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Every major announcement Nintendo makes is met with this type of cynicism. The truth is that Nintendo is the only company who has the balls to try something new
by gfodor 15y ago
Every major announcement Nintendo makes is met with this type of cynicism. The truth is that Nintendo is the only company who has the balls to try something new, and is willing to fail in order to bring gamers fun new experiences they couldn't have before. The fact that the Wii caused the competitors to react by incorporating motion controls into their games makes it pretty clear that we should expect to hear about Sony and Microsoft's amazing new touch-screen based controllers sometime in 2014.
- int3rnaut 15y agoI think the big cause for concern isn't Nintendo's innovation, it's the fact that they can't inspire third party developers to really innovate on their machine. As Gimicky as the controls were on the Wii, it was and is a decent system (granted mine has collected dust for 2 years) but it just didn't have the support to make it a gaming system worth mention in the mind of traditional gamers.
- seanalltogether 15y agoNintendo originally assumed that their slimmed down hardware would be attractive to 3rd parties because they wouldn't have to change their toolchains. Unfortunately the industry was already moving on and dropping the Wii meant less complication in the workflow.
- asnyder 15y agoI know that I was truly disappointed and deceived by the Wii. Other than Zelda, I feel the console was a waste of money. Sure, Wii sports and some other games are fun from time to time, but it gets old fast. I bought the Wii on launch day and haven't used it in well over a year, however, my xbox on the other hand is used much more frequently, along with the kinect. IMO, xbox 360, xbox live, and the kinect is just a better experience. I won't be fooled again, and in the case of Wii U, I'll just rent the console to play whatever new version of Zelda and that'll be that.