Motion Control: Financial Success, Creative failure
GNT: When Nintendo released the Wii in 2006, they revolutionised the gaming world. All of a sudden, gaming went from a frowned upon hobby for ‘teenage boys’ to a recognised and welcomed activity for all the family. Now you and I know that gaming was never just for geeky teenage boys. People of all ages and both genders have enjoyed gaming since it began, but the difference after the Wii was mainstream acceptance. All of a sudden positive gaming stories were featured in right wing leaning media outlets, such as Fox News, or The Daily Mail. Of course, there were still outrages about sexual content or excessive amounts of violence, just look at the fuss caused over Modern Warfare 2′s No Russian level, but this was to be expected.
