Nintendo's next-generation console, the Wii, is a system geared toward the more casual gamer. Now, this is all fine, until developers start cutting corners on the games they are creating using the scapegoat that it is made for a more casual audience. The first example that comes to mind is Rock Band Wii. The core game remains, but character creation, onlie play, downloadable content, and a story mode were all removed. So you have songs to play with friends, but everything that made that fun is now gone. How did Activision, the creators of Rock Band, justify this? By saying that the casual gamer wants the core package and, drumroll please, 5 bonus songs! Why is this ridiculous? Because even casual gamers want the standard game released for the other systems ather than a sloppy port. No one deserves to be the victim of lazy developers, yet lately Nintendo's customers are paying for it again and again.
