You don’t have to like something to respect it. Sadly, many dedicated gamers seem set on drawing parallels.

You see, there are two types of non-Wii gamers. Let’s call them John and Mike. Both like video games and have played them for many years — well before motion-controls entered the mainstream. They may or may not consider themselves “hardcore” gamers.

John, the first one, may not like the Wii personally, but he still respects its industry-leading sales and its skillful designer, Nintendo. He doesn’t feel the need to discount what Nintendo has done with insipid comments because he knows his favorite games and genres can and will coexist on competitor platforms, maybe even on Nintendo systems once in a while. (more…)