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Is Wii gameplay better than PS3 and Xbox 360 Graphics?

InnerDemon | March 24, 2008 | Blog | Playstation 3 Wii 
Does the gameplay of the Wii beat the graphics of the Xbox 360 and PS3?
The games that last awhile with gameplay experience (Wii), or the games that focus mainly on graphics?(PS3 and Xbox 360)
This current generation of consoles has seen a split occur: that between focussing mainly on graphics (PS3 and Xbox 360) and focussing mainly on the gameplay experience (Wii). Does the success of the latter strategy mean that gameplay is definitely more important than graphics?
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  • 2 thumbs!
    lord of vice city | March 24, 2008
    i would say a good combination of both
    a good game should play well while looking good at the same time
  • 2 thumbs!
    Moonrise | March 24, 2008
    I'd consider this an interesting question except for the fact that there aren't many Wii games that excel in gameplay (at least over any PS3 and 360 titles), so this question seems a little...pointless?

    Yes, the graphics can be pushed aside and the gameplay is what matters most, but this article is suggesting that the Wii games have better gameplay than the 360 and PS3 games, which is quite frankly a horrible generalization.
  • 11 thumbs!
    LordMaChao | March 24, 2008
    Who says 360 and PS3 games focus mainly on graphics? The entire premise of the article is ridiculous. PS3/360 games aren't made with graphics being placed as a number one priority. I had no idea it was impossible to have both great graphics and great gameplay.

    I'm sure 360/PS3 owners are envious of games with such superior gameplay as My Horse and Me.
  • 9 thumbs!
    Ameer | March 24, 2008
    What Wii gameplay experience? You'll only have a few games that'll actually excel in that department in the Wii's long years before a successor.
  • 1 thumbs!
    iLLmatic | March 24, 2008
    quote
    I'm sure 360/PS3 owners are envious of games with such superior gameplay as My Horse and Me.
    Man I almost pissed on myself just now. That was funny shit. But really though, this whole article is pointless.
  • 2 thumbs!
    jmac353 | March 24, 2008
    This is a joke right? There are so few games on the Wii that actually have good gameplay. Besides the first party ones there are next to no good games.
  • 2 thumbs!
    Pyrazor | March 24, 2008
    Comparing graphics and gameplay doesn't really make sense. They're just two very different things.

    Hell even Wii gameplay and 360 gameplay are two different things. The former being gimmicky as hell and the latter being first person shooter dominated.
  • 2 thumbs!
    InnerDemon | March 24, 2008
    I find myself playing my Wii games more often then my 360 because they just last longer to me. I play my 360 games every now and again, I do admit the graphics are better and they go somewhere with them, but the Wii games just have more fun IMO.

    Yeah, quite a few Wii games don't have good gameplay, but there are some that also have very good gameplay. So it all really depends on how you look at situation.
  • 4 thumbs!
    Storm | March 24, 2008
    I have to admit, I haven't had so much fun playing a next-gen console with friends on a Wii. The time goes by quite fast, especially with the party games and WiiSports. It's certainly because of the gameplay, getting up and playing tennis or bowling, real blast with company over.

    For those who prefer to be by themselves when playing games (though I can't imagine why), the graphics do become a major aspect in their lives. I offered my cousin to play the old TMNT in Time game with me once, and he refused, complaining of it's graphics. :S
    • -1 thumbs!
      jmac353 | March 24, 2008
      Why can't you imagine why you'd want to play a game by yourself? Do you absolutely have to watch a movie with someone else? You can't watch a movie by yourself and not enjoy it? You have to have someone else there with you even though ideally there is complete silence.
      • 4 thumbs!
        Storm | March 24, 2008
        ...Not what I meant. I said those that PREFER to be by themselves when playing games. I do play games by myself, like when I'm on Live or perhaps a 1-player game, but I meant those who are so anti-social and such that they'd want to be locked in their room for the rest of their lives. IMO, they can't get the best capabilities of the Wii, as it's much more fun once you have others to play with. I would assume that they'd get a 360 or PS3 in that sense, and focus on graphics when deciding what game to buy.
        • -1 thumbs!
          jmac353 | March 24, 2008
          Well if that's not what you meant then you should have clarified because that's actually pretty much the only thing anyone could take from what you said.

          Who doesn't prefer to play a single player game alone?
        • 3 thumbs!
          Storm | March 24, 2008
          That so? I showed it to my brother and a friend and they understood what I meant clearly, without looking at my second comment. But to each his/her own I guess.

