GNT: When Nintendo released the Wii in 2006, they revolutionised the gaming world. All of a sudden, gaming went from a frowned upon hobby for ‘teenage boys’ to a recognised and welcomed activity for all the family. Now you and I know that gaming was never just for geeky teenage boys. People of all ages and both genders have enjoyed gaming since it began, but the difference after the Wii was mainstream acceptance. All of a sudden positive gaming stories were featured in right wing leaning media outlets, such as Fox News, or The Daily Mail. Of course, there were still outrages about sexual content or excessive amounts of violence, just look at the fuss caused over Modern Warfare 2′s No Russian level, but this was to be expected.
Joy Ride Turbo launched 10 years ago today. The first title was Xbox Kinect exclusive, yet this sequel failed to support the device at all.
The Switch just isn't equipped for a killer sports title like the Wii was
A lot of the points made here are true, yet let's give it a chance, because like the author said, the Wii was a motion control console and everyone did view it as such while the switch is not, so the way people view the game determines how much they invested in it, so again let's give it a chance and see
Wii sports was truly atrocious and you're saying Switch Sports will be even worse? It does not bode well for Switch Sports indeed.
Wii Sports was ok for screwing around, but the games lacked depth. Also I'm not sure why it seems like they decided to stick with the automatic player movement so all you need to do is swing to hit something. Very noob friendly but not as much fun IMO.
Wii Sports was THE game for casuals. I don’t feel many casuals own the Switch. I can’t see this doing the numbers Wii Sports did.
Course it won't, the Wii was a phenomenon. Something new with the motion tech. A curiosity to almost everyone. Obviously Switch sports won't create the same impact.
Cultured Vultures: "Sadly, not all hardware is created equal, and no matter how much developers might try, some gaming hardware just fails to hit the mark. We’ve compiled a list of 10 gaming hardware fails, and boy did some fail hard."
I would label the Power Glove, Kinect, and that Tony Hawk skateboard more as hardware addons hardware failure would be like the Virtual Boy and one day Stadia.
The picture should be the 360 RROD. When I think of gaming hardware failures that's what springs to mind. Kinect and it's bundled price tag definitely hobbled the already underpowered Xbox One though for sure so I would give it a close second place.
Lol I had the Atari Jaguar, surprised its "competition" the 3DO isn't on the list too, both as "popular" as each other.
Stadia is a weird one. It hasn’t sold at all well but in terms of how it works it’s still miles ahead of Xcloud in terms of stability and performance. Xcloud is still a way behind and that needs sorting but it will be in time. Stadia for me is one of those things that will go down as a what could have been moments. With better marketing it could have been a roaring success. I still play it and it remains the best place in my opinion to play CyberPunk 2077. Only platform I have played it on without having any issues at all. The tech is great. The concept is fine. Marketing terrible. Shame really.
The Xbox One was Microsoft’s Nintendo Wii U. Undercooked, undersold and just an unholy mess. The thing is with any of these failures is to learn from them and thankfully both Nintendo and Xbox did just that to the benefit of gamers everywhere.
Wish is a shame, cause it actually adds more to gameplay, depending on the title that's being played. I really enjoy games like - Redsteel 2, Skyward Swords, NHL 2K11, Tiger Woods 10-11, and so on.
The Wii remote isn't only about motion though. It has an IR pointer, and converts into a Nes controller when it's turned horizontally.
Both Microsoft and Sony, ate into Nintendo's profits by releasing their own exclusive motion peripherals, and having HD visual, better online service, and more 3rd party support. Luckly the Wii U supports Wii remotes for the group of us who still enjoy to game with them.
It's not a creative failure, after playing games like Zack & Wiki, Skyward Sword, RE4: Wii Edition, Red Steel 2, you just have to admit that motion controllers really work hen developers put effort into it; the problem is that the console became a house for lazy developers who did nothing but lame party games, and bitch about how a game cant be great without HD, instead of trying something original in the graphic department like Madworld or Muramasa. The proof of it ar MS and Sony trying to get one slice from the mation controller cake; but we all know how it ended up.