otake said:
if all the hardware manufacturers decide to go the wii-route I will quit console gaming!
BYE.
MS & Sony will scramble for the casuals in the next-gen...and this is a good thing as it would (hopefully) mean cheaper launch hardware.
This topic is more about what Nintendo will do next-gen. However...I do believe that Nintendo wants to set the record straight about this "core vs casual" BS before they even talk of next-gen and this will likely happen when things like the HD-era supporters start to feel dwarfed next to Wii sales to the point that they must take Wii more seriously as the market leader it will become. This will also help set them up for more serious support when they launch into their next-gen whenever that may be.
As it stands (like with MS trying to establish the X-BOX brand by getting a "big game" TM last generation (that big game being GTA)) I think a lot of people inside and outside this industry are waiting for the day when Wii get's it's GTA support. It doesn't neccessarily have to be GTA, just a serious effort that was once thought to be HD-era-only. Once this happens then I don't think many publishers/developers will continue to shun the Wii with silly efforts or no support at all. We're sorta seeing it already sith more multi-plat games also coming to Wii and X360 brands also coming to Wii later on. I've been a proponent of the belief that RE4 & SF4 will come to the Wii and that both of these games are sorta under the HD-era-only serious efforts that would turn heads if they're on Wii. And I know it seems silly that CAPCOM would have to "test" the Wii market again with a game like Dead Rising first, but I imagine that it will have some effect on whether RE5 & SF4 will come to Wii. I think SF4 is more of a give-in on Wii, while RE5 is more of a "holy shizz" announcement if it happens...however, in both cases, CAPCOM has TONS of money invested in the HD-era versions so there's no way in hell they're going to butcher sales of those expensive-to-make titles by announcing a Wii version of either this early. They'll likely maximize sales of both and THEN (as they said, see how they sell on other systems first) announce Wii versions soon after. Yeah, I know that sounds like shit to us Wii owners, but it makes the most business sense for them and I'd rather get it late then not at all.
Also around this time GTA will have already launched on NDS and I imagine that if it's a good, fun, serious (3D) effort that it'll be huge on the system and RockStar will more seriously consider bring some form of GTA to Wii...the day that happens (GTA or RE5 being announced for Wii) is the day the rest of the industry falls in line (as they did moreso for the original X-BOX when GTA came) and starts taking Wii even more seriously. "Gamers" will also fall in line and that "core vs casual" BS (won't end, but) will take a back-seat in anti-Wii arguments. THEN we will see Wii hitting another stride and I don't see it slowing even if it takes until late 2009 for this to happen...by then the industry will be flip-flopped on it's ear as well and HD-era-only games will come, but they'll be even less significant in light of the records Wii hardware & software will continue to outsell it at. All this with a Wii color array, pricedrop, bundles & re-design still left to give Nintendo breathing room. This generation hasn't even really begun yet, Sony & MS should invest in anal lube.