Gearheads of War :: The Wii's Threat to the Hardcore

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nice to see you guys!

by naveeda on Thu Jun 07, 2007 at 07:28:06 PM EST
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I'll third it

Yeah Blez you write very well, you must write a lot in your job. You make some good points. Referring to the game industry possibly being a zero-sum game where development sways towards gimicky games is a reasonable concern but I think it will improve game quality in the long run.

Developers/publishers will start to compartmentalize their teams and the game industry will begin to look more like the movie industry. It's already bigger and we have ratings. We can think of Gears and Halo as the blockbuster's like Ocean's 13 or Transformer's that come around every couple of years (or annually in the movie industry) and the new hybrid mass market games as the low-budget, high-return flics like "Knocked Up" or those Sundance flics.

by johnart on Thu Jun 07, 2007 at 10:05:41 PM EST
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That's funny

Although Cliff has always been rail skinny and had problems gaining weight and I gain weight if I look at food for too long. At the same time, I've always been able to lift weights pretty easy and gain muscle, but he's always had a struggle at that.

Thanks for the kind words about my daughter and the article. I'm honored that N'Gai thought enough of me to ask me to do it. It's funny cause all the fanboys on all the boards are ripping me apart because I'm Cliff's brother rather than actually talking about what I discuss in the piece.

Porn is my porn. Gears is pretty awesome, though.

by papi blez on Thu Jun 07, 2007 at 09:17:52 PM EST
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Haha,

guess being Cliff's brother has it's Pros and Cons.

But as some have said it seems you have a nad (or whatever the word is) for writing. Seeing as you have a disliking to the non-gamers liking the Wii due to hype relates to my dismay of people liking a lot of things that weren't 'mainstream' (bands, sleeper hits, that sorta thing). I can see how it's bothering you since all people are going for with the Wii is because of the hype and how the general games are mainly for Casual gamers (Wii Sports, Wii Play, Mario games). Hopefully though the Wii will have better titles instead of first-party games. We'll just see how the carpet rolls down the road.

Spell IHOP then say "ness"

by Grymm on Thu Jun 07, 2007 at 09:29:53 PM EST
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wha?

"One thing is for sure, hardcore players are abandoning wii"

Where are you getting this statistic, and how do you define hardcore?

by bustin98 on Thu Jun 07, 2007 at 07:35:12 PM EST
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definition

Hardcore Gamers are folks who spent most of there free time in playing/reading/writing/discussing about games. They also spend a lot of time competing or showing mastery of their gaming skill. In lot of ways they treat video gaming as normal sports.

Now how do i know hardcore gamers are abandoning wii? ok may be i'll write about that some other time. In the meanwhile think about what the aforementioned folks have on wii to stick around given that they do have a 360/ps3/pc loaded (by comparison) with things they want to play.

by naveeda on Fri Jun 08, 2007 at 12:18:17 AM EST
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