| Pyro as Bill said: "...and sony has 1:1 down to a science" and .."they were just talkin' some trash as they usually do" These were my two favourite lines. LOL. I think you've misunderstood Nintendo. They meant that once everyone else copies motion, Nintendo will start something else. They won't abandon the wii-mote just as they haven't abandoned old controls. They'll just come up with something new that other companies just don't have the ability to come up with ie the Vitality sensor. See: Red ocean/blue ocean @disolitute. Sorry dude, Sega and Sony never took Nintendo's innovation torch. New business model maybe, innovation, hell no. |
But they pretty much have abandoned standard control save for the NES style buttons affixed to the wiimote itself. Non motion controllers must be purchased separately. Nothing is ever really completely abandoned, in which case, if the idea of abandonment must continue, then the applicable range must be increased. In this case, abandoned would be that the Wii has "dis-standardized" analog, shoulder buttons, and button number.
So, to rephrase my OP, since semantics have gotten in the way, "what will nintendo de-standardize/ what will they standardize?"
They've said before that they will always do something different. According to what we've seen, the only thing different come next gen is this vitality sensor, as balance boards are already in production by some companies for all systems.
Now, will the vitality sensor really make that much of a difference? The long answer is that the vitality sensor doesn't have that much to do with gameplay, and rather it is an add-on for exercise, where monitoring heart rate is important, which will likely be adapted by competing companies due to the technology being very simple and already existant in exact duplicate.
Of course, wii fit is probably ~20million reasons why the wii is in front. So this is indeed a great idea. If we can leave it as that, and just accept that it will have minimal implementation in standard gaming, where do we go?
What will be the innovation? An actual power glove? Possibly. But they run the chance of reaching triviality.
My point, as it has been, is that there really is nothing that can be innovated next generation with the same effect that motion control did this generation. I mean, I am kinda saying "Wiii is DoooMezdd!11", but not really... I am trying to say that Wii is going to have some stiff competition come next gen and it's going to be interesting to see how it pans out for them.
Not all nintendo controllers have been the best, same goes with the peripherals and innovations. There is always a risk. I'm just being realistic here.
