@BigD


Quote:

Well, now you go from comparing it to a PS2 to a PS3.

Sadly the Wii is like a Generation 6.5 console - stradling the generations. It has the graphics grunt of a PS2 but is competing directly with the PS3 as a new console. It has downloadable content, and online play but most people seem happy to just bowl and play tennis on Wii Sports! The PS2 has a software library to be proud of, the Wii has a train crash of tat with only backwards compatibility with the GameCube as a saving grace for hard core gamers! Okami has failed (again) and the only graphic adventure to take advantage of the ideal Wiimote mechanic is The Fate of Atlantis which a bonus feature on the latest Indiana Jones Game, but as expected no one I know has bought this, and you bet I wouldn't be allowed to play it if they did have it! Party games rule it seems.

No wonder the Wii has only just got a price cut (but it's not going to be passed on to customers in the UK ), people don't buy many games for the Wii, Nintendo are better off making a fair profit from the 'Revolutionary' hardware.

Last edited by BigD on 29-Sep-2009 at 09:16 AM.
Last edited by BigD on 29-Sep-2009 at 09:01 AM.

_________________
"Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art."
John Lasseter, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios

@BigD

Quote:

BigD wrote: @Lou Quote: Perhaps your problem is that you go to people's houses with Mario and party games. Why not look at actual good software like Metriod Prime 3, The Conduit, Overlord and other adult games that you ignore while putting down the Wii? No one (I know) buys any good games on the Wii I'm afraid! Wii Sports seems to be the limit for most people. If they buy anything else it's things like Rabbid Rabbits, Wii Play or Wario Party rather than Metroid or Overlord! In fact the simple games on Wii Play are quite close in character to Rabbid Rabbits if I'm honest. This isn't a revolution but an excuse to create rubbish and charge for it! Wii sales obscure the real problem that casual tat game developers are being rewarded while serious developers can't turn a profit on the 'kiddy' console! P.S. If there's a motion controller on the PS3, I won't be any nearer to buying one!

As I said before, you seem to only look at games that are PS2 ports. Actually, I think for your argument you only want to look at games that are PS2 ports so that your claim looks valid. The guys who ported Okami didn't change one pixel from the PS2 version.

Even playing Madden '05 on the PS2 and GC, the GC looked like the Xbox (original) version and supported widescreen 480p where as the PS2 looked cell shaded and only ran in 320x480.

On the Wii the Madden games employs slightly better lighting and shading over the GC and also eliminated any framerate drop that would occur on "up the middle" running plays.

The Wii can push 480p visuals however that does no good if the textures and other assets are ripped from the PS2 as the common denominator.

When the PS3 gets Wii ports of the motion control shovelware (mind you, the PS2 was king of shovelware for its generation as all lead consoles are), let's see how many of those cash-in titles actually upgrade the visual assets. Perhaps then I can point out how they barely look better than the Wii version and actually look identical when played on an SD TV...
...Then I can claim that the PS3 only has Wii graphics, am I right?

Last edited by Lou on 29-Sep-2009 at 12:43 PM.