Sega’s Steinberg: Wii hype will end soon
Despite its current soaring popularity in the market, Sega‘s Scott Steinberg believes that Nintendo Company Ltd.’s ever-popular Wii console will lose its hype next year.
While the Wii is now leading the games industry with its attractive price and the unique gameplay provided by the controller (among other interesting features), the console’s sub-par graphics compared to next-gen consoles as well as lack of any special technological specs may weigh it down in the long run, Sega’s top brass explained.
“I am a little concerned about the creative depth of the Wii pool… I’m not sure if they will top out in 2008 or 2007,” Steinberg said in an interview. He goes on to explain that the Nintendo Wii will be eventually left behind as soon as game developers make even better games on the PlayStation 3 and on the Xbox 360.
At this point, game developers are devoting more and more resources for Nintendo Wii games, now that the quirky console is at the height of its popularity. Electronic Arts, for one, has decided to make more Wii games while Ubisoft is set to make exclusive Wii games.
Sega has a surprising choice when asked who will turn out to be the winner of the console wars in the long run: Sony‘s PlayStation 3. Right now, Sony PlayStation 3 is flagging behind its two rivals, Wii and Xbox 360. Even its handheld console sister, the PSP, is outdone by another of Nintendo’s strange products, the touchscreen kid-friendly DS.
Sega believes that the PS3’s graphical power and Blu-ray DVD player will make it a staple for 10 years, and will provide just enough juice for the game developers to tinker with and be satisfied for a long time.
Despite its current soaring popularity in the market, Sega‘s Scott Steinberg believes that Nintendo Company Ltd.’s ever-popular Wii console will lose its hype next year.
While the Wii is now leading the games industry with its attractive price and the unique gameplay provided by the controller (among other interesting features), the console’s sub-par graphics compared to next-gen consoles as well as lack of any special technological specs may weigh it down in the long run, Sega’s top brass explained.
“I am a little concerned about the creative depth of the Wii pool… I’m not sure if they will top out in 2008 or 2007,” Steinberg said in an interview. He goes on to explain that the Nintendo Wii will be eventually left behind as soon as game developers make even better games on the PlayStation 3 and on the Xbox 360.
At this point, game developers are devoting more and more resources for Nintendo Wii games, now that the quirky console is at the height of its popularity. Electronic Arts, for one, has decided to make more Wii games while Ubisoft is set to make exclusive Wii games.
Sega has a surprising choice when asked who will turn out to be the winner of the console wars in the long run: Sony‘s PlayStation 3. Right now, Sony PlayStation 3 is flagging behind its two rivals, Wii and Xbox 360. Even its handheld console sister, the PSP, is outdone by another of Nintendo’s strange products, the touchscreen kid-friendly DS.
Sega believes that the PS3’s graphical power and Blu-ray DVD player will make it a staple for 10 years, and will provide just enough juice for the game developers to tinker with and be satisfied for a long time.
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