Phil Spencer: "Nintendo future exists off their own hardware"

[zeldaring]

curl-6 said:

zeldaring said:

I never said Nintendo only innovates when they  fail. I said take risk and new direction is something they had to do after they failed. As you said Nintendo keeps things interesting by taking risk and innovation, we can all agree the 3 consoles manufactures all share this. so the main reason Nintendo really keeps things interesting is because they took a totally different direction with after GC failure.

This I can partly agree with, but even before the Wii they made a point of differentiating their systems from the competition; for instance they didn't just make the N64 a Nintendo branded PS1, they leaned hard into the analog stick, rumble, and 4 player local multiplayer. Likewise, GBA was a hit but they didn't just make the DS a stronger GBA or a Nintendo branded PSP.

That's basically all 3 console makers.  Playstation didn't just make stronger super nes it was was very different from the competition and used cd's and the first system that came out with descent hardware for 3d gaming and gave developers a system which they can better tell their stories thanks having enough space on cds. Heck even the first Xbox  didn't exactly just just make a stronger ps2 which was one of the most innovative consoles ever. The controller was totally different and they took online gaming to a whole new level. Point is there are still a continuation with new and exciting features that are hit ot miss like playstation vr.