PC Games Allow Me To Introduce You To The Wii

As we all know real time strategy (RTS) and simulation games are widely popular genres on the PC but haven't had much success on home consoles. A mouse's point and click is much more preferrable and easier than using the analog stick along with a 4 or 5 buttons. So us console gamers haven't gotten the same RTS and sim love that PC's have. There are some amazing RTS games out there, like my personal favorite Age of Empires II and alot of great simulation games like SimCity or Rollercoaster Tycoon. All of these games have found alot of success on the PC and haven't even really been attempted for console because of control issues, however, all of that can change thanks to the Wiimote.

Just like a mouse, with the Wii remote you can point, click, and drag over your screen any way, shape, form, or fashion. This is a clear advantage over the traditional analog and button dominated controllers, but it also has an advantage over the mouse and keyboard because it can sense depth and has motion sensing. So our favorite RTS and sim games should be right at home on the Wii so why aren't we seeing a plethora in development?

I have a hunch that it has something to do with a little computer company who recently became a console manufacturer, that goes by the name of Microsoft. Of course PCs dominate the computer gaming world and who dominates the computer world? Microsoft. Because they have the main operating system used with the PC games they have influence with the companies that make them and alot of them are owned by Microsoft, like Ensemble Studios, makers of Age of Empires. So if Microsoft has, dare I say it, a monopoly on computer gaming, that would give them key influence on any PC game developers making games for the Wii. Of course they don't want to add anymore fuel to the Wii blaze that has taken over the world so they'll keep as many of the PC exclusive games PC exclusive for as long as they can.

We can only hope that independent third party developers such as EA who has such PC hits as SimCity and Sims will start to take notice and take advantage of this expansion of the point and click userbase. Luckily for us, it appears that they might already have with the upcoming MySims game, but we can only hope that this is a beginning to many more PC exclusive games coming to the Wii.