Preezy wrote:I'm not looking for you to respond, jawa, I'm just sharing my thoughts on how I think you're incorrect in comparing this thing's chances to the Wii. You probably disagree with my points and that's fine but I'm not just crapping on it for the sake of it. No need to get defensive and prickly, we're only talking about a bloody videogame console ffs, this isn't the Politics thread.
Preezy, if you join a thread and start bandying around terms like "bullshit" and "revisionist nonsense" in reference to posts - apparently without looking for the person to respond - then you must know that the likelihood of friction is pretty high. I'm open to thoughts about the Amico's challenges and in this thread I've responded in detail to a few folk about this.
I will pick up on your final point that "the odds are ridiculously stacked against it succeeding.". Yes... it is a huge challenge. Is the market not big enough for something different, though? The gaming market is growing exponentially and there are millions of people who wouldn't play Halo but would play Texas Hold 'Em. Do the current format options replicate that Wii-type experience of families and friends playing together on the TV? There feels - to me! - like there is potentially a large space that current consoles haven't really got covered. Of course, coming up with the system to fill that gap is tough. Maybe Intellivision won't have the clout or the money to be the company to achieve the goal. So, you are right - the odds are stacked high. But all ideas start out small.
