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It's not like the WiiMote is that awesome to begin with. GOD THE LAG!!! and then they expect me to go buy a peripheral to use if I want better control. Uhh, no thanks. It should have been there to begin with.



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Wagram said:

It's not like the WiiMote is that awesome to begin with. GOD THE LAG!!! and then they expect me to go buy a peripheral to use if I want better control. Uhh, no thanks. It should have been there to begin with.

Disruption is crappy products for crappy consumers. With the Wii Remote, it was all about growing the market. With Motion Plus, it's about moving upstream to better customers. This is also why Sony and Microsoft have to respond because it is their market Nintendo is after.

You are the consumer Nintendo is after right now. You don't like the Wii Remote because it isn't good enough for you. So, Nintendo tends to change that by upgrading the product and the software for it.



leo-j said:

They should have not used the disc format, or jumped to 3d graphics, or announced a "3D DS" after sony announced a 3D PS3 a year before hand.. because if they feel that "copying" is such a bad thing, they should stop being hypocrites.

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They really annoy me with their high and mighty attitude. They don't OWN motion, and natal is even a different form of motion yet it's copying?



 

@Smashchu2 Well maybe not a counter attack, but Malstrom did say that Nintendo is trying to wipe out Sony, and he says that the 3DS is a sign of this. Since this handheld will provide 3D without the need of glasses and probably offer games that will be aimed towards a new audience, it could have a big impact on Sony and their take on 3D gaming with the PS3.



DixieKong said:

@Smashchu2 Well maybe not a counter attack, but Malstrom did say that Nintendo is trying to wipe out Sony, and he says that the 3DS is a sign of this. Since this handheld will provide 3D without the need of glasses and probably offer games that will be aimed towards a new audience, it could have a big impact on Sony and their take on 3D gaming with the PS3.

Yes, I definatly agree with you there. I guess the nature of the attack isn't so relevant though. This is why I find E3 so exciting.



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Smashchu2 said:
DixieKong said:
Smashchu2 said:
DixieKong said:

@Smashchu2 Yes, I also believe that the Vitality Sensor will be Nintendo's next step to creating a new experience and trying to further expand the audience it currently has. I think after the previous two generations that Nintendo really wants to differentiate themselves from their competitors and not compete directly with them, since that is the reason why they are doing so well now compared to how they were doing during the Nintendo 64 and GameCube eras. 

Looks like someome had their Weaties this morning.

You hit the nail on the head. When ever Nintendo tries to be like their competition, they lose. When they don't, and go down a different path, they succeed. Nintendo trying to keep themselves unique is going to be what keeps them going.

At the end of Blue Ocean Strategy it mentions that competitors will come in and try to take some of the new market. To be successful, the company needs to keep moving. Much like in the movies, you just keep swiming wildly while the bad guys miss with all their shots. The more you move, the better off you are. Nintendo is definatly taking a page from this. This may be why the Vitality Sensor was shown with no software. It's to show how they keep moving. 3DS is probably another dodge by Nintendo, and probably a counter attack.

@Smashchu2 Yes, I also believe that Sean Malstrom mentioned in one of his articles that he feels that the 3DS will be a very disruptive product and that it won't be like anything we have typically seen from Nintendo. I think he also might be suggesting that it is some sort of counter attack. I'm very interested to see what the 3DS will be like when Nintendo shows it at their E3 conference.

Well, I wouldn't call it a counter attack par say. I used that as I see Nintendo dodging the oncoming motion control battle and fight with a new disruptive valuve.

You can see I read a lot of Malstrom's stuff yes? I also agree that their goal is to whipe out Sony (which is why I see as a head one assult rather then a counter attack). For all of Nintendo's history as a game company, they have only had two real competitors: Sega and Sony. Sega was kicked out of the console business thanks to Sony and bad financial management. But Sony is still around. I think Nintendo is thinking longer term. Sony won because it can leverage it's resources. It can leverage factories, it can leverage markets thanks to it's large assest, it can evern leverage third parties with it's money hatting. This is something Nintendo can't do. Nintendo saw Sega whiped out by Sony, and they think it can happen to them. So, for their survival, they must destory Sony. Not just their game division, but their entire company.

Yes, I will agree, the 3DS will be something like we've never seen, much like the DS and the Wii. Nintendo is going all out here.

@Albion: It's possible for Nintendo to make the DS games 3D, but I don't think Nintendo's purpose is for visuals. But it is very likely Sony might do what you say.

 

I see them doing this for backwards&forwards Compatibility. not really visuals.

If they make new 3D games able to play on old DS as well as

make old DS game 3D compatible. Thats very Nintendo like no?

 

But i dont see this taking PSP right out of the game like you are saying

Sean Malstrom is mentoning.



Smashchu2 said:
DixieKong said:

@Smashchu2 Well maybe not a counter attack, but Malstrom did say that Nintendo is trying to wipe out Sony, and he says that the 3DS is a sign of this. Since this handheld will provide 3D without the need of glasses and probably offer games that will be aimed towards a new audience, it could have a big impact on Sony and their take on 3D gaming with the PS3.

Yes, I definatly agree with you there. I guess the nature of the attack isn't so relevant though. This is why I find E3 so exciting.

Yes, I guess we will just have to wait until Nintendo's E3 conference to see what the 3DS will really be all about. I have been hearing people say that it will be quite powerful, and it could also be quite costly, but then again these are merely just speculations.



Still fun talking about it though haha.

 

Still i see them having mixed everything up. this is a atk on PSP not PS3 it just dosent make sense.

Mabe what they are saying is this will beat PSP graphics power. Anything more is stupid

 

Though it would be funny if the vitality add on would be tied in

id be very shoked lol



puffy said:

Did they seriously call Miyamoto a 'she' in that article?


Well maybe the writer of the article was referring to Miyamoto's translator if that person is a she or else there was a huge translation mistake.     



Albion said:

Still fun talking about it though haha.

 

Still i see them having mixed everything up. this is a atk on PSP not PS3 it just dosent make sense.

Mabe what they are saying is this will beat PSP graphics power. Anything more is stupid

 

Though it would be funny if the vitality add on would be tied in

id be very shoked lol

just imagine.... the vitality sensor was actually meant for the 3ds!

OT i would be surprised if the 3ds didn't at least match the psp's graphical power. we shall see. this e3 will be fantastic.