timesonline writes "Nintendo's bestselling Wii may soon have a rival. Speculation is rife about a new motion-sensitive controller for the Microsoft Xbox 360. Like the Wii, this would enable gamers to control on-screen characters by moving their body rather than pressing buttons. More than 24m Wiis have been sold worldwide since its launch in 2006. So popular have games such as Wii tennis and boxing become that there has been a surge in injuries caused by overexertion or by players accidentally striking bystanders. An announcement about the Xbox is expected on www.e3expo.com - the website of E3, the Los Angeles gaming trade show. You heard it here first."
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.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
The name "Hewson" carries a special weight for anyone who grew up during the golden age of British computing. As the son of Andrew Hewson—the man behind legendary publisher Hewson Consultants—Rob Hewson didn't just grow up playing video games; he learned to spell his name from their title screens. However, Rob didn't just rest on his family's 8-bit laurels. From leading major LEGO franchises at TT Games to tackling the high-stakes world of technical porting at Huey Games, Rob has carved out a unique path in an ever-evolving industry. In this candid interview Rob to discussed the burden and beauty of a family legacy, the technical "scar tissue" left by the ambitious Hydrophobia, and why porting a masterpiece like Inscryption to consoles is far more than a simple copy-paste job.
i think the the biggest rival the wii has is the ps3 with the motion control.
imean ps3 is the closet in sales to the wii, and software is rising alot
and i am dam sure ps3 have more casual gamer because all the people i kno with 360 only buys those hardcore games.
they need the mario games, zelda and the rest of nintendos free for all games to make a move on the wii
Yah good luck with that
Please, stop embarrassing yourself. The 360 has been outsold by the PS3 worldwide every month since last year. PS3 also has the upperhand in casual gaming + is a huge benefit to those interested in Bluray. Think of it as the average customer:
360 - Hmm....If I buy this the games that I can buy are GH3, Rockband, Halo 3, Gears of War, and Mass Effect. Those are the big games for it. I get a DVD player, but no Bluray, and I'll need to pay an extra $100 just for wifi.
PS3 - Games I can buy are GH3, Rock Band, Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance, Warhawk, and Gran Turismo 5: Prolouge. I get a built in Bluray player, which'll save me money in the future, and wifi is built in. In addition, I get a web browser, free online, the ability to store all my videos on the huge user-replaceable HDD, and all for just $50.
What looks more "casual" to you? You know PS3 is more casual when its heavy hitter of the year is LittleBigPlanet. You know the 360 is hardcore when its big hit of the year is GeOW 2.
Lame. Motion controls are so absurd. I think Microsoft deserves better than a relegated hack job to Nintendo's garbage bin.