It’s Hard To Admit You’re Wrong

 (First off i’m going to stop doing the whole song title thing, it’s hard to think of them)

 Next generation console systems have been on everyone’s mind for the past couple of months now haven’t they? And who has lost it’s reputation, luster, and sheen with the majority of nerds on the internet? Sony, that’s who.

Now i’m not saying that Sony is done for. If you go outside, you know, into the sunlight. You’ll find people who hardly game but still support Sony. The thing is, Sony’s six-hundred dollar price tag isn’t really helping them or their fans.

Now to what this post is about, I have to admit I was wrong. Sony has gone and fucked up. I realized it when I was listening to a certain Extralife Radio (extraliferadio.com), specifically episode 59, I grew frustrated with Sony and the entire DRM and Rootkit business.

Up until now this is what I had believed in. Sony’s PS3 will not suck. It will just take a year or so for them to work out minor bugs and start the good games rolling out. Does anyone remember when the Xbox 360 came out? Okay, good. Now do you remember the palpable flames of hatred that you could feel coming from 98% of the internet!? No system launch aside from a Nintendo one ever works well. Sony knows what it’s doing and in a year the PS3 will be as sweet as the Xbox 360 is now.

What changed in that paragraph? “Sony knows what it’s doing…” Sony’s company is a cocky son of a bitch. I swear if they got rid of the unnecisarry marketing group, and the CEO’s and president’s the PS3 would have never looked bad. These are the people that go out there and say stupid things. These are the people that decide that the RIAA is a good thing. Good god no it’s not, if I am ever forced to pirate a game I bought i’m writing hateful letters to the company and demanding something in return. Because that’ll work. Next time a game dosen’t work for you contact the company you are frustrated with, you may get something in return. To be off topic the same works (not with video game companies) when you send them nice mail. Send it to a Lays company, you might get a few bags of Lays in the mail later.

Anyway! Not to leave this post entirely one sided, let me talk about the Nintendo Wii. First off, I don’t hate the controller, I just believe it is underwhelming. I have yet to use it, but it really seems gimmicky. And I absolutely hate gimmicks. I use a freaking mouse and keyboard for half of my games, I don’t feel as if controllers need to be revolutionized as many do. Many believe that it is fresh and intuitive, which it is! But many make it out as neccisary because the game industry has become so convoluted with the same old, same old. Which it has, but not with controllers for crap’s sake!

On another note, here are my thoughts on how the Wii is going to turn out. It may likely exceed selling 4 Million copies. And Nintendo is probably going to be extremelly rich. I’m not talking about profit here, I want to talk about entertainment value. People are already bringing up the fact that the games feel like party games. I believe the Nintendo Wii is going to become Twister. You bring it out when you have 1 or more person come over and have a blast. Then when they leave it collects dust. Many have the counter argument that there are video games like The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess that’ll be played by the more hardcore crowd.

Yes it shall, and so will Mario, and so will Metroid. But that’s it. That’s what has always bugged the hell out of me with Nintendo products. You have games you play when your friends come over, but when they aren’t you play Zelda/Mario/Metroid. And then when you beat those you wait for the next Zelda/Mario/Metroid game to come out! Those games are excellent, I know. But I want a system that has more then just the same game coming out again and again. That’s why the PS2 did so well even after the Xbox and Gamecube came out. Because it had Rachet & Clank, God of War, Okami. All these varied titles. Xbox was a Sports Center, and Gamecube was a Suck Center. The only thing that saved it was Mario/Zelda/Metroid, which wasn’t enough for me. But then Resident Evil 4 came out for it. Which was a smooth move on them I can admit.

I’m rambling, but it’s my blog so I guess I can do that. Let me get the final point across. The Nintendo Wii underwhelms me and the Sony PS3 underwhelms me. Currently the only console out there worth it is the Xbox 360. But you know what? In a year my mind will have changed, that’s how the game industry works. We all know that’s how it works, yet we still all act like fools each time it happens.