With the recent release of Nintendo’s Wii U, much has been made of the company’s continued disinterest in the importance of graphics, even this late in the game. The Wii U, while not a particularly underpowered machine, is not a forward-thinking device. Nintendo, perfectly satisfied with releasing dated technology that is supposedly comparable to the aging Xbox 360 and PS3, continuously writes off the fact that graphics matter to gamers. Whether you’re a retro gamer or someone who obsesses over plant tesselation, graphics are an important component of video games that shouldn’t be ignored.
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... both in terms of 1st party games as well as 3rd party game.
The problem started ofcourse with the N64 and continued with the Cube and Wii, in that there just wasnt enough quality 3rd party support across all the 'core' genres, so many of these systems lacked a nice library of serious race games, sports games, shooters, etc etc.
Not sure what to make of the WiiU. I had high hopes when Nintendo announced they were aiming to please both the core as well as the casula gamers, but so far I don't feel they delivered on that promise, and most of the recent news has been disappointing, from launch-games being disappointing, to 5GB updates, to system-locked accounts, etc etc.
Not in a hurry to pick it up. I doubt I'll ever will, which is a real shame, cause I'm sure it will have some quality releases.
They made 8 and 16 bit systems. That is all. That is all there needed to be really.
the way i see it, if you only plan on owning a Wii U next gen, may God bless your soul, but if you're really getting hung up on graphics, then get a PC, you'll have the best graphics ALWAYS.
it's like console gamers care about graphics, but don't care at the same time. if you're gonna have all the systems, or at least two systems next gen, and you know you're not getting multiplats on the Wii U when the others come out, why do you care in the first place?
i'd like to know please.
I'm not a graphics maniac, thats good.. I always laugh when I see comments, that on x console are better shaders, on y console better shadows.. but mostly game looks the same on each.. for me Wii U graphics will be enough, for me actually PS2 graphics level is alright, I even love retro games.. but mostly I am a console gamer, not PC, but I love indie games on PC :) I hope I answered your question.. or maybe not :D cheers :)
btw Nintendo games..yea, for me even there are better looking games on Wii than on HD consoles, they are soo colorful, art style, music and everything else.. I hope Wii U will get lots of exclusives from 1st, 2nd & 3rd parties great games.. plus I wish luck to Sony (not Microsoft) :D
and yeah, even if you don't game on PC, most people who visit this site will own multiple consoles, so it's still a win win situation. even if the Wii U had better tech in it than it does now, i STILL wouldn't care, i rarely buy multiplats on nintendo platforms anyhow.
I wish luck to PC, console and handhelds, but not to smartphone gaming, because it is killing proper gaming
Gaming is their bread and butter and if they sold a mega powerful expensive console at a loss and nobody bought it they are in deep shit. Not like Sony or ms who can rely on their other departments to ease the loss and push the console till it breaks even.
They know what they are doing and they know people buy their systems for their exclusives. There is a reason why they still in the hardware business for more than anyone else while Atari and Sega failed miserably.
Captain Qwark 9 is right about Sony. Nintendo is worth more than them right now. If Apple or MS felt like buying out Sony they could sadly.
@zeldatriforceofpow But the Wii didn't get all the major games that the ps3/360 had. So if the same thing happens to the Wii U and they created New IP's like Sony at least the New ip's would be able to make up for the lack of 3rd party support.
wii u doesnt cut it for me because its online network is completely behind the times. its network would be acceptable if this was 2006 still but its not. they have watched the competition constantly evolve their networks into the two beast they are today and even though i still dont like psn's UI you have to give major props to sony for trying their hardest ( despite annoying updates practically monthly ) to catch up to ms and in some ways they passed, in others they are still behind. nintendo drops a new console and they are still behind, at least playstation has the excuse of working hard on two networks ( ps3's and ps4s ) at the same time so if it were to come out as aged as wii u's i could almost understand but nintendo barely did anything with the wii and apparently they barely did anything with wii u either.
i would have gladly accepted the wii u as more or less a 360/ps3 with a tablet controller. in fact thats what i had hoped and that would have been next gen despite being graphically inferior to the xbox 3/ps4. but that being said, its still behind the current gen systems in terms of online, apps, graphics ( which will pass them soon though im sure ), and features. all it brought new to the table was the tablet......
as of now, im disappointed and waiting. its launch games did look solid though. i hope in time they add cross game chat, transferable accounts, achievements/trophies, the rest of the apps promised, etc
I played Ocarina of Time for the first time a few weeks ago and didn't care at all that the graphics weren't realistic... still had a blast with it. I'm sure when the game was launched the graphics were freaking amazing for its time though.
Mario started way back so it has more fans and has nostalgic feel because we all played it as children.
btw. Uncharted 2 was game of the year and it had great reviews. I would say that proves it's great game.
" As of December 2011, over 5 million copies of the game had been sold "
do I need to say anything else ?
you can buy a wii u once you own a ps3/xbox360/gaming pc
if you don't have any of those yet then why are you buying a wii u?-if you buy a ps3 then you get a whole generation's worth of games cheap. If you buy a wii u then in the end of it's console generation it might, and probably won't have as many amazing games as ps3 had. Or on the other hand it actually does and you have to pay 60$ for every game and wait for them to have to come out.
Bottom line: if you haven't beaten any of these games then i wouldn't suggest buying a wii u-(excluding multi-plats)Journey, Metal Gear Solid 4, Halo 4, Shadow of the colossus, Uncharted, LittleBigPlanet, Ratchet and Clank a crack in time, Starhawk mp... and many many more