Agreed with you that delightful playfulness is sorely lacking these days, and that all the established players are fairly uninspired. Sony has had some designe

Agreed with you that delightful playfulness is sorely lacking these days, and that all the established players are fairly uninspired. Sony has had some designers that just get it over the decades, but sadly they're all over the place. Weird Sony is amazing - see http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/29/4783132/the-amazing-products-of-weird-sony http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/29/4783132/the-amazing-produc... . Nintendo has also some inspired moments, but they stumble a lot.