Entertainment without content or value
LOS ANGELES — The Japanese video game titans, Nintendo and Sony, announced wide-ranging, if not entirely breathtaking, constellations of new games and services at the E3 convention here on Tuesday, but did not appear to significantly alter their overall strategies in the fast-growing game market, as Microsoft did on Monday.Have you given any thought recently to what a pointless waste of time video games are? I have. These are entertainments that my generation enjoyed in adolescence and that some—distracted by the steady evolution of the games and the technology that underlies them—have forgotten to outgrow. Almost anything else you could choose to do with your time would be more personally and socially beneficial. Watching a string of TV commercials would be more educational. Web surfing should carry degree credit by comparison.
Nintendo — which is riding high on the gangbusters popularity of its DS handheld game unit and its Wii home console — continued to aim largely at children and the mainstream consumers who have adopted gaming in recent years, propelling the industry and the hobby beyond its historical base of young male players. Sony, which is finally generating some traction and excitement around its PlayStation 3 console after initial stumbles, directed most of its new offerings at more traditional gamers, as well as at movie buffs interested in the company’s high-definition Blu-Ray disc format. - New York Times, July 16, 2008
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