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Lastgengamer on 31 March 2010

Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed that Nintendo wants the public to embrace new gaming technology and no longer be a bit worried over what is new and different.

Speaking with Eurogamer after receiving his BAFTA Fellowship earlier in the month, Miyamoto relayed that he felt Wii was instrumental in getting rival console makers to start taking motion control seriously.

“For the past five or six years it has been one of Nintendo’s challenges that we would like to persuade the public to understand that videogames are actually a very convenient and useful means to use in their daily lives. And I think our endeavors have borne some fruits so far,” he said.

“We’re hopeful we can expand that kind of endeavor so that in the future we’ll be able to see a situation where the general public are going to take for granted using videogames technology one way or another.

“The fact is many people are afraid or scared of gaming technology. Actually it’s very convenient, useful technology and as long as you can have some time to get accustomed there’s nothing to be afraid of at all.

“So my responsibility here must be to try to let people understand how convenient and useful game technology is and try to remove hurdles so that even your grandpa and grandma are waiting to turn on the power switch of your console easily without hesitation”.

Miyamoto also reiterated to Eurogamer, that he feels honored that Microsoft and Sony have taken to motion controls and are releasing its own versions of it.

“We feel it’s an honor that some form of entertainment style we created is now going to be taken for granted thanks to the attitude taken by the other companies,” he said. “On the other hand, Nintendo is a company that is always striving to create something unique and unprecedented. And if we can do that, if we can establish to the world that videogames have such huge potential for daily life, the existence of games will be even more highly appreciated by the public.

“I have to admit videogames still have some way to go in order to reach the level of movies when it comes to social acceptance by the general public. That reminds me I’m really grateful to receive this kind of award, and at the same time reminds me we still have to carry on making a great effort.”

The interview is rather thick, but you should definitely give it a read. It’s Miyamoto after all, so get to it.

http://www.vg247.com/2010/03/31/many-people-are-afraid-or-scared-of-gaming-technology-says-miyamoto/

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/shigeru-miyamoto-interview



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Hephaestos on 31 March 2010

hence the vitality sensor... to sense their FEAR!!!



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Orca_Azure on 31 March 2010
Hephaestos said:
hence the vitality sensor... to sense their FEAR!!!

mind = blown.  It makes perfece sense now. The vitality sensor would indeed be useful for sensing our fear. *works on conspiracy skynet theory*



-Newcloud- on 31 March 2010

the only piece of technology i see anyone being afraid of is a PC

game console are as easy to set up as DVD players



rmarier83 on 31 March 2010

No, I think it's the people at Nintendo who are afraid of technology. All of their consoles have had missing features (by 1-2 generations-optical discs, High-Def, Larger storage devices) or became under-powered.



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Games4Fun on 31 March 2010

He makes some good points. Hell my mother is only 50 and she will not touch any video game device without someone here to do it for her. She is always afraid she will break something and be out of that cash she spent. Me and my brother have been the only ones (now my younger cousin too) to play videos games as a hobby and only ones who knew how to correctly hook them up and all that fun stuff in the family. People are afraid to handle equipment they do not understand. Everyone here has problems with certain items I am sure. LIke me I am afraid to cook without someone telling me what to do and when to do it. But, this is easy as hell for a lot of people.  Same with working on cars, running machines, etc etc.



amp316 on 31 March 2010

You will be able to hook the Wii Vitality Sensor to your finger and it will be able to show you how afraid of it you really are.



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Khuutra on 31 March 2010
rmarier83 said:
No, I think it's the people at Nintendo who are afraid of technology. All of their consoles have had missing features (by 1-2 generations-optical discs, High-Def, Larger storage devices) or became under-powered.

....He's talking about the fact that some people see video games as intimidating for various reasons, and tech is one of them (the image of juvenile violence is another). What he's saying is that video games aren't scary at all, you jsut have to gt used to them, and it's his (and Nintendo's) mission to make that transition as easy as possible. He also says that Microsoft and Sony are doing their part with Move and Natal.

There is nothing objectionable here.



TWRoO on 31 March 2010
-Newcloud- said:
the only piece of technology i see anyone being afraid of is a PC

game console are as easy to set up as DVD players

To me, that's fine.

Neither of my parents could set up a DVD player though. And although she has played it about 20 times now, every time my grandma plays Wii bowling I have to re-explain what to do (and that only involves 1 button and a movement)



Millennium on 31 March 2010

Ah, it's good to see a major industry figure calling out the kinesophobes.



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