"N"ext Revolution?

[DexInDaJungle]

Am I the only one who feels like Kapi was only being half serious, if even that much? I might be wrong, he might genuinely feel that way lol

Anyway, people keep throwing around the word innovation when it comes to Nintendo. Someone even gave a definition of the word, claiming that it means that Nintendo is some how setting industry wide standards. Well, I wanna ask something. What standard have they set exactly? They were great in 80s and 90s when it came to software innovation but post Snes, what have they really done?

Motion gaming was a nice little thing with the Wii and is still used on the Wii U but can we really say it set the standard? I mean many of the "hardcore gamers" claimed to have hated the Wii mote and while the competition tried to mimic it in their own way, it never really stuck and it's seen as one of the reasons many people dislike the Wii U. The Gamepad is extremely controversial, while I myself don't mind it as a controller, others see it as a nuisance. Second screen gaming is a neat idea and I won't lie, I've met people who love it but when the majority simply doesn't care for it can you still call it a success?

3D gaming on the 3DS flopped harder than anything else, how many people actually turn it on for more than 20 minutes at a time or just to see what the cut-scenes look like with it on. As for their games, while I love most of their first party line-up nothing really screams innovative to me. Nintendo does things in a different way compared to the competition and while different in no way means bad, it doesn't necessarily mean innovative either.

There isn't much going on with Sony or Microsoft that is very innovative either to be fair, the Kinect and PS Camera are big time flops and we're simply not ready for virtual gaming just yet in my opinion. The bottom line is, people don't really want change, the stats don't really lie. While the Wii sold extremely well, it didn't take long for people to jump off that bandwagon and go back to standard gaming.

Of course, this just my opinion and I'm sure many will disagree and that's fine.