Comments on: Even Among the Misinformed, You’re Misinformed

By: BigLord

BigLord — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:07:46 +0000

Wii Nii is an awesome idea.

By: Steve Napierski

Steve Napierski — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:23:38 +0000

@nt-121784 That’s hilarious. Thanks for making the internet better.

By: nt-121784

nt-121784 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:28:54 +0000

Actually, the word for “two” in Japanese would be “nii”. Therefor, the funnier title for the “Wii 2″ would be “Wii Nii”
LULZ!

By: 1337g33k

1337g33k — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:51:44 +0000

Dang, thats some flawed logic.

Hardware may be standardized across platforms (e.g. my dvd player for Fedora is the same as for Windows), but computer OS’s aren’t at all standardized. If developers for console games think they have it bad, its nothing compared to compiling for PC’s and Macs. The more complicated things get, the more people will differ on how to implement it. I’ll be surprised if we settle on a single console before a single Computer OS, and I’ll be surprised if we ever settle on a single Computer OS at all

By: Royce

Royce — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:52:05 +0000

I have to disagree here with the idea that gaming would come down to “one console” standard; That’s been tried, tested, and doesn’t work too well with PCs, at least not with the gaming market, part of the reason the market tends towards consoles rather than PCs, at least at the moment, is that a console is a guaranteed architecture. Among every 360, among every PS3, among every Wii, you’ll find the same stuff in each device, making it easier to make games that y’know, work.

I will say for all that I dislike them as a company (I fix computers for a living so it comes with the trade…) Microsoft does seem poised to take the most advantage of this, assuming they take advantage of what they did with Halo 2 and allow you to simply put the game in and play with no install, (well, minimal install) much like a console game. It’s a necessary step in the right direction.

Please note that I do think while the industry could take advantage of a unified architecture, the benefits of the competition between Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft for gaming consumers is another factor that shouldn’t be ignored; This has lead to great strides with things like the X-Box LIVE service and the PSN service; in addition to achievements and trophies, and not to mention the Wii’s control scheme and various other unique traits.