How are you using controversial here? The Wii never garnered the level of vitriol that the Xbox One did early on.
No, i dont think it is, it was fairly popular.
How are you using controversial here? The Wii never garnered the level of vitriol that the Xbox One did early on.
How are you using controversial here? The Wii never garnered the level of vitriol that the Xbox One did early on.
How are you using controversial here? The Wii never garnered the level of vitriol that the Xbox One did early on.
The One ended up not releasing in that state though. Wonder if that takes it down a bit.
Hm.
In 7 years will the DRM pre launch be talked about as much as the casual-approach of the Wii and its consequences of that? I'm actually not sure tbh. The Wii U situation probably elevates how much the Wii is still talked about though.
I only recently came around on the Wii.
My thoughts back in the day were "Fuck Motion Controls" and I still kind of think that.
How are you using controversial here? The Wii never garnered the level of vitriol that the Xbox One did early on.
I would say yes.
There are people who blame Nintendo on Japan's struggle in HD development. The reasoning was that third parties didn't know what horse to support.
In retrospect, that's pretty shortsighted. Japan was moving from consoles to handhelds. Just like they're moving from traditional handhelds to mobile now.
It was disruptive for sure.
This was more due to PS3 and mainly Cell.
Really? It's suppose to be the 3rd best selling home console. It's also the first console that didn't massively outsell its rivals despite coming in first. PS3/360 are only 20 million behind last I recall and they're not discontinued.It will be remembered as a sales juggernaut.
I'm curious why?It killed my respect/love for the Nintendo brand.
The Nintendo Wii has broken barriers in terms of gaming, but it attracted detractors for various reasons that are too many to list. Does anyone think that the Wii can be said to be the most controversial console ever released?
It killed my respect/love for the Nintendo brand.
It is as controversial as it is misunderstood. To this day a lot of people don't grasp quite well how forward thinking the Wii Remote concept is. Most of these people are detractors also that didn't give the console a fair chance.The Nintendo Wii has broken barriers in terms of gaming, but it attracted detractors for various reasons that are too many to list. Does anyone think that the Wii can be said to be the most controversial console ever released?
During arguably their greatest golden age? Nintendo will probably never reach those heights again now that game development has gotten more expensive and complex.
lolwut? financially golden age ≠ gaming golden age.
lolwut? financially golden age ≠ gaming golden age.
Really? It's suppose to be the 3rd best selling home console. It's also the first console that didn't massively outsell its rivals despite coming in first. PS3/360 are only 20 million behind last I recall and they're not discontinued.
During arguably their greatest golden age? Nintendo will probably never reach those heights again now that game development has gotten more expensive and complex.
This thread is a fun reminder of everyones' reactions to the Wii remote, lol.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63251
The Wii did make huge strides in the beginning but it also quickly tapered off at the end.The wii broke records all over the place and it currently holds the record for most systems sold in 1 month selling 3.8 million consoles in december 2010.
The NES was very controversial as well.
This thread is a fun reminder of everyones' reactions to the Wii remote, lol.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63251
People were falling over themselves to make posts revolving around waggle or collecting dust for a good five or six years.
It was definitely controversial and was responsible for a lot of tantrums. Even a game involving Mickey Mouse of all things caused people to lose their shit.
I don't think it was controversial. I personally thought it was a great console, although after 2010 it dropped a lot and the only significant release after 2010 was Skyward Sword. That said it had some amazing first party releases and even some third party content like Goldeneye, Monster Hunter 3, Little King's Story, Zach and Wiki, Elebits, Red Steel 2, Motion Plus Tiger Woods games, among others.
I thought it was a great segway into motion gaming as well. We were a bit deceived by the accuracy of the WiiMote, but the Motion Plus delivered on a lot of fronts. To this day it's the best way to play FPS games on consoles (The Move can't touch the WiiMote because of its drifing cursor) and I use it on my Wii U to play Ghosts and BO2.
The Wii did make huge strides in the beginning but it also quickly tapered off at the end.
The console was an anomaly in a lot of ways, so it can't be judged in black and white.
Moreover, whether you like it or not, that strategy also was slightly adopted by Nintendo's current rivals. Both the PS4 and XB1 were more incremental than their predecessors, mostly due to the cost concerns as well.
quantity ≠ qualityThe sales and software output from the Wii/DS era is unmatched, there's no denying that.
Who said I was talking about sales and money?