Comments on: Will Wright: The Wii is the only Next-gen System https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2007/11/12/will-wright-the-wii-is-the-only-next-gen-system/ My name is Jesper Juul, and I am a Ludologist [researcher of the design, meaning, culture, and politics of games]. This is my blog on game research and other important things. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Headlandyaw.Com » Will Wright: The Wii is the only Next-gen System https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2007/11/12/will-wright-the-wii-is-the-only-next-gen-system/comment-page-1/#comment-52645 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:35:33 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/?p=399#comment-52645 […] Wright wrote an interesting post today on Will Wright: The Wii is the only Next-gen SystemHere’s a quick […]

]]> By: lemon https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2007/11/12/will-wright-the-wii-is-the-only-next-gen-system/comment-page-1/#comment-52640 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:22:51 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/?p=399#comment-52640 The Wii and the DS are both next-gen systems in need of next-gen games. And by next-gen games I mean lighter and casual games.

Games. Not digital entertainment. Games.

Throughout the 90s and the early aughts, the focus was overwhelmingly on everything but the game – interactive video, FMV cutscenes, “complex” narratives, moving emotional journeys, user created content, games as fiction. I’m no saying these things are going away, but we have reached a point where the “series of interesting decisions” that makes a game what it is can easily get lost in a sea of cutscenes, railroading and decisions whose only consequence is whether you end up with a happy ending or not.

As much as I enjoyed Half-Life 2, gaming’s future lies with Wii Sports and the Xbox Live version of Settlers of Catan.

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