Shigeru Miyamoto: "In the world of fun, there's only number one."

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pray4mojo said:

Soundwave said:

It's a nice PR spin, but for those of us who actually remember a time when Nintendo meant great Nintendo 1st, 2nd, AND all the 3rd party support in the world, it rings kinda hollow. The only difference is now we have fewer software diversity on Nintendo platforms and long droughts neither of which is "fun", nor is Nintendo's obsession with trying to win back the mini-game audience, it's more desperate than original in a way, that was original *10 years* ago. 1,2 Switch is something that could have been on the original Wii and it looks inferior to even Wii Sports ... I personally don't call that progress. 

There is a number 1 and it's this:

 

You obviously took what he said on face value. He didn't mean being unique makes you the market leader. He meant that by being "one of a kind" you're atuomatically number one at what you're doing because there's simply no one else competeing. The PS4 is the market leader of the 8th generation, but it's been done before. It's not the "first" in that regard. Sony has released the same basic product since the PS1. They didn't even change the controller until this generation lol. They're followers, not creative leaders. Nintendo are the creative leaders as far as hardware goes. Does that mean they're always the market leader? Nope, not at all. But creatively, hell yeah. They're always taking risks and trying something new. 

Yeah, ok, fine....

Making something different for the sake of different isn't always the way to go. 

What I like about the Sony approach is the fact they have established the "PS" as like a home/"Station." If you like gaming on their console best, then chances are you're always going to like gaming there because it feels so good and familiar. Sony are the ONLY one's that ever took an approach like this. That's probably why beginning with PS1 the PlayStation has always been my "main" console of choice. I was never about "brands" when it came to gaming until PS1. I don't think a gaming console has ever impressed so much. It felt so good to play on, the console itself was so successful that I didn't even think twice about going on board with the PS2. I knew what I was getting.

Yeah, PS3 only suffered due to the high price but the console itself was typical Sony quality. But yeah, in the end, PlayStation is my gaming "home." It has become so familiar now to me I literally cannot even begin to imagine playing with another controller or browsing through an interface that isn't designed by Sony.