@BigD
I agree. None-the-less the kiddy console rakes in the $$. Which is why businesses are in business.

@Thread
Larabee was shown this week. 25FPS real-time ray-tracing. Impressive. But, still not quick enough for gaming purposes. If Larabee makes it I'd hope that the 2nd gen Larabee would make ray-tracing games accessible. IMO if Larabee is to make it they'll need a console, but I don't see this until the 2nd gen Larabee. Intel has deep pockets so they could acheive that.

Of course to steal some thunder AMD released the 5870 processor which as 2x the performace of their 4870s and at nearly the same power usage. Impressive in it's own right.

Speaking of next-gen consoles. Early projections are that development costs will double with the complexities that lie in the future.


With the drop of the Wii pricing and the PS3 pricing 'drop' the market has changed a bit. If I were Microsoft I'd remove the Arcade and drop the Elite permanenty to $229-$249 area.

@BigD

Wii is a kiddy console due to Kiddy and crappy games being programmed over it.
But times are changing:
Monster Hunter Tri, Mad World, No More Heroes II, Star Wars Force Unleashed, Red Steel II adn Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles are more adult games and are technically start to push Wii towards it's true potential.

Btw: Who promised a LightSabre game with 1:1 controls? Nintendo not for sure. I think this is an urban legend grow up by people's excitement abotu Wii controls.
I mean, even if Wiimote could do 1:1 motion controls right from the start what would have been the point of having a 1:1 motion control lightsabre game?
Are you ACTUALLY capable of wielding a lightsabre (or even a sword) and properly use it?
If the answer is not, then that game would have been unplayable for you.

Let's face truth: what ruined Wii was the overhype of people that was expecting such games, games that are technically not feasable unless engineers find a way to realize a force back system that sops your blows in mid air when you hit something in the game.

But if you look at the innovation and immersion side, you'll find that Red Steel, Resident Evil 4, Mad World, Metroid Prime Corruption (now trilogy!!!), Force Unleashed and even Quake 1, played with Wii controls give you a whole new gaming experience, completely different from the usual Mouse+Keyboard or Joypad.

Even rail shooters are gaining new life with this console, take this for example:
http://www.nwiizone.com/nintendo-wii/nwii/resident-evil-the-darkside-chronicles-wii-tgs09-gameplay-trailer/

Damned kikass graphix if you think theya re coming from a lowly Wii...
Hey, Capcom! What about Re5 Wii edition?

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