          Single player games are done alone, clearly, just different styles and attitudes towards games. Someone, in general, would play a multi-player game by themselves, such as Brawl or something...and would actually prefer it like that. -_-
        • -1 thumbs!
          jmac353 | March 25, 2008
          Don't try to pull that shit, your brother and your friend are probably the same 2 people that thumbed up your comment. There's simply no way anyone could infer what you "meant" from what you actually stated.
        • 2 thumbs!
          Chris7689 | March 25, 2008
          the key word was PREFER jmac. quit startin trouble.
        • 1 thumbs!
          Storm | March 25, 2008
          They don't have an account here. I'd really like to know just wtf your problem is though, jmac. You're the one trying to speak for everyone...Chris is correct, key word is prefer...not those that do play games alone, but those that would rather do so. How many times must that be made clear? I'm not trying to pull anything. Sigh.
        • -1 thumbs!
          jmac353 | March 25, 2008
          No chris7689, the keywords are "though I can't imagine why." You all are fools for your severe lack of proper comprehension skills.

          How can you people not realize that it's all because of that stupid little comment that this whole thing started? Stupid... stupid people. You know, I try to be nice. My first comment was completely nonabrasive. But then when I have to deal with people that try to tell me that I'm the one in the wrong when I know I'm not, instead of just admitting that you (apparently) screwed up at explaining yourself very well in what you were trying to say, I tend to get a little nuts considering these are not difficult things to understand but yet still you show no signs of comprehension.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Storm | March 25, 2008
          You're the one that blew this whole thing up. I know it wasn't that clear, but Christ just re-read the sentence, and if that didn't get you to understand, I explained myself. You act as if I attacked those that game alone in general, I was just going into who may prefer graphics over gameplay in general.

          You're simply reading it wrong, jmac. That is actually how this whole thing started. I love how you jump to conclusions, though, nice work: We're stupid people. We are fools. You're the one being attacked as if you are so wrong. We lack comprehension skills.

          Sure, that all adds up, doesn't it? That's "trying to be nice" isn't it? You don't need to try too hard to be nice around here.

          Regarding what you believe the keywords are...that was in parenthesis for one, because I can't see someone rather playing a game like Super Smash Bros. Brawl alone than with others, as it's more of a 'party' game and such.

          Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you mis-comprehend yourself? You did, after all, not take into consideration the word 'prefer.'
        • 0 thumbs!
          jmac353 | March 25, 2008
          Explain to me how my response would indicate that I didn't take into consideration the word "prefer?" Prefer changes nothing. You fail to an extent that's just bewildering to me. Prefer is not important, it's all about your "though I can't imagine why" comment.

          The ignorance continues with you still. You tell me to re-read the same sentence and it yields the same results. I didn't screw up the comprehension of your sentence, you screwed up being able to properly explain what you were thinking in text. You seem to realize this but yet still tell me to re-read the same original sentence. It's apparent you fail to realize that if you wanted to change the meaning of your sentence you would actually have to edit it. In it's current form it simply cannot convey the message you want it to.

          Simply.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Storm | March 25, 2008
          Yes, I'm the one that's ignorant, when you are focusing on what I said on the side, rather than what was more important.

          Prefer makes all the difference in that sentence to me. Prefer, as in those who CHOOSE to be by themselves. I can't imagine why someone would prefer that, one who would prefer to game by themselves for as long as possible...get it? Why be such an ass for a technicality? Seriously, where are you going with this, jmac? I repeated what I meant over and over and over again since it wasn't that clear to everyone (which you pointed out), so why persist?

          But whatever, go ahead and speak like you're speaking for everyone, the same people you call ignorant. Some people get what I said, some don't. It's not one-sided, some actually understand it, you don't represent everyone here. Not all messages are clear.

          You're getting nothing out of this argument...actually it really feels that you've got nothing better to do than argue...pointlessly. And just why the hell would I want to edit it because it doesn't meet ONE person's satisfaction? I'm not that much a "needs everyone's approval" kind of member, sorry. If I were to edit it, it would be as though what you said afterwards would be irrelevant or un-true, so I'd rather explain myself in another comment...which I did after you brought it up. I don't know if you're reading half-way or what, but I didn't just tell you to re-read it, I also mentioned that I explained in detail for you...care to tell what more do you want?
        • 0 thumbs!
          jmac353 | March 26, 2008
          Thanks for finally admitting it.

          It's easy to speak for everyone when there's only one way to properly comprehend things. Sure, many times people will incorrectly comprehend things but that's not correct. The fact remains, I comprehended what you were saying the correct way. You just didn't mean exactly what you said and needed to edit it. That's all.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Chris7689 | March 26, 2008
          lmao jmacs an idiot!! lmao
        • 0 thumbs!
          Storm | March 26, 2008
          It was what I meant it to be, that I can't imagine someone wanting to play multi-player based games alone rather than with people, that's what that was. I said "not what I meant" from your interpreation of it, and explained what it meant. So again, I did mean what I said.

