| maxnyc said: You're failing to understand and comprehend a few obvious things. First and possibly most importantly, there's a major difference between invention & innovation. Nintendo was undeniably the first gaming company to make proper use of many ideas, some which had already existed in primeval form (as in your example of the game.com device). They implement things from a hardware & software side, creating compelling & unique gaming experiences. They innovated the first d-pad, which you admit. They released the first true portable gaming machine, the gameboy. They introduced the first 3d system, the virtuaboy which was a failure, later corrected with the 3ds. They introduced the first 360 thumbstick (& rumble) with the n64. They implemented connectivity with the gamecube & gameboy advance, a first at the time. They implemented touch controls and dual-screens with the DS, in a way that no other gaming company had even come close to accomplishing. They realized motion controls with a home console experience, also a first. I'm not claiming Nintendo invented every single one of these things, but they certainly innovated all of them, and brought them to life in a way that no other company ever did. This is the hardware side, if you want to have a history of software, we can do that too... |
Except, again, they didn't do most of those things first. For example, unless you define "true portable gaming device" in an exceedingly peculiar way, Milton Bradley were the first with the Microvision a decade before the GameBoy. Nintendo themselves were only a few years behind MB with their Game & Watch line. At any rate, I don't take issue with you calling Nintendo the most innovative gaming company, as they very probably are, but your original post said they made the first this and the first that when they in fact did not.
