The PS4 Won The Console Generation By Being Boring: Can The PS5 Do The Same?

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Dulfite said:
It's weird but the safer Sony is, the more successful they are. The riskier Nintendo is, they either fail miserably or hit success as well.

Gameboy made portable gaming a thing.
Gameboy color had color.
Virtual boy...
64 changed movement abilities.
GameCube had 3d technology designed for it that was never used.
DS had Touchscreen.
Wii had motion controls.
3ds had 3d without glasses.
Wii U had gaming around your house.
Switch has gaming completely on the go while still connecting to the TV.

Nintendo hasn't made a normal, PlayStation like device since the SNES. I don't even know what they'd sell like if they did, it's been so long.

I mostly agree with you, except I don't think the Gamecube pushed the boundaries too much.  The N64 definitely did though since it was the first to do 3D and rumble.  The Gamecube was kind of like the Super-N64.  By that time it was orthodox rather than new, and as you said the 3D tech potential it had was never used.

Overall I'd say you make a good point though.  The only consoles where Nintendo played it safe were the SNES, Gamecube and Gameboy Advance.  Everything else tried to be extremely innovative whether that be good or bad.