Microsoft exec Michael Newey has commented that the Wii is great fun but it has limited functionality in comparison to the Xbox 360. Newey pushes the fact that for a few 'euros more', the Xbox 360 core offers HD gaming with the Wii having little scope for upgrades or improvements...
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.
Well it plays games....tats all a game console needs to do right...all that other stuff was invented by sony..movies ,music, and all that otther stuff...
I would hardly call the Wiis functionality "limited". Some things arent flushed out fully, and there are a few things that are lacking (HD-DVD/etc.) But not upgradeable? Um... What about those USB ports on the back? Downloadable channels and firmware upgrades?
This is just mud-slinging... I challenge all of you not to turn this into a flame-fest.
already know! Wii'k
Yes, the primary function of a game console is to play games. And given the 360's much higher hardware-failure rate, some 360s can't even do that reliably. So MS shouldn't talk limited functionality when so many 360s become duds w/ ZERO functionality.
They just dont keep there mouth shut.