[UPDATED] GameSpot: Nintendo's Failure to Innovate and the Trouble With Nostalgia

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another thing is that for me at least controllers are fine the way they are, i'd much rather a company try to innovate through games and software features which can be used to improve game experiences than to experiment with controller features that probably won't have much longevity anyway

i see many nintendo fans raising that point with regards to nintendo that from their perspective nintedos way of radically changing input through the controller is the best way

but the way i see it since their inception we've steered cars with wheels, controlled our computers with mouse and keyboard, steered aircraft with control sticks etc because up to a point with technology you reach a point where the most ergonomic solution is found ( baring further technological advances in the future ) and you utilise that solution

and i see games the same way, the most ergonomic solution has been found in controllers and there is no need for a radical change to them at present

sure eventually as technology advances a new solution may be found like with phones where there was a transition from keypads to touchscreens but i don't think that has happened for controllers yet