WereKitten said:
@jayderyu
I happen to know physics and what paradigm shifts are, I even read Kuhn's works :)
But a paradigm shift is not a branching of models: after the shift there's only the new way to look at things. It may include the old way as a particular case, but the old way is no longer a generally acceptable thought model.
There's no paradigm shift with the Wii: things haven't changed for that certain group of gamers we call "core gamers", nor the way we look at their wishes and spending ability. The Wii happens to be sold at those core gamers, who want to play SSBB and SMG and Zelda, _and_ at a much bigger audience that was up to this point untapped.
This is a branching, because the needs and wishes and habits of these two groups are very different, the core gamers being much more represented among the owners of the so called "HD" consoles but fundamentally still wanting the same things as ever. With all the bickering about graphics vs gameplay, these gamers on Wii or PS3 or 360 are still infinitely more alike than the people buying the Wii as a Wii Fit appendage to get some exercise, and party games for the family as an afterthought.
And no, I can't see your similitude between Arcades and movie industry at all. Console games have nowadays much higher production values than Arcade games.
Arcades are more like d'essai or gimmicky 3-D/odorama theaters. You go there to either enjoy an old classic or to interact in some unique ways with the games (moving cabins, dancing mats etc)
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I'm using the best teminology that your left me with. I would have not used the term "moved sideways" as it was, but it's still closer than using the concept of evolving. I'm glad you understand what it means. Then you understand the difference on how scientist now greatly view the universe differently than when it was under Newtonian Law. Now that was have established that it not unreasonable that shifting thought from say "Bigger Games" sold to a niche group who gossip about games(Gamer) to say "Focuses accessible Game" that requires new ways to attract non traditional gaming crowd. This is done on how the game is percieved to a broader appeal and how easy it is for them to play. These are shift of thinking as a whole not an evolution.
Now you are not getting the Arcade model referrence. Instead you referr to it in current tense rather than back in the day in regards to the Paradigm Shift. Which would be more past tense. This seems to me you might be of the younger age group when Arcades were king of gaming.
Arcades always had the BIG BUDGET Games as HDD consoles have now.
Arcades provided the BETTER Graphics as HDD consoles do now.
As consoles advanced the edge that arcades had over consoles grew smaller. Who would want to trade the expereince of the Arcade for an NES. No one did, but people now had the Arcade & the NES. When the Snes came out Arcades were still top dog, but a notable shift occured. SF2 was pretty much a perfect arcade version. By the end of the SNES the SNES proved that home gaming was viable, growing and starting to dig into Arcades. When the PS came out and was able to provide better gaming than the Arcades it was over. The Arcades needed to change and they did. They have become places to play classis or have social gameplay. They are no longer top dog. Since all of console gaming is now done at home. Played at home. HDD consoles don't follow a Hollywood model, but their TV counter parts.
More accuratly I would like to akin Nintendo Now & NES days to that of Sony durring the first transistor radio days. It is far more accurate than liking models of a different industry. This was the time when the big radio manfactureres did not see much point in the tiny transistor because the qaulity of sound was terrible. Sony was the value of it's smaller and cheaper size by brining radio into everyones homes and pockets. This is far more accurate. Bigger, more expensive higher current out put qaulity, but appeals to less due to size and cost of the machine. Were as the Sony radio was far more portable. Sony caused disruption and ended up the better for it. This was a shift in thinking. Radio for those who could pay for it to that of Radio for everyone.
Sorry never read Khun's work. I tend to stay in the realm of Planck quantum mechanics and interest in the Casimir effect. I'm a firm believer that the QFT(Qaumtum Field Theory not Qouted for Truth) is coming far sooner than people realise.
