As fall approaches, bringing with it the imminent lauch of the Nintendo Wii, some of the press seem to be going a little doomsday on us. Over at The Age, Jason Hill has decided that if Wii succeed (that pun just really never gets old), it will kill the entire gaming industry and probably beat up your mom afterwards.
We here at the Wii Fanboy offices think that may be totally insano overstating things just a tad.
Here's the deal: some people are crying because they didn't catch Nintendo's third party development train quickly enough. Now that Nintendo is looking to make a very good showing this year, they're scrambling to catch up. Jason Hill seems to think it will be too little, too late, particularly considering Nintendo's less-than-stellar track record with third party developers. Okay, sure. Perhaps a few companies will take a slight monetary hit by not developing for Wii if Nintendo decimates the competition this Christmas. But that's hardly the sound of a death knell for such franchises as "Grand Theft Auto, Pro Evolution Soccer, Prince of Persia, Final Fantasy, Need for Speed, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, Burnout, Guitar Hero, Elder Scrolls, V8 Supercars, [and] Splinter Cell." After all, some of those games are already slated for Wii release! And the support of such industry heavy-hitters as Ubisoft and EA apparently isn't enough to convince Jason Hill that Nintendo really isn't out to cap Solid Snake from beneath the cover of a cardboard box.
Hill says, "A successful Nintendo is great for gamers and the entire interactive entertainment industry, but a dominant Nintendo is not." I guess he forgot about all those years when Nintendo was the gaming industry.
[Via Go Nintendo]
