What company would hurt the gaming industry the most...

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DOATS1 said:

Sky Render said:
I have yet to see any company besides Nintendo come up with an innovation which has actually remained in use for more than 2 generations. So far, the only development made that they did not pioneer is the "Eye Toy" style camera. Which hasn't caught on nearly as well as things like, say, analog or rumble.

Why would Sony or Microsoft innovate? They have no incentive to take that kind of risk when they can just incrementally upgrade. Sony and MS stand to lose a great deal if they opt to take authentic risks instead of just improve on what's already there. Simply improving on what's already there is a very safe move, and guaranteed to work as long as the market doesn't get overshot or stagnant, which is why neither has branched out in any meaningful way.

Big companies are noted for this, and for getting knocked off their high horse by the little companies as a result. Even when the entire industry is sinking, big companies will still opt to take the safe route that no longer works.

 

online gaming (notably xbox live)

optical storage media

local hard disk media

wireless controllers

montion controllersusb interface

wireless communication

hi-def

 

are all my ideas of innovating in the vg industry, because they ALL helped to move the industry forward. these aren't just uselss upgrades, they useful features for the user and the maker. they make it easier to make and play games, all of which were thought of and used by the big 3. nintendo didn't think of all this, they also realised that some of those features will help them, and they realised it could be a standard, and they adopted them. i stand strongly by my opinion, nintendo aren't the only ones with ideas. the vg indusrty can survive without them.

now i'm not syaing that nintendo can eff off, because i want them to stay i've owned every nintendo home console except the gamecube so i can't see myself not owning a nintendo console in the near future. but they don't own the vg industry.

 

What do you mean by Wireless communication?