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Showing posts with label Wii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wii. Show all posts
Sunday, January 7
Thursday, January 4
Episodic gaming will NOT draw in more game players on the PC
Rick Sanchez over at Gamasutra has an interesting article up on why episodic games on the PC are a good thing. I agree with a lot he says, but he does try to make the argument at the end that it will open up the audience for PC gaming. And that the Wii is just a fad.
I'm not sure how making episodic makes it more open to broader market. The reason YouTube is filled with videos of dads and moms and grandmothers playing the Wii is because the learning curve is small. PC games, episodic or not, are just harder to figure out. Not for those us here or those reading Gamasutra, but for my mom? Yes, it is. Even loading, installing, saving, blah blah, is all just that bit more difficult. If you can't get them to even turn it on, how can you get them to play?
And making it episodic certainly doesn't change that. That is all about game play. Saying "Oh, but all of these people now have access to it because they own PC's and they are now accustomed to buying music from iTunes means they'll down load games"... I don't see the connection. Well, that is not true. I can imagine there will be more break out games on PCs, but along the lines of Bookworm Adventures. Small games that appeal to an audience that just want walk into the game section at Best Buy. Heck, is unlikely to even walk into a Best Buy.
The appeal of the Wii is easy of entry (stop snickering) and family. That is where they are going to draw all of these untapped players.
And as too longevity or the fact the fact that it is of 0.5 of next gen... "moms" don't care. The rest of the world doesn't care. They never have. Maybe the Wii will tun into a gateway console for some folks. Maybe they'll be introduced to gaming via the Wii and then their eyes will wander over to other systems and some will say "Wow! That Halo 3 of FF13 or Crysis sure looks neat..." But it won't be a lot. Because these are people who aren't going to rent Predator or some anime film.
Longevity: There are two systems that the Wii should be compared with as to this. The first is the Gameboy. It lasted because of Tetris and games of that sort. And it lasted forever. Sure it was upgraded along the way, but not hugely until the DS. And many other more advanced portables failed in that time. Because most people (by most people I again mean out of the WORLD, not out of "gamers") don't give a rats ass about tons of features or the best graphics. They want something they understand and can pick up and just play.
The other system: a deck of cards. Or Monopoly. Or any boardgame. Those haven't gone away. People still plat them and with the resolution on then are great, their frame rates are very very slow.
(Sidenote: Sanchez is the vice president of content at GameTap so this may explain his blind spot.)
I'm not sure how making episodic makes it more open to broader market. The reason YouTube is filled with videos of dads and moms and grandmothers playing the Wii is because the learning curve is small. PC games, episodic or not, are just harder to figure out. Not for those us here or those reading Gamasutra, but for my mom? Yes, it is. Even loading, installing, saving, blah blah, is all just that bit more difficult. If you can't get them to even turn it on, how can you get them to play?
And making it episodic certainly doesn't change that. That is all about game play. Saying "Oh, but all of these people now have access to it because they own PC's and they are now accustomed to buying music from iTunes means they'll down load games"... I don't see the connection. Well, that is not true. I can imagine there will be more break out games on PCs, but along the lines of Bookworm Adventures. Small games that appeal to an audience that just want walk into the game section at Best Buy. Heck, is unlikely to even walk into a Best Buy.
The appeal of the Wii is easy of entry (stop snickering) and family. That is where they are going to draw all of these untapped players.
And as too longevity or the fact the fact that it is of 0.5 of next gen... "moms" don't care. The rest of the world doesn't care. They never have. Maybe the Wii will tun into a gateway console for some folks. Maybe they'll be introduced to gaming via the Wii and then their eyes will wander over to other systems and some will say "Wow! That Halo 3 of FF13 or Crysis sure looks neat..." But it won't be a lot. Because these are people who aren't going to rent Predator or some anime film.
Longevity: There are two systems that the Wii should be compared with as to this. The first is the Gameboy. It lasted because of Tetris and games of that sort. And it lasted forever. Sure it was upgraded along the way, but not hugely until the DS. And many other more advanced portables failed in that time. Because most people (by most people I again mean out of the WORLD, not out of "gamers") don't give a rats ass about tons of features or the best graphics. They want something they understand and can pick up and just play.
The other system: a deck of cards. Or Monopoly. Or any boardgame. Those haven't gone away. People still plat them and with the resolution on then are great, their frame rates are very very slow.
(Sidenote: Sanchez is the vice president of content at GameTap so this may explain his blind spot.)
Friday, December 22
Monday, December 11
Why The Wii Will Win... in a street fight
Yeah, that's a heck of a shiner.There are two lessons to be learned from this story:
1) Booze and the Wii is dangerous and may get you brought up of spousal abuse charges.
2) Look at her smile! Clearly she still loves the Wii and the Wiimote even after getting whacked in the face with one by her boy.
Liz, you rock!
(via Joystiq)
Tuesday, December 5
The Lost Wii Warnings
As a follow up to the warnings in the Wii's Japanese manual, Iconfactory has made some of their own.
(via Kotaku)
Monday, December 4
The not so fun side of the Wii
Over at Kotaku they have some lovely images from the Wii manual. Your standard what not to do. Like whacking your friend in the face. Or eating it. Or pouring a whole bottle of orange soda on it. Or storing it with your crack.
Sunday, December 3
More Why the Wii Will Win Vids
Because this lady is just a bit crazy. But I love her for it.
And the thing I've been waiting for... Moms playing Wiis!
And the thing I've been waiting for... Moms playing Wiis!
Monday, November 27
Wii Have A Problem
First, why am I so fascinated by the Wii? I really don't know. I don't own one. I probably won't get one for awhile. But I guess it comes down to the fact that it is different and that it is the "next big hope" to get gaming out of the gutter. See, because I love video games. I really do. And I would love if it fully crossed into mainstream so that games were developed for a wider market. But it is a chicken and egg type deal: the masses won't play because games are made for twitch happy boys and developers won't make games for the masses because only twitch happy boys buy games.
The Wii takes a big step in bridging that gap.
Anywhozits, here's a blog devoted to stories of injuries and property damage cause by the Wiimote.
(via Destructoid)
The Wii takes a big step in bridging that gap.
Anywhozits, here's a blog devoted to stories of injuries and property damage cause by the Wiimote.
(via Destructoid)
Sunday, November 26
Thursday, November 23
Why I think the Wii will win
Because your kid, any kid, will do this.And because these two will get more exercise than they have all year.
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