[Nieuws] Geschreven door Theun op 2007-03-12 22:57:18

Microsoft: "Chris Hecker heeft gelijk"

Kim Pallister van Microsoft Casual Games steunt het 'grapje' van Chris Hecker op een serieuze manier. [URL="http://www.wiids.nl/article.php?id=19525"]Een aantal dagen geleden[/URL] wisten we jullie te melden dat Chris Hecker zijn excuses heeft aangeboden voor het afzeiken van de Wii. Toch komt Kim Pallister, van Microsoft Casual Games, vandaag zijn eerste verhaaltje even steunen. Kim Pallister komt met de onderstaande argumenten. [QUOTE]* That while people have raved about their innovative controller and the more risk-taking games they have brought to market, this should not give them a ‘get out of jail free card’ on the fact that they have delivered an underpowered machine. * That while it is certainly possible to deliver works of art in a minimalist fashion, artists shouldn’t be REQUIRED to do so. (Just because it’s possible to render fantastic art using only a piece of charcoal, that doesn’t mean artists can’t also accomplish a more varied spectrum of work using color, if you’ll pardon the pun). This is as valid an argument as that of the people saying that “high def doesn’t mean better games”. Amen. [Worth noting that Hecker’s rant last year was anti-Sony and anti-MS, chastising the two platforms for being graphics-heavy and general-computation-light] * The other part of his talk was chastising Nintendo’s focus on lighter-weight fare and on ‘fun’ as being detrimental to the industry’s efforts on getting games taken seriously as art. While I agree less with this one, I do think it was valuable to state, if for no other reason to get people having the conversation.[/QUOTE] Weer zit er iemand te zeuren om de grafische beperkingen van de Wii en dat iets nieuws niet gelijk geweldig is. Maar wat wil je van directe concurrent Microsoft? Bron: kimpallister.com