Nintendo, the scapegoat of the industry

[Volterra_90]

Srassy said:

Volterra_90 said:

Well, even if I want to buy a PS4 in some time, I wouldn't say Sony had balls. PS4 is just another PS1/2/3 with more power, and that's it; and I can't think of a bold move from them. I think they play very, very safe, not saying that's a bad thing, though. 

They didn't have to make bold moves because Sony were smart (for once).  They asked developers what they wanted.  They took heaps of time to design the console properly.  The PS3 was poorly designed and people let them know it.  Fixed the problems and now PS4 can play and install, got the party function finally, downloads while gaming, easy game recording and it seriously does make it easier to game with my real friends.

Exactly. They made a good hardware at a competitive price and asked developers to have a varied catalogue. That's Sony's sucess, they played smart. But that's nothing to do with having balls or boldness. They played safe, but they played great. Nothing bad about it as I said.  The path of innovation is hit and miss, depending on the public's reception. Nintendo suceeded with the Wii/DS and failed with the WiiU, that's a risk that comes with trying to do things a little different (at least, hardware-wise). And, well, the marketing was beyond awful. I saw commercials in my country marketing the console: "New Wii in HD". I know about people who think that it's not even a new console lol.