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Cycloptis · 08-10-2006, 01:50 PM

Steve Ince covers all of my main concerns, although I have a few other points to add.

The ideology behind Nintendo's DS and Wii is to appeal to a much wider variety of audiences. I, for one, am happy about it - it's time that we move away from the "nothing but violence" law that we see all too often.

My problem is that their ideology also includes making games easier and simpler. While the potential growth of a mainstream adventure game market is promising, it also adds to the worry of whether or not our precious games may lack the difficulty or strong narrative that they're commonly associated with.

If this new mainstream adventure market also rejuvenates the demand for a hardcore market, then all the better. Otherwise, I'm not super-excited (although I'm not super-excited about the traditionally PC-centric genre moving away, but that's just me getting way ahead of myself.)

08-10-2006, 01:50 PM	#22
Cycloptis Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USS Von Braun Posts: 7	Steve Ince covers all of my main concerns, although I have a few other points to add. The ideology behind Nintendo's DS and Wii is to appeal to a much wider variety of audiences. I, for one, am happy about it - it's time that we move away from the "nothing but violence" law that we see all too often. My problem is that their ideology also includes making games easier and simpler. While the potential growth of a mainstream adventure game market is promising, it also adds to the worry of whether or not our precious games may lack the difficulty or strong narrative that they're commonly associated with. If this new mainstream adventure market also rejuvenates the demand for a hardcore market, then all the better. Otherwise, I'm not super-excited (although I'm not super-excited about the traditionally PC-centric genre moving away, but that's just me getting way ahead of myself.)