"Twilight" Link Former Writes:
Many gamers would have you believe that Nintendo is responsible for the flood of casual gamers and non-gamers who have been introduced to the videogame industry. While I agree that Nintendo is succeeding greatly as they focus their effort appealing to new and untapped audiences, I disagree that they are the ones that encouraged growth in this direction in the first place. Nintendo is taking advantage of the foundation another company had already lain. The true leaders of this gaming revolution are in fact, none other than Sony with its PlayStation 2.
Unlike Nintendo who has shaped their current image to appeal to a new audience beyond the core gamer. Sony insists that their main focus has always been the core gamer. However, while Sony was saying one thing, they were doing something entirely different by encouraging and supporting the development of certain games that were definitely not part of the norm.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
LucasArts gave Jango Fett his own game in 2002, and it pulled Star Wars into a much dirtier, rougher, and more interesting corner of the galaxy.
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
120 Million shows that Sony did a good job at targeting the "casual gamer" with the Ps2.
The PS3 still has yet to shine in this department.
IMO:
Wii = Casual
Xbox = Hardcore
PS3 = Will hopefully be somewhere in the middle.
You call viva pinata hardcore??? I'd say that 360 is more for casual, and Ps3 is hardcore. Just look at how much more user friendly 360 is than a PS3, you can't really even utilize some of the PS3's functions (remote play, media server linking, etc.)
this is true, but the difference exists that sony studios release games for the hardcore gamers while nintendo has failed to provide with decent hardcore titles for its wii. while there are a few titles that have a m rating on the wii. they are rehashes of old gamecube games everyone else has already played, or games that just aren't worth playing. the system is also plagued by shovelware (there are more crap titles than good ones) since developers see the wii as a quick buck. seriously, a hannah montana game? if you continue to alienate me further nintendo i swear i will never purchase another console of yours ever. i love zelda, but it wouldnt kill you to make a new IP. ps2 > wii.
the difference is, Sony's focus was always on "hardcore" games while the casual games took a backseat wheras Nintendo is now opposite.
lets not forget wii's only good games r wat? ps2 ports, or last gen ports, resident evil 4, tenkaichi 2 and 3, guilty gear accent core, twilight princess, okami, fatal frame, rygar, house of the dead and more. i dunno wii is copyin ps2's sucess and saying hey we have another control style to play it with lol.
and yeah ps3's xmb is way easier to use than 360's. i have both im im like uggh its cramped in here lol. ps3's is general and easy, video, music, demo folder, games, save folder. basically everything has its correct spot and sub folders, 360's is just everywhere, and doesnt look very nice or neat