Million said:
Your getting trapped in the same mentality that got Sony's ass kicked , who said anything about coming out with superior motion controlls ? It's not neccaserily the advanced technology that wins market share , it's how that technology is applied . When Nintendo lost with the gamecube , histroical trends would have indicated they would just release a super powerful console to rival that of Sony and MS , but they went against historical trends why do people think that Sony and Microsoft lack the capacity to do the same ?. Alll Nintendo's I.P's owe their success to the innovation in technology you might aswell put a big (motion controll/touchscreen) because the software was only realy facilitiated by the technology , if you think about it it's only logical that Nintendo would release Wii Sports , Wii Fit etc the real genius is in the motion control/touch screen innovations. None of those games would have sold more than 500k with traditional controls. Will Nintendo's innovation in technology secure them another generation , I think it's likely it won't for two reasons. (1) Sony and MS would have had the opportunity to learn from their mistakes , underdogs are typicaly more hungry (hence more innovative, thoughtful in strategy) for success. (2) Nintendo is more likely to rely on proven methods instead of taking the huge risk of a big innovation in technology (i'm not so sure that Ninendo had a 100% the Wii would be the market leader it is today , I think it was more a leap of faith than a calculated risk , there was no demographic they could test their hypothesis against.) The gaming market is fast changing and dynamic , I don't think Nintendo acknowledged this fully instead they've created I.P's which all conform to the Wii___ concept , what if Sony or Microsoft realise a better way of applying the motion controlls , what if they come out with something superior . This will mean that the distinguishing selling point of the Nintendo brand will mean nothing , they also won't have any new I.P's to rely on , it'll be the same old Nitnendo that got their asses handed to them in the N64,GC era.
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The only thing you're doing is rewording "superior motion controls" to "superior appliance of motion controls". Stop being so contradictory.
Also, even if we go your way and completely disregard the Wii series, the ONLY exclusive IP that can even be mentioned in the same breath as Nintendo's big hitters (Mario, Zelda, Pokémon) is Halo. That's probably not going to change. Nintendo already have their big IPs ... Sony and Microsoft were forced to create their IPs because Nintendo already had.
