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homer said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
homer said:


Its still a gimmick. Their comtemporaries cashed in on the casualization of gaming. Microsoft did pretty well for themselves as well. That gimmick is keeping them ahead of Sony in sales.

S.T.A.G.E. said:



Not according to your definition it isn't. Perhaps you need a different definition of gimmick. I could care less if it makes a system sell better or not.


I didnt make a definition of a gimmick, I know what a gimmick is.

 

 

gim·mick

   [gim-ik]  Show IPA
noun
1.
an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem,especially one designed to attract attention or increaseappeal.

 

Ok. That isn't the definition you bolded as the definition in you above post. I like this definition much better because it's like your admitting that motion controls are "cleverly and originally devised and well suited to its purpose" as signified by the use of ingenious. I like that definition a lot actually.


The Wii Mote is ingenius, but next generation Nintendo is using a new gimmick. Nintendo likes using gimmicks to keep their consoles gameplay fresh. The other consoles stay the same but change the power.