Nintendo's yearly profits drop, Wii sales fall

I guess “fun and easy” are two aspects!

well all of the gaming consoles are pretty fun. but i agree, it is easy to use. easier than the others.

Personally I hate the Wii. I find it to be a novelty that goes against what video games are supposed to be: an artform. Aside from first party titles, the Wii doesn’t have much to offer in terms of games. I owned a Wii for a few months, so did a large amount of people I knew. Most, including myself, stopped playing after about 2 months. I absolutely loathe the notion that it gets people off the couch and moving! You know what else does that? Good parenting. Instead of plopping kids in front of a TV, how about you go play catch for an hour, maybe invite some of their friends over.

Most, if not all of the readers on this site grew up without a Wii and we’re doing just fine. If you’re really that concerned about getting fit, please explain how a $200 system and $50 games are a better solution than running for a half hour a day?

@ soddy
you are missing the point. in todays world it’s not about playing catch vs. wii, or going for a jog vs. wii. unfortunate but true.

instead it is more like ps3 vs xbox vs wii. and in that case i am glad that the wii got such great adoption.

note: when (if) i ever get kids they will not have any console, or a smartphone for that matter, until they turn 16. i’ll give them a good computer meant for school work and some light gaming.

1. Who shit in your breakfast bowl this morning? That’s a lot of passion for something you hate. You know what I do to things I hate? I ignore them, not rant about them

2. damn, the dude just said ‘active’, he didn’t say get ripped like he was on PX90… sheesh, sit Ubu, sit! The more offended you get at the word ‘active’, the more you make people think you’re nothing but a lazy fat ‘tard sipping Slurpees all day then getting bitchy when someone says you should be more active. (Psst, here’s another secret: levels of pissiness is directly proportionate to a bad diet… hm, not that I’m one to talk… shit…)

3. Art is defined how exactly? One man’s trash is another man’s art? An artist could create a piece of art that requires you to stand up to view it, and then claim that the act of standing up is part of the art. A man made a painting of the Virgin Mary out of human shit and some people consider it art. The whole POINT of “art” is that YOU can’t tell anyone what art is or isn’t… you can say what you like and don’t like and thats about it. You ranting about art is anti-art. No, wait… that would be hypocritical of me… the reality is that your art-rant IS art… all it takes is one person to say so.

4. Games started as games and have/are evolving into art and storytelling. Every game involves some amount of skill and competition… take that out of video games, and all you have left is a CGI movie, not a game.

You know what the ‘art’ argument is really all about? Its about our generation trying to show and prove to old geezers that video games aren’t just mindless children’s activities. You make the art argument to non-gamers and non-tech nerds. To get up in arms over the Wii being “less artistic” than the next console or system means you absolutely have missed the entire point of the art argument. As a matter of fact, the target audience that Nintendo goes for with the Wii is actually meant to HELP your argument, numbnut. Once grandpa gets his bowling on with the Wii and realizes its not just stupid kiddie crap, him and the other naysayers and dismiss-ers may just alter their opinion on video games.

Damn, I give you Worst Rant of 2010 trophy. I’ll take runner-up.