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The Wii's Negative Influence on Gaming

June 08, 2009 in Blog comments 8

A look at how the Wii has negatively influenced gaming and the gaming community. How casual gamers are becoming the market developers are going for and the impact that will have.

The Wii is in danger of making gaming mainstream and accessible to any and all asshats that would sit down with a controller and believe themselves to be “with it.”
Zikron via angry-gamers.net »
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  • 1
    Wolfwood Jun 8, 09
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    As a gamer, I worry about the future and can only do my best to forestall the coming future, picture as me as a John Conner for gamers, only far less heroic and nowhere near as clever.
    Then we're screwed anyways!!! I'd imagine casual gaming is catching on is because the folks running the show believe its the route to banking easy coin. It was already catching on in the PC scene waaay before the Wii ever showed up, and it's pretty much defined iPhone gaming. I'd worry more about the future of "core" gaming on the Wii, versus the effect the Wii will have on it elsewhere.
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    Akira_EX Jun 8, 09
    The Wii isn't killing gaming.

    It's this "We're better than them", "Dirty casuals", 'holier than thou' sentiment that's killing gaming.

    I was reading Leigh Alexander's I, Gamer directly before reading this. Rather sad, really.
  • 0
    Sakuraba Neku Jun 8, 09
    These articles are more annoying than top 10 lists.
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      Daweii Jun 8, 09
      Why because they may actually be true? I don't know just putting it out there. I mean the only negative influence i can take from the Wii and DS is that games stores are now filled with 5 year old girls and mothers. It is no longer the safe haven for true gamers to leer over the latest release aisle like it's sacred ground full of wonder and mystery. If i spend more than 30 seconds looking at a game these days i get some bitch with a baby bumping into me clamboring to get the hottest DS game out about make up and making more babies.
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        DusktoDawn Jun 9, 09
        Kinda funny how your post is under Akira's. Lol.
      • 0
        Gamesta100 Jun 9, 09
        Well I guess that's one benefit of living in a small town.I can stand there for 20 minutes looking at games without anyone coming near me.

        *wait's for a joke about why that is lol*
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    Roy Jun 9, 09
    That's what they are planning to do with 360. They want you to use the motion sensors for it. I hope this doesn't apply to Action or FPS games.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Jun 9, 09
    lets just play counterstrike for ten more years while this all blows over

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