> Eye-Toy only had like.....4-5'ish games that
> actually *used* the thing as the main controller
> and not an add-on gimmick.
> (not to mention the annoying room/lighting
> requirements)
The bad thing the Wii has going for it is that most gamers are lazy, not everyone wants to spend all day jumping out at the TV. If I use my Eyetoy I'm particularly tired after 10 mins of play, it's tiring work on some games. Whereby usually for the rest of the day I don't feel like playing it anymore. Unless you have loads of friends over and you can take a rest, but how often do you have ALL your mates over?
Not too often, there were also various sequels and extra games to go with the Eyetoy. It sold very well for a number of years, but had the Eyetoy been the primary way to interact with the PS2 console. People would've got sick of that doing that fairly quickly, waving their arms about.
I think the novelty will soon wear off and then eventually people will realise the system specs won't be enough to carry it on for long term. How often do people rave on about how innovate the DS is with it's unique pen drawing games? Not too often these days, I think the Wii will do well, but not for as long as people are predicting. If it's anything like the N64 and Gamecube people will get sick of waiting for new games to be made for it.
There's nothing stopping anyone developing a similiar controller for PS3 and X-Box, the PS2 has many crazy controllers developed for the system as it is, especially in Japan. If that should happen, the Wii will soon die a Gamecube style death.
> actually *used* the thing as the main controller
> and not an add-on gimmick.
> (not to mention the annoying room/lighting
> requirements)
The bad thing the Wii has going for it is that most gamers are lazy, not everyone wants to spend all day jumping out at the TV. If I use my Eyetoy I'm particularly tired after 10 mins of play, it's tiring work on some games. Whereby usually for the rest of the day I don't feel like playing it anymore. Unless you have loads of friends over and you can take a rest, but how often do you have ALL your mates over?
Not too often, there were also various sequels and extra games to go with the Eyetoy. It sold very well for a number of years, but had the Eyetoy been the primary way to interact with the PS2 console. People would've got sick of that doing that fairly quickly, waving their arms about.
I think the novelty will soon wear off and then eventually people will realise the system specs won't be enough to carry it on for long term. How often do people rave on about how innovate the DS is with it's unique pen drawing games? Not too often these days, I think the Wii will do well, but not for as long as people are predicting. If it's anything like the N64 and Gamecube people will get sick of waiting for new games to be made for it.
There's nothing stopping anyone developing a similiar controller for PS3 and X-Box, the PS2 has many crazy controllers developed for the system as it is, especially in Japan. If that should happen, the Wii will soon die a Gamecube style death.