Final-Fan said:
Rpruett said:
Final-Fan said:
@ Rpruett: IMO a ballsy, bold move in a different direction than the competition/industry is pretty much a definition of innovation.
In other words, I think you're being way, way too restrictive in what constitutes innovation in consoles.
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No, I just don't think Nintendo....Innovated anything specifically within the industry when it comes to 'Motion Controls'.
Remember Sony has had similar tech contained with it's Eye Toy years prior and also came out with the Sixaxis (Which while I am aware is not the same as the Wii-mote) has a very similar concept. Sony, however was not willing to come into this generation (Fresh off a successful PS2 Gen) with a $600 dollar console AND a brand new control scheme.
They deserve all the credit in the world for making a gutsy decision, one that went against the grain of the industry and apparently finding a market for it as well. But I don't think they 'innovated' as people like to throw around here.
I don't think they did anything or had something so innovative and ingenius that Sony / Microsoft couldn't have grabbed up and done themselves. The difference is, Sony and Microsoft didn't believe/realize there was nearly as large of a market for it as there has been, otherwise make no mistake about it they would have done it as well.
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This is what you're misunderstanding. An innovator isn't always the first person to realize that something is possible, or the first one who is capable of doing it, or even the first person to be both.
The innovator is the first person with the imagination AND the ability AND the daring and drive to strike out into an unproven market. The innovator is the one who proves the market. That is what Nintendo did, and Sony and Microsoft didn't. They are only doing it now because Nintendo proved it can be done.
That is why Nintendo was an innovator this gen.
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I disagree. Sony innovated motion controls in the PS2 gen (And it was probably done even before that). Innovation is simply doing something in a new way. To that extent, every console this generation has 'innovated'. Sony innovated just as much as Nintendo did with their Sixaxis controller. Nintendo just happened to be far more successful in their venture. To say Nintendo 'innovated' motion controls and Sony didn't is just patently false. No where in the definition of innovation will you find 'success' being a keyword associated with it.
Nintendo in my opinion had nothing to lose. (N64/Gamecube were failures in light of the critical successes of NES/SNES.) They had a core fanbase that as long as their console was cheaply priced and wouldn't break their bank itwouldn't necessarily matter if they sold 30 million consoles overall or 150 million consoles overall atleast to their bottom line.
