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GTA IV threatens the Wii !?

StarJet | May 04, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 Wii Misc 
I wonder whether the inclusion of a person named "Brian Forbes" in Vice City Stories was actually a coincidence. Because now it looks like it wasn't. Brian Caulfield of Forbes is considering the fact whether GTA IV being on PS3 and 360 could be a disadvantage for the Wii.
How many gaming consoles do you need? Could Grand Theft Auto IV put a chink in the Wii's armor? Or will the Nintendo Wii continue to stomp the Playstation 3 and XBox 360? Share your thoughts in our Reader Comments section below.

Early on, some industry analysts predicted trouble for Nintendo (other-otc: NTDOY.PK - news - people ): The Wii had a relatively pokey processor, it lacked a hard drive, its controls were unusual. Two years ago, developer Chris Hecker took those whispers into the open, when he uncorked a rant at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, claiming the Wii was nothing more than a pair of Gamecubes held together with duct tape. (At least he picked the right venue: The session was called "Burning Mad: Game Developers Rant".) Hecker has since apologized, and his personal Web site says of the matter "please don't ask me about it, thanks."

Yet even though the Wii seemed to lack the muscle that so many other gaming platforms hoped to build up, plenty of consumers fell in love with the console. In a relatively short time, the Wii elevated Nintendo from worst to first in the game console market. Wii sales in the United States now outstrip the combination of Sony's (nyse: SNE - news - people ) Playstation 3 and Microsoft's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) XBox 360. Since releasing the Wii, Nintendo shares have surged more than 165%.

Even game developers who once spurned the Wii have reversed course and are now pumping out Wii titles. Microsoft is reportedly even developing a motion-sensitive knockoff of the Wii's controller. That, no doubt, will make it easier to port some of the flurry of games built for the Wii to the XBox.

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  • -3 thumbs!
    Final Blade | May 05, 2008
    Don't know about that, but i do know that there is 37% of Wii titles not up to par with most games.

    • 1 thumbs!
      Ameer | May 05, 2008
      ONLY 37%?

      More like 90%+ tbh.

      By 'most games' I assume you mean good ones.
      • 0 thumbs!
        Final Blade | May 05, 2008
        Well actually i was going by the last article percentages and trying to be nice. If i would have said that it would have attracted Wii fanboys thumbing down my posts and cause problems.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Existenz | May 05, 2008
    The Wii's major fault hell Nintendo's major fault is they don't have many good stories... I mean 3 times every 2 years a good game with a story comes out on a Nintendo platform and it is usually Zelda or Metroid until they get better stories i will never think their games are good.
    • -2 thumbs!
      StarJet | May 05, 2008
      Every game doesn't need a story. Hell, there are many great games that don't have storylines at all. A good story is only required in an RPG game. Be it action, strategy or whatever, if it's an RPG game, it needs a good storyline. Otherwise, gameplay is what is needed.
      • 1 thumbs!
        Lighting | May 05, 2008
        That's not really accurate. A good story is not exactly "needed" but they are recomendod and will have a huge negative blow to the game's reviews unless the gameplay is top notch. But to say that a good story is needed for just RPG is tottaly wrong.
      • 0 thumbs!
        Existenz | May 05, 2008
        Oh StarJet just because Mario is a success doesn't mean that is the standard, i mean Mario has no story, pretty much all of Nintendo's flagship franchises have no story, saying that story is only needed for RPG's is ludicrous i mean i guess saying that Rockstar wasted their time with GTA and Kojima Games with MGS i mean they are the pinacle of action games they are not surpassed by anything why? Storyline my friend.
        • 0 thumbs!
          slumpy monkey | May 05, 2008
          Yea, story adds a whole new dimension to the game.

          Take mass effect for instance, that game has one of the best stories ever in a game. Games with good stories get a large fan base.
        • -1 thumbs!
          Rinkydink | May 06, 2008
          Haha, so you're saying that the Zelda and Metroid games have no storyline to it? Riiight..

          Mario has no story, but who gives a shit? Seriously, Mario Galaxy is the kind of game you do not play for the storyline, but for the unique gameplay it provides.
      • -3 thumbs!
        Final Blade | May 05, 2008
        No Storyline is needed the only time its not is in Puzzle, sports and Fighting games sometimes. I want to be entertained not just doing boring shit.
  • 0 thumbs!
    black doom | May 05, 2008
    I like storyline, it is much more important that graphics, but not having a top notch one does not mean the game sucks.
  • -1 thumbs!
    R1DDL3S | May 05, 2008
      Most Wii owners are probably under 18 so it can't even bother them, Nintendo has nothing to worry about, the people getting the game or system don't even really like the Wii to begin with.
    • -1 thumbs!
      black doom | May 09, 2008
      Wow way to stereotype, not only are you assuming a lot about the Wii owners but you are also implying that a sixteen year old like myself had no interest in storyline. Thanks.
  • -1 thumbs!
    slumpy monkey | May 06, 2008
    Nintendo have really dug them selves in this "Kid" Phase this generation, and it would not work well for them to change in the next gen. Im glad for wii's as it distracts all the little kids from going on PS3 ro XBL and blabing all this shit out all of the time.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Ameer | May 06, 2008
      What about having a range of games to suit a whole range of people?
    • -1 thumbs!
      Final Blade | May 08, 2008
      The song "I don't want to grow up, i want to be a Toys r'us Kid" Comes to mind, which is good i guess.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Wilbz | May 06, 2008
    To be honest i have a Wii and i think most games for it are quite poor. Yes i would like a Xbox 360, PS3, but only because of the games. When playing the Wii it is just alot more funner than sitting there just with a Controller pushing buttons.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Sei | May 08, 2008
    I think that it may be more dangerous if the Wii would have more hardcore players. Yes, it may be a threatm but for some rason I just think it can't cause too much harm.
    • 0 thumbs!
      slumpy monkey | May 08, 2008
      Lol how would it cause harm?

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