In a recent article put out by Forbes, silliness is put to paper by pen. In an attempt to hitch a ride to the GTA IV hype train, Forbes is trying to say that the lack of GTA could spell doom for the Wii’s success in the long term. They claim that GTA IV is going to sell consoles and since the Wii isn’t seeing a GTA release that they’ll lose out on many buyers. Seriously.
So why didn’t it hurt the Wii when they didn’t get Halo 3? What about Gears of War? BioShock? Hmmm, maybe because the average Wii buyer doesn’t care about those games. If the Wii is targeting a new market, than hit franchises from the past aren’t really going to matter much to the Wii’s success in either the short or long term. Forbes should probably go back to tracking some financial reports from some stupid Malaysian tech company we’ve never heard of or something. That might be for the best.
Original Forbes article: Shameless attempt to chime in on GTA IV
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May 8th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I just discovered this website and I really appreciate the opinions. I promise I don’t mean this in a flippant manner, but I’m a bit of a grammarian and I caught your misuse of “than” for “then” in the third line of the second paragraph. I hope Forbes doesn’t discount the well deserved insult over grammar, but I could see those smarmy fellers scoffing away over nothing. Great articles, thanks for making an intelligent site.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Hmmm, I missed that little edit. Ah well, I’ll leave it in. I’ve been a lazy proofreader lately. And by lately, I mean always. Pretty sad for someone with degrees in English and technical writing, huh?