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Everything has become a fad. Co-op fad, military shooter fad, casual fad, motion sensetive fad, games for everything fad... quote:
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ORIGINAL: LJWooly
Too true, MK.
I mean, the Wii is beyond help now, apart from in regards to Nintendo's first-party titles (although they're just the same old, and severely lacking in any original ideas either) and the fact that people still consider the Wii "true innovation" makes my side hurt. Not because I'm laughing though, oh no, it's because I'm crying.
The wrong games are getting all the attention nowadays, and it's sad. After this generation, I might just go retro, quit modern gaming altogether. Unless it takes a seriously drastic turn in the right direction.
I can't say anything more. You said a million times better than I could have ever hoped to say. Wii is indeed no true innovation. It's laziness. Wii Sports and other Wii games could have been made for PC which uses mouse as the motion control thingy and Nintendo hasn't made a new thing in more than 20 years. I still laugh at Yahtzee's joke comparing Nintendo to a guitarist who only knows 4 songs (Zelda, Mario, Metroid and something I don't remember).
And it is indeed the wrong games that are getting all the attention. Still, I won't go fully retro because there are still good games out there even though majority is headed towards the wrong direction, as long as people like Kojima and Schafer are making games I'm with mainstream. So far 2 of our heroes have fallen. Miyamoto fell after uber awesome Mario 64 and is now a puppet of Nintendo promoting Wii Fit. And David Jaffe is focused on little games like Calling All Cars (And unless I see the true sequel to Twisted Metal Black on PS3, won't consider him back).
The deep shooters are gone. Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six were once complex and deep tactical games while nowadays (GRAWs and Vegases) they are arcade shooters that happen to have team-mates / co-op. Everything has become a fad. Co-op fad, military shooter fad, casual fad, motion sensetive fad, games for everything fad...
And games are just being more and more watered down. I bet in less than 5 years, Oblivion and BioShock (Watered down versions of Morrowind and System Shock 2) will become the most hardcore games and a thing of the past. TES6 will be an MMO copying WoW and Obliv. BioShock 3 from Take Two will come for all platforms from PSP, DS and Wii 2 to PS2, PS3, PS4 and X720. All games will be rated T for Teen (MK has gone from M to T, COD4 to COD5 the same story.)
Heck, it's not just the games. Terminator, a once proud R rated series is now PG-13 in T4. The hard R Die Hard became PG-13 withe Live Free and Die Hard (DH4). The made a crappy PG-13 remake of an R rated slasher known as Prom Night. And now, Beverly Hills Cop 4 will be PG! From R of original 3 to PG!!!
But they are right. They want money. Not art. The PG rated Fantastic Four 2 movie sold millions. PG-13 Die Hard 4 became the best selling in series... in games, we have a M rated and hyped No More Heroes that bombed while the E rated Carnival Games with no hype sold millions.
And with Nintendo's take on games as a pure art form and Zelda Twilight Princess literally saying that games are meant for just fun and not art, soon even BioShocks will become a thing of the past in the market crowded with WOWs, The Sims and Wii "Something"s plus Military Shooters and Music games. All rated E for Everyone, coming out for every system known to man except PSP which some say is dying.
Sorry for the long post / rant 
We love your long posts. All you say is correct.
I would like to point out the EyeToy on PS2 for Motion Sensor.
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