Gaming press writer eats humbel pie about dismissing the DS at first,

[LordTheNightKnight]

mike_intellivision said:
If you asked "gamers" which would be the more successful handheld when released -- the PSP would have been the choice hands-down. But Nintendo went for something different and dominated.

If you asked "gamers" which would be least successful console when released -- the Wii would have been the choice hands-down. But Nintendo went for something different and has the largest market share.

This is all about Nintendo changing the perception of gaming -- both how it is done and who does it. Consoles may be a tougher fight because of the issues involved (such as non-portability and three entries instead of two). But it shows that the company is looking to do thinkgs its own way instead of lazily following the crowd.

Kudos to Rob Fahey for writing this mea culpa. Bruce on Games he is not.

Mike from Morgantown

I think you mean "callenging the perception". Changing the perception is what the enthusiast gamers want to do. "Soon the mainstream will start to see games as legitimate art form!" Nintendo actually made games that fit with the mainstream perception of games. Not what they they thought games were, but what they would have liked them to be.