The Repetition of History - Microsoft is Nintendo

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makingmusic476 said:

Honestly, I remember things going more like this for NIntendo:

E305 - Wtf?  A remote!?  You've got to be kidding me!  Total fail.  Nintendo going 3rd party confirmed!
E306 - Well what do ya know, this stuff actually works.  And it's actually pretty darn cool!  *plays more tennis*

The hate didn't begin again until 2007/2008, when people were mad the Wii was selling so well and were scared games like Wii Fit would kill gaming or whatever.

Now compare this to Microsoft:

E309 - Controller free gaming?  What??  This is crazy!  Can't wait to see more!
E310 - Oh.  It actually doesn't work all that well.  And are we really only going to get games like Your Shape?  Where's the hardcore stuff?  And wait, it costs how much!?!  Oh, that's not confirmed.  But what if it's true?!

Honestly, the two seem fairly opposite to me.  People laughed at the Wii's premice, but it ended up delivering a year later.  With Kinect, most people were quite impressed at first, then gradually became more and more let down.

Nintendo didn't show the Wii remote at E3 2005, they showed it at the TGS 2005. Just saying.