Aug 26 2007
If you diss the Wii, your magazine will go out of business
That’s what Julian Eggebrecht thinks, at least. At last week’s convention in Leipzig, the Factor 5 president spoke in the Best Selling Games panel and had the following to say:
“Let’s say the Wii takes over the world. Just naturally, the traditional magazines — if they stick to their current position of slightly dissing it — will simply go out of business.
“If on the other hand the market stays as diverse as it is right now, which is actually quite exciting I think, then there just might be room for a more hardcore press which will potentially drift further away from the casual side, and a casual press which appreciates what companies like Nintendo are doing.”
Everyone who criticized the Revolution early on is looking dumbfounded right now, so it’s not so bad for them as individuals. But with the Wii surpassing worldwide 360 sales within half the time, anyone still saying the Wii won’t work out is just showing ignorance. That’s basically what Eggebrecht is saying. Being critical about the system is fine and healthy for gaming journalism, but writing it off is just unprofessional.
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Saying the Wii won’t last is almost like saying AA batteries will fit in something that takes AAA’s. It just doesn’t make sense. Wii is here to stay people. Get used to it!
Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider: (pulling down a diagram of Chewie) this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense!
Why would a Wookiee — an eight foot tall Wookiee — want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!
But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with this case? (calmly) Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense!
Look at me, I’m a lawyer defending a major record company, and I’m talkin’ about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense.
And so you have to remember, when you’re in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation… does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
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I was just going with the “doesn’t make sense”-theme that was going on, so I thought the Chewbacca defense was quite appropriate.