| Hephaestos said: Nintendo is the only company that could have done it. Sega maybe if they had this as their comeback console. I don't see the other companies as inventive enough to make this system and the games that work for it on their own. |
In my opinion a motion controller and iterations of games used for generations isn't something out of the capabilities of companies such as Sega , Apple(not so true about the games part) and possibly Sony .
It wasn't so much Nintendo's "creativness" or "inventivness" as many put it , that enabled Nintendo to perform so well this generation because much of the hardware /software had already existed in some form (Super Mario Galaxy , Super Smash Bros Melee , PS1 Motion sensing controler etc) but it was how Nintendo marketed and sold the package to the public that really made the difference.
Another forum member pointed out (can't remember who) many Wii adverts place as much emphasis on the people playing (and how they are playing , using unnesacery hand/body movements etc to make the game apear more immersive or what ever) the game as they do on the game itself (this is psycologicaly effective , pretty smart ) . The marketing/promotion on Nintendo's side is pretty smart I admit but I don't think it's something that coudln't have been done equally well or possibly even better.
