Nintendo's Kaplan says 'Gamers were bored before Wii'

I can honestly say that Kaplan is my least favorite nintendo PR personality. She never had any of her facts straight.

i got bored playing twilight princess on the wii...


seriously, this is a pretty stupid statement even for a PR person. it's not something that will increase sales, it will only piss people off

just my 2c before i leave this one alone...

perhaps they meant jaded instead of bored. i found the industry basically copied whatever was successful - as soon as GTA came out, everyone and their mother wanted to be like it - guns, blood, whatever. Games were getting generic, nothing new was really being done.

That's not to say that quality games weren't being produced, but perhaps she just meant they felt gamers wanted the industry to be shaken up a bit. I welcomed the change - gives me a choice... people like choice no? like the choice to buy a 360 or a Wii or a PS3 or all of em? Or does choice just lead to fanboyism...

Wii or not this has been an AWESOME year for gaming.

Well, except for PS3.

Bored of what...new Mario Party rehashes every 6 months? Bored of game consoles with meager specs and bottom dollar graphics? Bored of not having online play whatsoever unless you wanted to play PSO?

The only thing I'm bored of is Nintendo making the same stupid decisions over and over again like they know what people want. They've been out of touch with the hardcore gamer market for over 10 or 15 years now. Please, do have another though...I certainly WON'T be bored when I DON'T buy WiiFit or steering wheel shells or half the other BS that you come up with, Nintendo.

Look me up in 2027 when you actually come up with something I give two $#!t$ about. Until then...the layer of dust on my standby-powered Wii will continue to grow.

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So, uh... when's that resignation date, again?

Huh, that's ironic...

How pretentious can one be? This reminds me of a stalker who tells its victim, you may not know it yet, but you're going to like me.

I guarantee you the Angry German Kid wasn't bored before Wii came out.

well assuming i was really bored the last 18 years playing video games, I certianly wont be in another month when Mass Effect comes out.

This is the most predictable comment thread ever.

perrin is right in a sense- the ps2/gc/xbox era was certainly the most boring generation in the history of videogames.

I have to disagree with Kaplan. Although I don't live in the USA or Canada I've owned every single system ever released in the North American Market since the NES (except the jaguar and 3D0). I have to say by far this generation of gaming is the worst generation in the history of video games in my opinion. The PS3, 360 and Wii as of right now are complete failures. The PS3 and Wii when it comes to games and the 360 when it comes toward hardware. As a medium video games have always been my personal hobby so I buy and finish a lot of games per month. As of right now I own 1 Wii game (Metriod), I had 3 but I sold Paper Mario and Zelda in Ebay since I found both games to be mediocre games. I have 5 PS3 games(Warhawk, Resistance, Ninja Gaiden, Enchanted Arms, Heavenly Sword). The PS3 has good games (my opinion) but due to its very steep price only old hardcore gamers will buy it without giving it a second thought.

As far as the 360 I bought it in launch but I'm currently on my 8th system. Yes I've had a refurbished console send to my house 8 times. Its been in McAllen Texas more time that its actually been in my residence being used. I used to own 15+ 360 games but I sold them all in ebay after I became dishearten with the situation. Now I only have Halo 3.

So yeah I think this generation of gaming as of now is the worst generation ever and is the one that is boring me to death. It may be the one that actually makes me look for another main hobby after 20+ years.
I'll stick with the DS, PSP, and PC this generation.

Except for the week I played Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, I've been bored SINCE I got my Wii.

N, how about shipping some non-casual games for us gamers who bought the Wii?

I WAS bored with games. REALLY bored. I was thinking of quitting console games altogether, and I practically didn't play much anymore. Then the news of the Wii came, and I was interested, nay, excited about it. And when it finally came to store shelves, I found myself playing more games again, and having more fun with them. Thanks to Wii, I'm still enjoying games. And I know a lot of people felt and feel the same way.

SHE'S RIGHT.

The last generation was boring. Period. There were plenty of gems like Halo and Smash Bros, but a few years in I would look around a Blockbuster and just let out a sigh for the complete lackluster lineup among the consoles.

Last-gen was getting boring really quick, no argument. Wii60 solved that.

Actually I was getting bored with gaming that's why I bought a Wii because I thought it would revolutionalize gaming and spark my interest back in games they way I loved gaming back in the days of the NES, but so far it's been a let down. :(

I wasn't bored before, and even if I was, the Wii wouldn't have fixed that.

She is right. I'm not sure the Wii has solved the problem though.

Obviously not all gamers were bored... younger and newer gamers weren't. But those of us reaching our thirties were/are definitely getting jaded.

I've read so many posts online that were from people, like me, who were just losing their enthusiasm for playing similar games over and over.

Why do you think the Wii gained so many hardcore fans, even before it was launched? People hoped it would bring something different and fun.

These days people seem pretty split on whether the Wii succeeded, but that doesn't mean the issue didn't exist.
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The REALLY ODD thing is that nintendo (well, actually 3rd parties) has all-but ignored that audience of jaded gamers.. focusing mostly on ports and games for new gamers.

And the other odd thing is that the main thing that jaded gamers seem to appreciate the Wii for is the Virtual Console.

Maybe we aren't jaded, we are just too old to play these newfangled games...

All of you must be bored, because you're in joystiq reading and posting stuff when you should be playing Halo-what-is-it or Mario-whatever or Heavenly-something.

This is worse than boredom. You wouldn't think he have any hair left after this Wii dry spell.