What the Wii did right, against all odds

[LordTheNightKnight]

sethnintendo said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Galaki said:

I really like the split controller. I don't even realize it until it's mentioned. My hands are rested comfortably on games that doesn't require use of pointer or motion.

Ninty wasn't the first to try it (there were experimental and small scale production models from small specialized companies and university labs many years before), but it was the first to do it right and affordable. I still think that not having included WM Plus functions since the start was an error (being able to price Wii $50 more than initially predicted, thanks to competitors' excessive price, gave Ninty enough margin to do it), but any company could accept errors that let them sell more than 85M consoles and give them large chances to sell more than 110M lifetime in the worst case scenario.

WM Plus should have been there in the beginning but can't really go back and change that now.  They also fouled up on the implementation of WM plus.  I was just wanting to point out that while Nintendo might not be the first to implement new control schemes they definitely make new control schemes popular (analog sticks, motion controls, dual screens, etc..)

The gyroscope needed wasn't small and affordable enough in 2006. It wasn't until around 2008. So should can't change couldn't.