| Einsam_Delphin said: @Soundwave: Well it's a fact that the Wii is the Gamecube's successor. I mean, physically the only real differences between it and the cube are motion controls, online features, n better graphics. It was marketed differently but why does that matter to you? It got them the sales the GC didn't have, which is good for them, means nothing for you. And here's yet another why do you care. The philosophy doesn't matter as long as we get the goods, which we did. Also I never said anything about you saying Microsoft is wrong or whatever. Only that you're caring too much about insignificant things and not enough about the games themselves, which are what matters most as they're what make the system, not the actual system itself. |
The Wii is not the natural trajectory of Nintendo hardware if MS wasn't in the business IMO (not that this is MS' fault, it's just an indirect result of it). That's just how I feel about it.
What the Wiimote actually was was intended to be an accessory add-on to the GameCube, but once the GameCube "failed" they switched gears and based an entire hardware concept around that controller. And the rest is of course history. It was great for Nintendo in the sense that it made them obsene amounts of money, probably easily the most profitable game console ever, perhaps not so great for their long term positioning in the game business though.
In the same way a Sega fan can say, Sega probably would still be making hardware today if Sony didn't enter the game business, and they're probably right.
