| S.T.A.G.E. said:
Nintendo products were considered toys before the Playstation turned them into profitable multimedia hub. Cell Phones were just phones before Apple create Iphones and Black Berrys came along. A multimedia hub isn't a gimmick, it's a legit device where you can play your games, DVD's, MP3's, Video chat and more. The PS3 is the savior of the Blu Ray format and the cause of affordability for families around the world, just as they and Microsoft (following behind) were for DVD's. Motion controls brings casual appeal back to gaming. Yes....thats true...it increased the market size by allowing people to hate gaming or find it to be too much of a challenge to finally have fun with it without complexities. So? Kinect one-upped that and Microsoft is using those legs to stay ahead of the PS3. The PS3 is the only losing console thats been able to stay close to its main competitor primarily off of multimedia and core titles nearly tripling the sales of the Gamecube if it hasn't already. |
As far as I can tell the only part that made Playstation unprofitable is their emphasis on multi-media, blu ray and unneeded value-adds that have nothing or little to do with gaming.
Is it just me or the 360 did fine without Blu-Ray, without the do-all cell processor? hmmm... maybe they should just stick to making game machines.
But wait, that's what Nintendo does.
Gimmicks are things that attract. Pure gimmicks are products that attract while bringing little value. To what might I ask? To gaming.
Hence, the Playstation 2's DVD capabilities, the Playstation 3's blu-ray playback capabilities are all pure gimmicks as far as gaming is concerned.
Motion controls are the pole opposite. Sorry to break it to you.
Are they a technology in the making? Yes. Are they fully ready? No. Are they gimmicks? No. They would be gimmicks if your movements reflected nothing happening on screen, but that's not the case. If it was, I would have agreed with you a long time ago.
But my conclusion here is that the Gamecube is the opposite of the Playstation line of products when it comes to the gaming industry. It was actually meant to be a gaming machine and not a media hub + dishwasher. Hence, the cube is the savior of gaming in contrast with the Playstation family of products, which are gimmicks.
