Will Wright has spoken out in the wake of his Bafta fellowship victory, the designer praising the console as the only true 'next-gen' machine. "Somebody asked me what I thought next generation meant and what about the PlayStation 3 was next generation. The only next gen system I've seen is the Wii - the and the feel like better versions of the last, but pretty much the same game with incremental improvement", Wright told the UK's Guardian in the wake of his London Games Week award.

He added that the Wii thrived, "not that the graphics are more powerful, but that it hits a completely different demographic." Further praising this groundbreaking milestone, that he says marks a leap ahead in gaming of the non-traditional variety.

The creator also revealed that he owns a Wii at home, which proves very popular in his household, while the 360 'gathers dust'. He apparently doesn't own a PS3. "I still, for the most part, prefer playing games on the computer - to me the mouse is the best input device ever", he affirmed. "Every generation it's like 'the PC's dead! The PC's dead!'. But it carries on growing when consoles are flat for five years. At the moment I can get better graphics on my than I can on the PS3."

More on Wright's thoughts as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge