generally speaking, it was a poor e3. nintendo's conference was maybe the best of the three, but only slightly so. however, it should have been
significantly so, since it was the only conference showcasing new hardware. but, nintendo has never been an e3 powerhouse, so whatta ya gonna do.
regardless, i think the reaction of some articles is... i dunno... insane? like, for example, many articles and outlets point to how much nintendo wii sales have dropped off... never factoring in that it is definitively the greatest selling platform of all time. ...or that 6 year old consoles tend to have downward sliding sale rates. but also, the fabrication of how it gets remembered so brilliantly is off.
The Wii connected immediately. You wave the remote, you hit a tennis ball. Innovative enough to wow gamers yet digestible enough for those who last played a Mario game in 1985, it bridged a gap and brought countless new players into the fold.
that's bull shit.
and horse shit. when the wii hit e3 years ago, there was internet and journalistic outrage. from the name (which isn't even a word!) to the wacky controller to the less-than-powerful processor, non HD wii sports, etc. the press and general reaction of the wii was horrible. the same was true of the DS and eventually the 3DS. each had a learning curve, each got pissed on in the first reveal and first few months... and then each made tremendous bounds, becoming the respective sales leaders. so, really, intrawebs. relax a little. it wasn't a great show, but... even if the thing hits stores in november, that's 5 months of hype left to build.
It's just the latest gaffe from a company struggling to recapture the glory days of the Wii in its prime. A 3DS price drop only four months into that system's life was considered a desperation move (it has since paid off, at least in terms of goosing sales)
that parenthetical aside should actually say "which made it the fastest selling video game hardware device of all time, even faster than the Wii that this same article is hailing, despite this same outlet blasting during its launch. and i'm a jerk."
i think they deserve some criticism for their past decisions with the Wii.
what you're missing is the article you're referencing is
praising and lauding the wii. sure, yahoo didn't 5-6 years ago, but the angle they're taking is nintendo used to do it right with the wii, and now they're blowing it. the angle you're taking is nintendo didn't do it right with the wii, and now they're blowing it. ...and now you're blowing me.
Yes, obviously Nintendo is going have its diehard zombies--er, Robs--er fans that will consume their products no matter what. And I'm sure they've garnered at least a few more this past generation. But that certainly isn't going to equate to the millions that have consumed the Wii. And so Nintendo has to have a repeat of the motion control gimmick whether it be manifested through something new or just more motion controls: enter Wii-U, which is essentially a glorified DS/iPhone hybrid.
and, like... this paragraph is insanity.
first off... we're all fanboys. whether its video games or comics or politics or whatever, you're s shill, pro is a shill, mxy is a shill, i'm a shill... we're all on the internet, its our job. let's not pretend anything different. secondly, what is it you're faulting nintendo for? with wii, they expanded the market with a different control interface and their robust collection of IP. with wii u, they're trying a similar strategy and, as you said, using some DS and iphone bits as inspiration. so, there you have three of the most popular pieces of technology of all time. what should they be doing...?
Is the Wii-U functional? Probably. Fun? Very possible. But it's not even remotely intuitive as a gaming device in the context of a larger console--or even as an evolution of a console.
you're not sure if its functional. you're not sure if it's fun. you're positive its not intuitive, nor an evolution. and you've... never tried it.
And one can almost guarantee that it will have even less staying power than the Wii in the face of the conventional gaming interface that Sony and Microsoft have stuck with.
so, a question. does 2012 pariah ever look back at 2007 pariah's posts, and see that he said basically the same thing all those years ago? and then, as noted in the yahoo article, and even a bit of his own post above, that he was horribly wrong...? ...and yet making the same claim now, because,
this time it'll work?
