William BagleyWill Wright 'Wii the true next gen'
October 29th 2007 10:05
You've all played the Sims, yes? Sim City? How about Streets of Sim City? Man, that was a game. No really, it was ... just a bad one.
Anyway, the man behind the long standing Sims franchise and the soon to be released Spore (more on that later) was recently interviewed in the UK Guardian newspaper. The good news is, at least from the perspective of any Nintendo fans out there, Will is an avid player of the Wii. What's more interesting, however, is the following statement:
Quote: "Somebody asked me what I thought next generation meant and what about the PlayStation 3 was next generation. The only next gen system I've seen is the Wii – the PS3 and the Xbox 360 feel like better versions of the last, but pretty much the same game with incremental improvement. But the Wii feels like a major jump – not that the graphics are more powerful, but that it hits a completely different demographic. In some sense I see the Wii as the most significant thing that's happened, at least on the console side, in quite a while."
Coming from one of the most creative minds in the industry, that's some compliment. In truth, he's taken the words right out of my mouth, but since no-one knows who I am, I'm glad he said it first. Spore hits stores early next year (and is my most anticipated title of 2008 - again, more on that later).
Anyway, the man behind the long standing Sims franchise and the soon to be released Spore (more on that later) was recently interviewed in the UK Guardian newspaper. The good news is, at least from the perspective of any Nintendo fans out there, Will is an avid player of the Wii. What's more interesting, however, is the following statement:
Quote: "Somebody asked me what I thought next generation meant and what about the PlayStation 3 was next generation. The only next gen system I've seen is the Wii – the PS3 and the Xbox 360 feel like better versions of the last, but pretty much the same game with incremental improvement. But the Wii feels like a major jump – not that the graphics are more powerful, but that it hits a completely different demographic. In some sense I see the Wii as the most significant thing that's happened, at least on the console side, in quite a while."
Coming from one of the most creative minds in the industry, that's some compliment. In truth, he's taken the words right out of my mouth, but since no-one knows who I am, I'm glad he said it first. Spore hits stores early next year (and is my most anticipated title of 2008 - again, more on that later).
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