| psrock said: Well, they have to, I saw some great technology in E3 that came out of the competition. |
Again, you and probably most other people on this board are looking at the technology.
This is the entertainment business, just because something looks impressive doesn't mean it will pan out. This is the perspective Iwata is probably using to make his point(Note: the interview is with The Times. Not EGM)
There's software, price, functionality and target audience to consider. Among other things like branding and reputation.
My take is Nintendo won't come out with a technology that will impress you, again this is not an industry of technology. They'll come out with new things that help compliment the experience in new ways, the Vitality Sensor is one example of this. It does something that wasn't being done before in the world of mainstream videogaming. In principle, this isn't what Sony and Microsoft are doing. Motion controls and voice recognition became mainstream under Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are incorportating new technology, but not a new principle.
Nintendo will respond by introducing new principles, and Shifting the Paradigm once again. Gaming by standing still and focusing inward, if you think about it that is the Polar Opposite of Motion Control. By the time Sony and Microsoft get into it, the expanded audience won't be interested in Motion Control innovations anymore. That's what Iwata hopes to achieve by shifting the paradigm again. And that may include other things like Brain pattern recognition, again "still"-gaming.
Obviously, the hardcore computer gamer has been impressed by the technology from Natal/Sony, but these have never been Nintendo's customers, or Sony's predominantly. In breakout form these types of reactions don't really matter. For The Time online, what Iwata is probably focusing on is the true mainstream market.
