[quote name='daroga']You do realize that you've not played the final version of Wii Sports right so cannot judge its quality, right?[/quote] As much fun as this sequence was...
I disagree...I can and do judge games without playing them quite frequently. Out of the games I own, probably at least 90% have been purchased without ever having played the game. But I'm being too literal and you probably meant I can't judge a game
well or simply that I
shouldn't (brings back fond memories of the "Can I go to the bathroom?" thing of elementary school, doesn't it?) judge games without having played them. All I can say to counter that is that I like the games I have, so I think it has worked out pretty well for me.
Even so, I am not saying that Wii Sports will be bad. When writing my original post, I had originally used "
glorified tech demo" but changed it to "mere tech demo" because I deemed it to be a bit too strong (though admittedly, mere seems too strong the other way). Pac N Roll is what I would consider to be a glorified tech demo and quite fun; Wii Sports doesn't seem to have the same level of refinement or depth, though.
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Wii Sports is
not comparable to SMW. IMO, it is much closer to Hexic (which is also fun - I would like to make it perfectly clear that I am not saying it won't be fun), and I have never heard anyone mention Hexic as justification for the 360's price. I am not saying Wii Sports won't be fun. I expect it will be, in fact. But it is not anywhere near SMW, and no, I don't have to play it to figure that out.
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As an aside: how would you have felt if Nintendo had said the Wii was going to be $200 and then come launch day, every retailer forced you to buy Wii Sports for its MSRP of $50 to get a Wii? A little annoyed, maybe? Perhaps there might have been another game you would have rather spent the $50 on?
But to each his own (damn, a fragment...). It all comes down to your own conception of something's worth. Mine seems to be contrary to the dominant opinion, but that's how things go I guess...
[quote name='Z-Saber']Tech demo |= killjoy.[/quote] I am assuming you meant |= as a not equals operator, but perhaps you should use a different symbol. See
entailment.
And I'm pretty sure I never said that being a tech demo means it is not fun, but whatever...