| Khuutra said: I think we have gotten away from the original point Goddog, I maintain that the DS/Wii has changed things. The change is all around us. It's changed the face of the industry and the heart of it; there has been no greater source of change in the last ten years. |
The DS has not changed anything, it inherited its user base in the game boy line. It form factor including the two screens that come from a prior Nintendo hand held one even older then the original game boy. It did not push game design or interaction anywhere it had not been before.
Honestly to support your idea of a new cheaper gaming environment I am surprised you did not use the iphone/ipod touch which have been heavily advertised as gaming devises (I think the droid, and other smart phones may fall into this too if the push the idea). I would have bowed to that, though I feel its too early still to see if it’s a fad or an actual move. I do believe if the iphone/touch does cause a change it gaming, it will lead to an arms race in quality and cost of the games as the devise becomes more capable.
As for the wii it has not changed anything presently. Nintendo’s prominence right now is due to a well planned though out and executed business model, launching at the right time, and a temporary influx of persons to gaming community beyond a normal growth rate that will leave.
Nintendo has not believed enough in either touch or motion to push them as the sole means to drive your console/handheld, and because of that lack of faith they have not forced a revolutionary change in the gaming community. No doubt they will be imitated they are making money after all. But it will be left to which every company forces that change to be the next great leap in gaming
so no I do not see the DS or wii as the greatest change, I see them as enablers of the status quo
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