Has Nintendo spoiled it for the rest of them?

[Game_boy]

Mummelmann said:

Game_boy said:
Well, maybe the real reason the vision died was because people really, actually don't want all-in-one functionality, and without Nintendo none of the consoles woulde have sold well and the market would have shrunk.

Demand wasn't diverted away from PS3 / Xbox 360 as media centres; it simply didn't exist.

Yes, we all know that people don't buy cellphones with more gear than you need for making calls and sending an sms...

Actually, I believe that cellphone companies are pushing this functionality onto us in an effort to make money from it, e.g. mobile internet subscriptions, digital music stores and various kinds of premium data transfer like video conferencing.

I think that most cellphone owners don't really care whether such functionality exists, but are effectively forced to buy it. It is impossible to find a phone without a camera now, without paying a premium for the 'privilege' of having no camera included.