EDarkness said:It's comments like this that cause Wii threads to turn into crap. Why wouldn't someone who owns a Wii NOT want to play those kinds of games and why should they expect NOT to get those kinds of games? The Wii is a console like any other console, but with gamers there's this mentality that it can't get "normal" games. It bothers me to no end. Which is why I can understand why the IGN guys would be bitter and a little disappointed. Just because it's the Wii it somehow doesn't qualify for the games that we've been playing all these years, even though the Xbox (around the same power level) got those games in spades.
The Xbox got those types of games because those were the types of games Microsoft wanted it to get, those were the types of games Microsoft itself strived to put on it, and those were the types of games Microsoft induced other publishers to put on it. Those were the types of games most wanted by the demographics Microsoft marketed the machine to, and those were the types of games Microsoft cultivated its console around so that it was viewed widely as the best place for them.
None of these things, needless to say, is true of the Wii. One may like it or not, but publishers tend to play follow the leader, which is why once the PSX became viewed as a prime system for RPGs, that was the type of game every publisher wanted to make on it; once the Xbox was seen as a good place to develop and publish shooters, the same effect manifested. I think everyone is aware at this point what the viewpoint of the Wii is with the publishing community.
Someone who owns a Wii can want to play violent online shooters on the Wii as much as they want, but you think they should expect them? No, I'm afraid that this expectation is why Wii threads are typically crap, not the sentiment to which you're responding. It's the same as the people who say "Square Enix should cancel DQ6 DS and put it on the Wii because the Wii needs RPGs and it should have them and Square should make sure it does! And some Final Fantay games, too!" There's no standing to expect certain types or genres of games on a particular console, and third party publishers aren't expected to ensure that every console offers well rounded gaming experiences that fill the desires of every single-console owner or first-party fanboy, especially when those desires run counter to what the fate of the machine has already shaken itself out as.
If you bought the Wii expecting violent, online shooters, you bought the wrong damned console, and there's no two ways about that. What's more, there are actually two other systems out there right now that cater to this type of gameplay, so it'd be extremely easy for your gaming wants to be sated elsewhere.
Now, all of that touches mainly on you, not the IGN team. The issue with the IGN team is that they hold this particular type of gaming experience up as the holy grail and consistently gnash their teeth that it isn't being provided, berate any other type of game for not being the sort of PS2 RPG or Xbox shooter they want it to be, and use their influence and position to push an actual agenda -- rather than being fair and even-handed in their coverage, they've made it their mission to promote certain types of games that meet their criteria and to shun those that don't in such a way that goes beyond neutral reviewing.