Hey guys want to Beta test Wii Music? Then read this and you too can Shred with Shigg'!
What you need:
* A Wii Remote or a White Television Remote
* iTunes or any other music playing computer software. You can also use the innovative device called a "stereo"!
* A CD or a MP3 with a song on it that you really like! To be like Nintendo, let's throw in some Ashlee Simpson
Instructions:
1. Open up your music player
2. Pick up your Wii Remote or television remote
3. Move your arms around with no real cohension
4. ?
5. Profit
You just Beta tested Wii Music!
You folks miss the super-key issue here: WHERE'S MY MII?! Stop freaking out over this, it's like crying over a new Fisher Price toy. It's not for you, it's pure marketing, pure business and has as much to do with gaming as stamp collecting does.
No, YOU'RE missing the point. If this shit keeps succeeding wildly eventually no one will bother making games that cater to our tastes, jerky. It'll be cheaper and easier and more profitable to just shovel out the shit that's helping the Wii win.
Oh come on. This whole "BU BU BU COMMERCE DESTROYS ART" argument has been debunked since the get-go. There are films like Hancock, yes, but also films like The Dark Knight. There are films like 10,000 BC, but also films like Wall-E. And certainly films like 8 1/2 and Taxi to the Dark Side and eighty bazillion small films that premiere every week.
There's still a market for MAN GAMES and they'll continue to predominate. The WII isn't about gaming anymore. Software sales for that thing are shit-tastic. It's peripherals, a couple of first party BIG HITS and a ton of 3rd party shit-ware. MSoft still makes big bucks off Gears of War and whatever else is the BLOODY SMASH HIT OF THE SEASON.
They're two different markets at this point and the Wii, frankly, is an anamoly. The pie is small and everyone knows it, which is why MSoft will let Nintendo waggle for a few years, maybe make a couple soft entries for family-fare, but largely leave the casual bullshit behind. The Devil You Know, blah blah.
Getting worked up over the IMPENDING GAMES ARMAGEDDON is ridiculous. Mark my word, you'll see preciously little crossover and in ten years you'll be cranking Gears of War 9 while Nintendo is trying to figure out how to repeat that magic moment. And you'll be able to snag a Wii at every garage sale in America.
