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By Mark on Wednesday 10 May 2006 at 13:30
Remember a while back when I was talking about the next-gen consoles?
Well, Nintendo have changed their Revolution console's name... to Wii. I'm not sure what they were thinking there, personally, but it does look wicked.
It looks like Nintendo have opted out of the ultra-realistic graphics and sound war that Sony and Microsoft are engaged in, and concentrated on what they do best - really weird games that are ridiculously fun to play.
And also this is just a games machine. It's not a DVD player, or an MP3 player, or a way to show people your photos on the telly, it's a box which just plays games. Which frankly I think is the right way to go, because I already have the rest of that stuff and I don't want to pay for it twice.
It's not going to suit everyone, because Nintendo have always had the problem of a lack of decent third-party games (GTA must have sold hundreds of thousands of PS2's) - but as party games go I don't think it's going to be easy to beat (especially with those motion-sensing controllers).
Of course, I'm too old for this sort of thing now anyway... 
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8 comments:
On Wednesday 10 May 2006 at 18:31, Matt said:
So how exactly do you pronounce that? We? Why-aye (like a geordie)?
I'm with you on the dedicated games console idea, but to be realistic, nothing will have more influence than which console gets the next GTA first. And that will probably be the PS3.
Besides, Nintendo's are for kids...
*runs away*
...and the controller looks stupid.
*hides*
On Wednesday 10 May 2006 at 20:09, Oriel said:
Actually it is the Xbox that is going to get GTA first (you see what being married to him has done, I actually know about this stuff). Not that I can play the pesky thing.....
On Wednesday 10 May 2006 at 20:18, Mark said:
So Nintendos are for kids eh?
Well you're a stupid stupid head.
Times infinity.
And no returns.
On Wednesday 10 May 2006 at 20:53, Matt said:
Very good. Way mature.
Actually it's a simultaneous Xbox360 & PS3 release. And an almost-simultaneous US & Europe release. See here.
But it looks like it won't be out on the Wii at all. Because it's a grown up game. For grown ups.
The way I see it, Al's got a 360 and you're going to get a Wii. So I'll take one for the team and get the PS3.
On Friday 12 May 2006 at 13:18, Al said:
The controller looks like a sex toy.
On Friday 12 May 2006 at 16:00, Mark said:
Well thanks for that Al.
On Thursday 25 May 2006 at 11:24, Sarah said:
Nerds!
On Thursday 25 May 2006 at 11:28, Mark said:
Yeah, of course - what did you expect when you came to a site called Connected Life...
Anyway, by posting a comment on this thread you have unwittingly joined the club.
Nerd.