A little thought just crossed my mind while browsing today and thinking about my dust collecting Wii which I bought extra controllers for and luckily got a free wii fit for otherwise I may regret the purchase more.
Is Nintendo going to kill the casual market and can either Sony or MS pickup the torch and keep it lit.
One of my thoughts is this demographic seems to keep buying as shown with Wii sports resort sales followed by Wii Fit and then just dance as well as others keep strong. But how long are these really short replayability games (I can't speak for just dance have not tried) going to keep the market going. I found when we first got it everyone of our friends and family that came over that had not tried it really liked it and had fun but never really wanted to play it again after the 1st or 2nd visit. Some even went as far as getting their own and other then the kids no one plays it anymore. I feel like I have helped with the hype and helped sell some units but from what I can tell none have them have bought many games.
Truly though how long will people keep buying this stuff before they say enough is enough and move on to another hobby?? I know unless Nintendo can really wow me and I can try it first hand and see repayable value to it I'm not putting another dime into Nintendo.
Now on to the new stuff does it have the power to take some of the steam away from Nintendo and keep the casual market interested. Xbots will disagree (yes I took a dig) But I think PS3 has the best value as many people are upgrading to HD tv's and the blue ray inclusion is pretty nice. Plus the functionality of the move seems quite cool now that we have seen more accurate demonstrations. IF they bundle it right it could be a console seller if the price is right. With the sales #'s of things like rock band dj hero etc. I sometimes wonder if people don't care so much about that. Even thru the troubling times Nintendo kept selling but they do it all separately so maybe people didn't notice how much they were actually spending. With PS3 I think they will have a console bundle with everything which could scare people.
Natal I'm not so sure about but we really have not seen it in live action so I won't go into to much detail until we see what it really has to offer. I'm looking forward to E3 to see what they do. Hopefully they stop showing video's of celebrities and start actually showing us factual stuff and not just fluffy BS. I won't hold my breath MS doesn't seem to care what they do and for some reason people keep eating up their products. But I digress.
As always I'm no writer just like gaming and having intelligent conversation and not fanboy wars so give me some feed back and some of you're own thoughts. If you like please give me bubbles I find I want to chat more in this open environment but run out of the ability to do so on my own posts.
Digital Foundry writes: "It's delivering sharp, stable and convincing 4K imagery from around one quarter the native pixel count, it's competitive with PC equivalents and represents a big, big improvement over the PSSR of the past. And the notion that this upgrade may apply to all prior titles that support the older version of the technology is mouthwatering - potentially it's a system-wide improvement to the console's library."
Very cool. Such an upgrade. I am wishing I would have pulled the trigger on a Pro during the holidays when it was discounted. Can't wait to see how it upgrades other games as well.
We are happy to share that Resident Evil Requiem – shipping today – is the first title to use this more advanced PSSR,
Today, we’re excited to announce that an upgraded version of PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) will be rolling out globally to PS5 Pro players in the coming weeks. PSSR is an AI library that analyzes game images pixel by pixel as it upscales them, and it’s been used to boost the effective resolution of over 50 titles on PS5 Pro to date.
Amazing. Can't wait to see the results. With PS6 potentially getting a delay, now I want a Pro...
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It's become my fear that the videogame industry are slowly changing to making games for people not interested in what would be considered in the last 30 years as a 'videogame'. A lot of people play 'videogames' now, all ages, thanks to the Wii, DS and the constant sport simulations.
But, I ask; "Is that a videogame?" I don't believe it is, it's just reversing back from everything gaming accomplished from Pong, which ironically, was a virtual game of ping pong.
I also disagree with Facebook 'games', because the game never ends, games such as Farmville have no 'ending', no narrative, no objective. It is virtually pointless in playing the game and the scary thing? Industry veterans are supporting this kind of thing and it's becoming the future of gaming.
I certainly hope the game industry stop reversing soon. I guess I'm a bit old fashioned, but I'm beginning to get fed up with these disposable online shooters, of which is the SECONDARY part of the videogame package, the BONUS, not what you should be buying that game for, which SHOULD be the singleplayer. Not 4 maps and 10 guns, "Have fun".
So, I fear so much for the future of gaming. The next generation, because I'm really thinking it won't cater to me.