PS3 is more powerful than the 360. Even if it is, I suspect the difference is tiny. So it's $200 for Blu-Ray. No thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
Me neither. Sony has a habit of blowing smoke up our asses anyway. Bluray though, can be a blessing or a curse. So far, it is not looking good but it is still early for Sony to correct their mistakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by RoleTroll
Yep. We should be seeing Nintendo releasing a weaker system for the same price as the big guys. MS and Sony should be taking massive losses on their consoles in a price war, and Nintendo - unable and unwilling to take huge losses - should be unable to compete. Instead, consumers are being gouged by MS and Sony with ever rising prices on run-of-the-mill hardware. By doing this, they've created a huge opening for Nintendo and other companies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
Despite what Sony claims, the higher prices are not going for more powerful hardware. The old consoles had graphics superior to the PCs for maybe a year after launch, then only a few months for the N64 when a certain board was released (don't recall the board). But the current consoles don't appear to be more powerful than PCs at the time of their launch. The prices are way higher than the past, but the money is definitely not going for graphics.
This is exactly why it's a non-issue for me. If Nintendo had the only gaming system last gen, or the leading one even, I would see Wii as a colossal step back for the gaming industry. But Sony obviously has the next step of hardware covered, and it's pretty apparent that Nintendo is having trouble reinvigorating its first party software with graphics alone. So I don't see the loss here. It's an interesting alternative that could be successful for a huge number of reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by sethsez
I would be far more willing to pay 400 for a Nintendo console than a Sony or MS console. I owned all three systems this generation and up until this summer (I've bought a lot of games for Xbox and PS2 since they're so low now) I hardly played anything but my GC. I just think that the quality of Nintendo's exclusives just knocks the teeth out of most stuff on the other consoles. The only thing I'm sad Nintendo is REALLY in need of is some great action games like Ninja Gaiden or DMC. It looks like the Wii is going to have the best exclusive content this generation not only because of its 1st party, but also because of the controller. Sure the system isn't as powerful but that really doesn't matter at all when the other 2 consoles on the market have literally one game between them that I'm really at all interested in.Quote:
Originally Posted by sethsez
Point in closing- if Nintendo has the best games, they'll do very well. And so far they've been able to convince me that they will. I really don't give a shit if they "win" the console wars or not, as long as they stay profitable and can keep making great games.
My feeling on it is more or less the same as my feeling on the DS. The hardware doesn't impress me, and the gimmick is just that. But if they can put out some games that I really want to play, a $200 investment isn't that hard to swallow. Good, exclusive games talk, and I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo does well enough in this regard
If it makes you feel any better, Nintendo made a shitload more money on Gamecube than Microsoft made on Xbox (MS lost something like 4 billion).Quote:
Originally Posted by TaekwondoNJ