Sega: Wii Is "The Most Expensive Board Game On Earth"

[Shrygue]

via Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5079135/sega-wii-is-the-most-expensive-board-game-on-earth)


his thoughts on the Wii. And Darren Williams - like Sega as a whole, we'd wager - are still kind of torn. Sure, some games, and some things are working. Mario & Sonic, that worked a treat. But other things about the Wii present a little more of a challenge:
I think on one hand the Wii has become the most expensive board game on Earth - it's the kind of thing that families will play at Christmas, and probably won't play again throughout the remainder of the year. So things like Wii Sports, Wii Fit to a certain extent, that's great.

Great for Nintendo, maybe. And that's definitely a problem with the Wii, one that may start to rear its head 12-18 months down the line once a lot of these "new" gamers get sick of Wii Sports and Wii Fit. Wonder how companies like Sega (and Nintendo!) are going to overcome it.

[WhizzBang]

There have been a few of these anti-Wii threads from Kotaku recently. Someone has a chip on their shoulder because Nintendo took a huge gamble on innovation instead of increased polygons and definition and it has paid off.

The Wii has much more than Wii Sports, which is a great entry level game just as Tetris was for the Gameboy. Wii Sports also helps to win people over to the Wii controller which seems odd at first.

[trugamer]

TBH considering the number of poor games Sega have shown for the Wii calling it "The Most Expenisve Board Game" probably isn't wise if they don't want back chat.

[Jay6]

Brawl and Mario Kart Wii are played on a daily bases for a lot of people >_>;

[Auriman1]

My Wii sits proudly on its shelf, even more-so in a few weeks now that I've been seized by a case of Animal Crossing fever yet again, and shall be picking the new City Folk version up post-haste.

I'm also more than happy to play Brawl and MKWii with my friends whenever I get the chance to do so, and I thoroughly enjoyed the Okami and Resident Evil 4 ports with Wii controls.

Calling the Wii system itself a fad is a greatly mis-informed statement, although I'd definitely agree Wii Sports and Wii Fit don't see much action after a week or two of use from the average gamer, casual or not.