Cafe is going to be awesome - The Official Thread

[NJ5]

padib said:

NJ5 said:

Metallicube said:

TomaTito said:

To the people who say it's just going to be an Xbox/PS3, remember this last year.

"For us high definition by itself is not the nextfrontier, [...] we need to provide a whole new compelling experience in our next generation."

What is that experience? Let's find out at E3.

Hopefully it's not just the DC style screen on a controller.

Guess we'll find out soon. Freakin E3 can't get here soon enough!

I doubt that's all they have to offer. The screen on a controller thing looks extremely gimmicky (other than the potential to stream games around the house, but by itself that's too small a feature to warrant a new console).

Why gimmicky? Because no one wants to be looking back and forth between the TV and the controller every so often. It would be almost as annoying as it is when one's playing on the PC and has to look away to find a key on the keyboard. So it would have to be used quite rarely, which makes it a gimmick by definition.

But Crystal Chronicles and 4 swords were good examples of this not being gimmicky. It add depth to the maps and live-actions.

I guess those would be the exceptions that confirm the rule...

If Nintendo launches a new console where the only differences vs the Wii are better graphics and the screen controller thing, I think people will care more about the better graphics than the screen.