Regarding the PS4 announcement - "More, More, More—How Do You Like It? "

[VGKing]

RolStoppable said:

pezus said:
What did Nintendo think would solve the problem? A tablet controller! Wow, mind-blown.

Why does gaming have to change significantly every generation?
And how did they not present some AWESOME ideas for GAMING - YES! For gaming. Gaikai is mindblowing and something that is a first in the industry.

And I would advise people to actually watch the conference before judging where Sony is going. Yes, this is directed at Rol.

What is the "right" direction for gaming? More platformers, more Nintendo games, simpler graphics obviously, but what else?

The actual solution was the Wii, but it was rejected by the industry. The Wii U was a response to Nintendo getting rejected by the industry. As such, the Wii U is part of the problem that is addressed in the article.

Gaming needs to survive. You can't keep selling to the same amount of consumers when development costs continue to go up. At some point there will be a collapse. If you paid any attention, the number of high profile studios that have closed has increased in the last few years.

The right direction for gaming is healthy diversity. An environment where publishers are willing to greenlight new ideas instead of one where they only bank on safe bets with ever increasing budgets. You, like many others in this thread, mistake this article as a rant of a Nintendo fanboy (since the tone is anti-Sony and Microsoft is heading down the same direction, it can only come from a Nintendo supporter). Didn't you notice that the middle has already fallen out on the 360 and PS3? JRPG fans probably know this problem, because these two HD consoles combined couldn't provide the wealth of the PS2. More power isn't going to solve this problem, it will only intensify it.

Why was Wii rejected by the industry though?

Because it was severely underpowered and had none of the big 3rd party games such as Grand Theft Auto or Assassin's Creed. Wii U is the solution to the Wii problem, but its too late.

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I can tell you didn't see the Sony conference. Long Story Short, the philosophy of the PS4 is a platform that removes all limitations. There's more than enough fast ram, there's social features to encourage social interaction, there's Cloud technology, smartphone/tablet/Vita integration and of course more than enough power to satisfy power-hungry developers. Probably most important of all is the support of all 3rd party developers. Something Nintendo would kill for.