          I meant what I said, it was just worded 'unclear' to some people. It wasn't a matter of a 'correct' or 'incorrect' way, just how people receive it. They receive it based on how they read it, which different levels of education, different socities, and other aspects could affect how they read it.

          In my case, those related to me understood what I meant at first-glance, people from my 'circle' you could say. Yes, I was wrong to word it this way but again, from my eyes, it looked reasonable. Persisting this issue is really pointless, though. It was supposed to be resolved after my second comment, explaining how I sought it to be interpreted.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Chris7689 | March 26, 2008
          i think you worded it just fine storm. jmacs just an idiot. hes the only one that misunderstood.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Storm | March 26, 2008
          Thanks Chris. I think I worded it just fine in the long run, myself. Reading it over, I can see how someone could read it differently, but no one else has complained about it...if others did, then I'd get the message more clearly.
  • 4 thumbs!
    Sereph | March 24, 2008
    In the words of Yahtzee: "Criticizing a Wii game at this point for being gimmacky is like criticizing a midget for being short."

    With that said, no real gamer ever hangs onto Wii games for more than a few months, whereas you still have millions of people playing Gears of War a year and a half later.

    I think that says something about gameplay versus graphics (especially when Gears has both and the Wii only has gameplay).
  • 4 thumbs!
    Donnelly | March 24, 2008
    That article was nothing short of ridiculous.
  • -2 thumbs!
    Demon365 | March 24, 2008
    But I have to agree, I find Wii games to have better gameplay. Tried 360 games, the graphics are great and all, but I usually find Wii games to just last longer. I play both single player games and games that are better with friends(on both consoles), and still find the Wii better.
    • 5 thumbs!
      LordMaChao | March 24, 2008
      Who cares what the meaning was (as if this is all a metaphor for whether Alcibiades would have achieved his goals better as a philosopher rather than a politician or something. This isn't a goddamn puzzle, don't act as if you're the only one here with any idea what the article is about)? This guy made incredibly ignorant generalizations and idiotic claims such as: "So maybe being blinded by graphics is a fault of hardcore gamers?" As if all Wii owners are the chosen ones and all PS3/360 owners are morons buying a system that has better looking games.

      The idea of implying such a thing when most of the Wii's success can be attributed to people that JUST bought the console because they loved Wii Sports is idiotic. If there's a large group of people buying a system for the wrong reason, it's not PS3 owners or 360 owners. It's Wii owners. I don't hate the Wii - I just hate its hardcore fans, such as Dave Parrack, that stand behind a banner of "GAMEPLAY>GRAPHICS", as if they're the ONLY ones to believe such a thing. Just because it's on the Wii, doesn't mean it automatically will have better gameplay and better replayability. Call Of Duty 4, Warhawk, and Halo 3 aren't exactly going to die in a month. They're going to last a long freaking time.

      If there was a huge epidemic of people that love ONLY graphics, Crysis would be much more popular than it is.
      • 2 thumbs!
        InnerDemon | March 25, 2008
        I can see where you are coming from.

        There are people that are into really good graphics that delivers a very good gameplay, and then there is those that like a gameplay but where the graphics aren't always the thing.

        Like the 360/PS3 is kind of more towards the extreme hardcore games (IMO) and catches those players attention, while the Wii is more towards like a family console that makes it fun to play with friends and family and occasionally on your own.

        Just going off personal experience with my friends and stuff, we find games that are fun through multiplayer the funnest. I know 360/PS3 have multiplayer but it's something that with the Wii games that makes it funner. My guess is just that it's not like just like all out, but there is times and stuff when you can just stop and laugh.

        Really it is all ones personal opinion. It just depends on what your into.
  • 3 thumbs!
    Euphoric | March 25, 2008
    Wii can be fun for party situations or entertaining a group as it is interactive and fun. But when it comes down to playing an action game or sport sim you cant beat the PS and XBOX. Even PC's struggle sometimes against the simplicity of their controls.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Chris7689 | March 25, 2008
    basicly the question to ask is what games to play not really the system u play it on. theres many many many different kinds of games everywhere to suit everyones style.
  • -1 thumbs!
    Sorcery | March 26, 2008
    Wii is more interactive than graphics, so my vote is yes!
  • 2 thumbs!
    HBK619 | March 27, 2008
    Xbox 360 and PS3 have enough processing power for graphics and quality gameplay, where the best the Wii can hope for is reasonable gameplay, never good graphics. Thus, wii fails at life, end of story.

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