Nah, I get your point. I hated GHII when I first played it (mostly cos it was the first guitar game I played and didn't get it) but eventually I got all over it and then GHIII which had some good songs, but I didn't like as much and now I love RockBand.
I think it's part of the casual gaming thing, you don't have to be good at games and play regularly to step up to the easy plate. 2 or 3 songs and you should be able to get to the end of easy with the band, then you get the khakis, then you get the girls.
There's always the stupid difficult expert level for the hardcore fans too, so it bridges the gap and there-in lies the appeal.
@heh - Whether or not this shows fevrent xbox leanings I don't know, but I bought the 360 on the day it came out. At that point it was the shiniest new console EVAR!!1! I'm lucky enough to be at the age where I have no real responsibilities beyond rent and bills and have the magic disposable income that these companies are targeting. yet, in the two years since the PS3 and Wii have come out I have never felt the need to own one, despite buying some tepid xbox titles in the mean time. Had either console had enough decent games to make me want to buy one I would have, but nobody is producing anything on the PS3 (that isn't coming on the xbox) that is sparking my imagination. I have had a go of Drake's Fortune and want to play it a bit more. I did buy and complete RE4 on my flatmate's Wii because I missed it the first time round (but wouldn't have bought the console off the back of it) and have played Zelda but it failed to capture my imagination this time round. However had it been the otherway around and the PS3 came out first (and because it was shiny I would have bought it), I would have felt the need to buy a xbox. So as things stand the xbox has the best selection of games and genres for me so far. Things I feel I'm missing out with on the PS3 are Drake's Fortune and Resistance (although I am not a huge FPS fan and can happily substitute it with COD4 for my blasting action). I do not want to play MGS4 or Ratchet and Clank. Things I feel I'm missing out with on the Wii are probably Zelda if I could get into it, SMG, SSBM and although it's rubbish Umbrella Chronicles. If I didn't have a xbox I'd feel I was missing out on GOW, Halo 3, Mass Effect, a LOT of arcade games, Project Gotham 4, Lost Odyssey (although having played it I found it disappointing) and Dead Rising, any one of which (apart from the arcade games) would be enough for me to purchase a xbox as a second console, simply because these are the types of games I enjoy playing. It's just taking too long for the PS3 to get started for me to expect a console seller that will get me on board.
@atrimus. Wouldn't have been ecstatic if you replaced it with xbox/wii. As I've expressed above, the console exclusives on the xbox are enough to sell me a console, the ones on the PS3, I wouldn't mind, but I'm not shelling out for the priviledge and have no expectations to in the near future. Never played SOTC although did play Ico, which was beautiful and frustrating (never completed it). The other games you mentioned I pretty much hated. Played DC for a while, got bored. Completed ZOE, wasn't too impressed and Suikoden never interested me and appears to have fairly 70% scores across the board, strange one to mention, is it a console shifter?
@theazureknight. The PS3 doesn't really need saved, it just needs to broaden it's appeal to people like me.
BattleForge deals first hand on March 24
Jan 28th 2009 5:36PM (Joystiq)Wiikly Wares: Niki - Rock 'n' Ball and Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Jan 26th 2009 1:26PM (Joystiq)Wonderboy in Monster Land was released on - Arcade, Sega Master System, Commodore 64, PC Engine, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST.
That would include both platforms I thought it was on, so meh to you.
Wiikly Wares: Niki - Rock 'n' Ball and Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Jan 26th 2009 12:09PM (Joystiq)Activision: Guitar Hero III is first title to generate sales of $1 billion
Jan 12th 2009 12:53PM (Joystiq)Nah, I get your point. I hated GHII when I first played it (mostly cos it was the first guitar game I played and didn't get it) but eventually I got all over it and then GHIII which had some good songs, but I didn't like as much and now I love RockBand.
I think it's part of the casual gaming thing, you don't have to be good at games and play regularly to step up to the easy plate. 2 or 3 songs and you should be able to get to the end of easy with the band, then you get the khakis, then you get the girls.
There's always the stupid difficult expert level for the hardcore fans too, so it bridges the gap and there-in lies the appeal.
Fable 2 bugs squashed with title update
Jan 12th 2009 12:46PM (Joystiq)The best thing you'll see today: Japanese Dead Rising Wii trailer
Jan 2nd 2009 6:08PM (Joystiq)Blizzard releases Starcraft 2 Battle Report
Dec 19th 2008 7:20PM (Joystiq)Surprisingly entertaining.
Metareview -- Castlevania Judgment (Wii)
Nov 24th 2008 5:11PM (Joystiq)Sony reveals TGS '08 lineup, 14 unannounced titles to be shown
Sep 30th 2008 5:58PM (Joystiq)I'm lucky enough to be at the age where I have no real responsibilities beyond rent and bills and have the magic disposable income that these companies are targeting.
yet, in the two years since the PS3 and Wii have come out I have never felt the need to own one, despite buying some tepid xbox titles in the mean time. Had either console had enough decent games to make me want to buy one I would have, but nobody is producing anything on the PS3 (that isn't coming on the xbox) that is sparking my imagination.
I have had a go of Drake's Fortune and want to play it a bit more. I did buy and complete RE4 on my flatmate's Wii because I missed it the first time round (but wouldn't have bought the console off the back of it) and have played Zelda but it failed to capture my imagination this time round.
However had it been the otherway around and the PS3 came out first (and because it was shiny I would have bought it), I would have felt the need to buy a xbox.
So as things stand the xbox has the best selection of games and genres for me so far.
Things I feel I'm missing out with on the PS3 are Drake's Fortune and Resistance (although I am not a huge FPS fan and can happily substitute it with COD4 for my blasting action). I do not want to play MGS4 or Ratchet and Clank.
Things I feel I'm missing out with on the Wii are probably Zelda if I could get into it, SMG, SSBM and although it's rubbish Umbrella Chronicles.
If I didn't have a xbox I'd feel I was missing out on GOW, Halo 3, Mass Effect, a LOT of arcade games, Project Gotham 4, Lost Odyssey (although having played it I found it disappointing) and Dead Rising, any one of which (apart from the arcade games) would be enough for me to purchase a xbox as a second console, simply because these are the types of games I enjoy playing.
It's just taking too long for the PS3 to get started for me to expect a console seller that will get me on board.
@atrimus. Wouldn't have been ecstatic if you replaced it with xbox/wii. As I've expressed above, the console exclusives on the xbox are enough to sell me a console, the ones on the PS3, I wouldn't mind, but I'm not shelling out for the priviledge and have no expectations to in the near future.
Never played SOTC although did play Ico, which was beautiful and frustrating (never completed it). The other games you mentioned I pretty much hated. Played DC for a while, got bored. Completed ZOE, wasn't too impressed and Suikoden never interested me and appears to have fairly 70% scores across the board, strange one to mention, is it a console shifter?
@theazureknight. The PS3 doesn't really need saved, it just needs to broaden it's appeal to people like me.
Do I win a longest comment EVAR!!1! award?
Sony reveals TGS '08 lineup, 14 unannounced titles to be shown
Sep 30th 2008 12:53PM (Joystiq)And I do realise 14 are unnanounced, I expect them to be equally tepid.