> -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:50 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: E3 Press Conference Impressions: Part 2, Nintendo > > Sometimes I think Nintendo had me personally in mind when they made the > Wii. > > No pointless online game playing....I have ZERO interest in playing > online.
If the Wii actually did no online game play I'd agree wholeheartedly: you don't need online to make a good game. However it DID do online - very badly. And Nintendo defended it as "workin' great!" - that opens them up to criticism. I would love a workable system that would allow my son in Scranton to play online with his friends in Boston. But there isn't one, it's a mish-mash mess. > And as for "staying power"....two words sum it up for me: Virtual > Console. I love the virtual console. Personally I bought the Wii almost exclusively for it (especially since there have been precious few compelling experiences outside of it for me). But doubt it will have real effect on whether the Wii is considered a fad or not. Almost by definition the Virtual console is mostly for traditional gamers. The "faddishness" of the Wii will be determined by the new gamers - those people that never gamed and are now buying the Wii in droves. If Nintendo can't convince them to actually buy more games then it's a fad. If Nintendo continues to provide new experiences that get these people to buy more games then it's not a fad - it's pretty simple. In any case I think Nintendo has already surpassed the point needed for a sustainable life cycle. The Wii has already far outperformed the Game Cube for example. The difference is will this really be a broad success (like the SNES or GameBoy) or a essentially a first-party mouthpiece (like the N64 and to a lesser extent the GameCube). I'm hoping for the former but we need some good, compelling experiences. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238434 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
