Wii Whining, Part 3
Yes... there is more, apparently. What is this? Nitpickers United or something? This is just a bunch of hogwash.
- Nintendo will only have two first-party (made by Nintendo) games at launch.
First, this is a lie. There are five games by Nintendo (I think... I know there are at least three) scheduled for launch. But even just five games from one developer is pretty good for launch, granted they're a big developer. I just don't see where you're coming from. Second, ever since the late Nintendo 64 era and the Gamecube era, people have been ranting and raving about Nintendo's lack of third-party games (games made by other people), and that the best games were always first-party.
This was bad, I agree. Nintendo used to be rather stuck up under the old management and made it difficult for other people to make games. But Nintendo has completely turned around and made the Wii one of, if not the, easiest and cheapest platforms to build games on. Now that we have nearly 30 launch titles, 25 by companies besides Nintendo, people are complaining that there are TOO MANY third-party games and not enough Nintendo games? Am I the only one seeing a TINY bit of hypocrasy here?
Console popularity directly translates to how many games are available, with, of course, some emphasis on the control hardware, which Nintendo has always changed with every console. Good exclusive titles are very, very nice to have, too. But in this day, where games seem to become less and less console-exclusive, people will be looking at other features, such as power and controllers and price. (Price, Sony. They're looking at the PRICE. Hint-hint.) I predict the Nintendo will be a phenomenal success, and take the world by complete storm. Yes, I'm biased, but I also see that the gaming world is ripe for a change in how things are done, and Nintendo did exactly that, and they did it WELL. The Xbox360 is slowly picking up in popularity, with the slow release of better and more interesting games. Then, of course, there's Sony, which, in my biased opinion, will tank and take down the gaming division of Sony with it, along with their precious Blu-Ray. I'm not sure what will REALLY happen, though, but I honestly don't see the PS3 taking off like the PS2 did. The PS2 rode on the success of the PS1 and the reputation Sony had... which Sony does NOT have anymore. I think the PS3 will be a niche market. There'll be a few people who will buy it, but the greater gaming community will take a 360 and a Wii.
Anyway, there will always be people who will never be satisfied with anything anyone ever does. These sorry people need to just break out of their little shell and get a taste of the real world. The Wii will not be another Nintendo 64, the Wii will not be another Gamecube. If you think $250 is too expensive for the latest and greatest in the evolution of electronic entertainment (when you think $400 and $600 is just fine for what TRIES to pass as "latest and greatest"?), then that saves more for the rest of us. I'm sure there will be someone who'll fill your preorder slot.