fans do that for them.

But go back to the 80's and early 90's they truly were.  ESP Sega and Nintendo..they even faced each other in court.

no, Wii is not even competing with Xbox360 and Ps3 : P

I think for this generation, he only has software surprise, and for next generation, they will make something completely different from motion controls, and let the "big two" to fight with their "more accurate technology", as they did with graphics.

PS9 will kill them all!

There was one person on this site that wrote:
"Nintendo innovates, Sony copies and ms buys."

Couldn`t agree more.

^yes nintendo innovates, except they also copy most of their "innovations." Fail.

Microsoft and Sony are developing something that Nintendo has developed already, and they are not even close to finishing

by copying Nintendo, it's like the admit they are the ones that are 1 step behind and not Nintendo

also, it makes sense that Nintendo will keep on making things, they won't just sit there and wait them to finish their motion controls without looking further

Again, you and probably most other people on this board are looking at the technology.

This is the entertainment business, just because something looks impressive doesn't mean it will pan out. This is the perspective Iwata is probably using to make his point(Note: the interview is with The Times. Not EGM)

There's software, price, functionality and target audience to consider. Among other things like branding and reputation.

My take is Nintendo won't come out with a technology that will impress you, again this is not an industry of technology. They'll come out with new things that help compliment the experience in new ways, the Vitality Sensor is one example of this. It does something that wasn't being done before in the world of mainstream videogaming. In principle, this isn't what Sony and Microsoft are doing. Motion controls and voice recognition became mainstream under Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are incorportating new technology, but not a new principle.

Nintendo will respond by introducing new principles, and Shifting the Paradigm once again. Gaming by standing still and focusing inward, if you think about it that is the Polar Opposite of Motion Control. By the time Sony and Microsoft get into it, the expanded audience won't be interested in Motion Control innovations anymore. That's what Iwata hopes to achieve by shifting the paradigm again. And that may include other things like Brain pattern recognition, again "still"-gaming.

Obviously, the hardcore computer gamer has been impressed by the technology from Natal/Sony, but these have never been Nintendo's customers, or Sony's predominantly. In breakout form these types of reactions don't really matter. For The Time online, what Iwata is probably focusing on is the true mainstream market.

I disagree.

Anyways. One example is the analogue which was used prior to nintendos use of it but which they seem to get the credit for all the time.

Eye toy was pretty mainstream known and it had motion controls.

Sony expanded the userbase first.

the D-pad was also invented and used on video game systems prior to nintendos usage of it...

they've finally switched to a cd based system, which they weren't exacly the first to do either...

erm what else ?

I'm sure theres more.

online..

Although friend codes.. those they can keep :p

My point is just that nintendo very often get credit for doing things other did before them. They simply improved the idea, which is the same that sonyh as been doing with some the same ideas.