Reggie: Nintendo Not Ready for a Wii 2 Just Yet
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Are you kidding? You NEED A Wii 2. Just make it backwards compatable and STOP BREAKING MY HEART NINTENDO!
The ps3 and 360 were both built to last a 10-year console generation, so nintendo would more than likely just be "catching up" for the remainder of this generation.ssgt splatter said:
I don't think he's trolling, there are many of us wii owners who have been pretty disapointed lately. i honestly went a whole year and a half without touching my wii, in between super mario galaxy and no more heroes 2. the only thing that's keeping me from selling it is other M.clammy said:
Damn, does every one of Nintendo's business strategies actually make sense. Everything they've done recently just smells of planning, forethought, and well thought out consideration concerning both hardware and software capabilities. They've even thought to include things that might not be worth it, like the hidden gamecube function of being able to play things in 3D, even though they never used it.
And you say this based on what? From what I can tell they have none of those things and still lead the market by a large margin. And as far as I can tell Mega Man X has 8 bit graphics and is scoring around 80% on metacritic.MacDonaldFin said:If they do make one, it MUST have these functions:
1. HD graphics that rival the 360's/PS3's or better if possible.
2. Backwards compatability to ALL Nintendo consoles (including handhelds)
3. No friendcodes, just use usernames like XBL and PSN.
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Face it, most people don't care about how graphically impressive a game is, as long as it has decent mechanics and does what it's supposed to do. Plants Vs Zombies, Bejeweled 2 on the iPhone, farmville, the thirty or forty versions of peggle, etc etc I could give you a bunch of examples of how casual players make the bulk of the market and don't care about the things you mentioned at all. Hell, even WoW has shitty graphics if you're aiming for HD.
I totally agree. But the only reason I mentioned HD is well, everybody would be expecting it from a next-next gen console(if thats what you would call it.) But oh well, if HD isn't in a Wii 2(if there is going to be one) then I'm not fussed. XDark123 said:And you say this based on what? From what I can tell they have none of those things and still lead the market by a large margin. And as far as I can tell Mega Man X has 8 bit graphics and is scoring around 80% on metacritic.MacDonaldFin said:If they do make one, it MUST have these functions:
1. HD graphics that rival the 360's/PS3's or better if possible.
2. Backwards compatability to ALL Nintendo consoles (including handhelds
3. No friendcodes, just use usernames like XBL and PSN.
Face it, most people don't care about how graphically impressive a game is, as long as it has decent mechanics and does what it's supposed to do. Plants Vs Zombies, Bejeweled 2 on the iPhone, farmville, the thirty or forty versions of peggle, etc etc I could give you a bunch of examples of how casual players make the bulk of the market and don't care about the things you mentioned at all. Hell, even WoW has shitty graphics if you're aiming for HD.
This is very true. I've played my PS2 far more frequently than my Wii, once I buy myself a PS3, I'm probably going to have to sell the Wii and just stop avoiding the inevitable. The only reason the Wii is still in my house is because I haven't bought No More Heroes 2 yet. Once I finish playing that, and I complete the next Legend of Zelda game I don't see any reason the keep the thing.Craftybonds said:
Unless more interesting games come out in that time
That's exactly it though, they are winning in terms of sales. They could simply say "Hey, we're doing pretty well as it stands" or "We don't see any need for a new system right now" or "The Wii is allowing us to do everything we want to do in our games." It's pretty clear that their success has no real connection to how outside developers (other than shovelware developers) are seeing them. Even given the huge audience out there with Wiis sitting in their homes, 3rd party developers are pretty much avoiding the Wii like the plague.AceDiamond said:
I totally agree with you on the DS issue, and I'm actually surprised that they aren't doing more of that with the Wii. Why hasn't there been a new sku with the Motion Plus in the package and a few new colours? It's almost strange how they milk their handhelds for everything they've got (and have done so since the original Gameboy) yet don't really do the same with their consoles except for periodic colour releases.
Well, if winning equals making the most money, there is no question that they are winning. If winning equals making some very fine, if not exactly innovative, games on their own then they're doing pretty well. If winning, however, means appealing to the majority of dedicated gamers (like me, and I can safely assume yourself) then they are very clearly not winning.Sir John The Net Knight said:
I call bullcrap. No way is Nintendo NOT working on new systems. You know how many prototypes there were between the GBA and the DS. Like 3! Same for every other system update. I'm sure they're testing and designing new hardware right now. They just don't want us to know about it.
Man I have to post this image in every Wii thread
Xbox and PS3 are still causing their parent companies to bleed money. Wii has been a profit center from day 1. What game for for either system offers the fun of Mario Galaxy or Mario Kart, or the immersion of Metroid?
The X(ploding)Box is aimed squarely and basement dwellers, adolescents and frat boys(who self identify as "true gamers"). God knows who the PS3 market is, people with too much money?
The Wii is the system for people with friends and families. My wife uses Wii Fit and other exercise games. Wii doesn't need a "live" because it is meant to be played by people in the same room, not by people calling each other fags on their headsets in between mouthfuls of cheetos. I can get 4 people together playing Mario Kart or Rayman Rabids. What games are there for the other systems that people of all ages can play on the same screen together and enjoy?
When the Wii came out about 10% of everyone had hi def televisions, it doesn't need fancy graphics because gameplay is what people who grew up gaming want. So what if 3rd party developers don't get it? So what if only 5 or 6 good games a year come out for it. I don't have time to play more than 3 or 4 games a year if I'm lucky, I have a life.
I love my Wii and wouldn't give it up for anything.
Xbox and PS3 are still causing their parent companies to bleed money. Wii has been a profit center from day 1. What game for for either system offers the fun of Mario Galaxy or Mario Kart, or the immersion of Metroid?
The X(ploding)Box is aimed squarely and basement dwellers, adolescents and frat boys(who self identify as "true gamers"). God knows who the PS3 market is, people with too much money?
The Wii is the system for people with friends and families. My wife uses Wii Fit and other exercise games. Wii doesn't need a "live" because it is meant to be played by people in the same room, not by people calling each other fags on their headsets in between mouthfuls of cheetos. I can get 4 people together playing Mario Kart or Rayman Rabids. What games are there for the other systems that people of all ages can play on the same screen together and enjoy?
When the Wii came out about 10% of everyone had hi def televisions, it doesn't need fancy graphics because gameplay is what people who grew up gaming want. So what if 3rd party developers don't get it? So what if only 5 or 6 good games a year come out for it. I don't have time to play more than 3 or 4 games a year if I'm lucky, I have a life.
I love my Wii and wouldn't give it up for anything.
I just can't see this being a worthwhile investment for Nintendo. The company has made its money specifically by avoiding generalism, and trying to build console that targets a specific group of players - families and 'social' gamers - as opposed to those who would either play the sorts of games that demand high-tech hardware (FPSes and racers) or make graphics a priority. As is, those groups gravitate towards the PS3, and the 360. A 'high-power' Wii would be a halfway house that would convince no-one - neither the Wii Sports-enthralled 'social players', nor those who have already thrown their lot in with consoles dedicated to FPS/racer franchises. It would be an expensive venture, with little, if any benefit.