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richardhutnik on 06 June 2012
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Ajescent said:
richardhutnik said:
Ajescent said:
Regardless of what people might think of Wonderbook, it's a brilliant idea.

I won't knock Wonderbook.  And I hope it does well.  When seeing it, I just felt this very strong feeling that a forum like this here would end up with numbers getting very angry at Sony and start to knock it.  Well, it fits into the augmented reality category, and requires a different way to interface.  Core gamers set in their ways don't like this, so they start mocking Sony for not pandering to their interests.  Nintendo went through the same with the Wii, and anger at motion control with Microsoft comes from the same place.

People always accuse Sony of copying Nintendo and now they do something none of the others have done before, no one says anything. I think it's a bit dickish but yes I agree with you, it's the way of the forums.

Call it a bit of irony that I am the one who started this thread to saying Nintendo is the only one showing leadership and innovation.  I have been saying pretty much everyone borrows from everyone, if there is a market for it.  You even see Microsoft getting Ubisoft to turn Trials into an answer for LittleBigPlanet with Trials Evolutuon.  And Nintendo ends up having the pro pad look like everything else and did make changes to the WIiU pad to be like the current HD pad controllers also in function.

Where we are now, that happens when companies try things different, is they get ripped into by core gamers.  It is annoying actually.  And then people get upset also when I do what I do and call it out, and actually try to defend Nintendo for innovation on the hardware front.  I happened to get a bit tired of ripping Nintendo down this time around, and predicting flopping in a big way, when I am interested in their hardware.  I was also interested in the Vita by the way.  My natural reaction to both the Wii U and Vita is (also the Wii): They look like fun!  

You know the word, "Fun"?  Seems people may forget that and desire "serious artistic expression" or something so they get all gaga over the Heavy Rain type stuff, because it is supposed to be "art".