MicroWii

So for no particular reason, I nerd out and watch all two hours of Microsoft’s E3 press event, where they heralded the new and bestest home entertainment they’ll be offering through the X-Box 360.  I’m not a true console war type fanboy. I always enjoyed my SNES and Playstation 1 and 2,  even owned a Gamecube. (Hey it had Zelda.) But I kinda lost time, intrest, whatever until I was gifted (just like Jesus) last Christmas with a Wii.

Now there seems to be some internet hate that the Wii is only outselling everything because it doesn’t support hardcore gamers, its too popular soccer moms like it etc. Well hardcore gaming to me is a little old school. Mario, Zelda, hours with Metroid. To some it seems its blowing stuff up real pretty like on the X-Box 360. Well I would think the alleged “hardcore” are in denial mode now. After about 10 minutes or so of “hardcore” support, Microsoft’s E3 event went all “Hey, we like family stuff too!” Buzz words/phrases like “Everyone can play”, “fun for families” and “game night” were tossed around by everyone presenting. Avatars (hip Miis) and a redesigned “friendlier” X-Box dashboard? A game that puts “you in the movies”? Really just say you wanna be a Wii that you can also kill people on FPS style and get it over with.

Again, not hating, I credit X-Box for recognizing a demand and trying to cater to its needs. And the Netflix/X-Box partnership seems like its gonna be all kinds of cool. But I don’t wanna see anymore “Wii is a fad ” talk from microsoft peeps again in interviews.