| papflesje said: we’d never consider iterating off of existing competitive technology - because we think that’s a fad Honestly, I do not see that as "wii is a fad", more as "copying something others have done to get some profit from it as well = a fad (for the PS3) that won't last long". |
He is refering to non-traditional input methods. Which console has non-traditional input methods? The question was about nintendo
Q: You mentioned the Blu-ray remote, and one of Nintendo’s key successes has been the accessibility of controls - something that’s not daunting to non-native gamers. What are your thoughts on that area?
SS: …I think the notion of that controller is a non-trivial point that you’ve brought up, that control and that familiarity is like comfort food - from my perspective, we lead, we don’t follow. And as a brand, Nintendo’s got their thing, and we’re not trying to get the senior citizen group to get into gaming, we’re looking to convert the PS2 owners and the tens of millions of installed base that were playing DVDs and playing games on their PS2, to now play Blu-ray movies and Blu-ray games with their PS3.
…So we’re all about looking at ways to keep that bar high, and from a peripheral standpoint the Blu-ray remote helps people get in and out of their digital media, but we’d never consider iterating off of existing competitive technology - because we think that’s a fad and that’s not the way we approach product development. It’s not the way we approach the marketing or the branding of PlayStation.
Because Sony so totally Rad, while Nintendo is a Fad for teh babiez and old farts.
Okay, I added in that last part but you get the point. It reminds me of the Genesis commercials. Blast processing and CD games were way better than the Super Nintendo according to Sega but that didn't help them in the end.
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
