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nitekrawler1285 said:
^ There are legitimate reasons to be upset with Nintendo. For the first time in history they have created a console with only 3 games that I would buy from them.

 

That truely sounds like it's more YOUR problem not theirs.  They've been making the same fantastic games they always have.  I guess it's a shame that you're missing out on them, but it looks like you've been missing out on them before the Wii even came out judging from your profile.



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I'm sure both M$ and $ony will screw lots of stuff up and cause significant teething problems for developers. However having a simpler system for motion control does not remove the inherent complexity of the cell. Even if the ps3 does have advantages in motion control development that will never make the rest of the programming easier. The world doesn't work that way.



I had to LOL at the 'wand looks more complicated to develop for' comment. If anything all the extra features and no controler of the Natal makes it more complex. :)

On a side note. Sony need to raise the hype level a couple of thousand miles up to Natals level. I can see many adoption rate problems with the wand, because people want Natal. Certainly according to media hype for Natal and frequent appearances on daytime tv shows.



Wow. The Sony Wand is going to be really amazing when it's released in 2017, isnt it?



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meh i still will never get this for my ps3. i got a wii for this kind of stuff. I do not want a damn glowing ball on the end of my controller.



 

 

aamp316 said:
Wow. The Sony Wand is going to be really amazing when it's released in 2017, isnt it?

actually it's a spring 2010 release.



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Nick said:
nitekrawler1285 said:
^ There are legitimate reasons to be upset with Nintendo. For the first time in history they have created a console with only 3 games that I would buy from them.

 

That truely sounds like it's more YOUR problem not theirs.  They've been making the same fantastic games they always have.  I guess it's a shame that you're missing out on them, but it looks like you've been missing out on them before the Wii even came out judging from your profile.

Nope. I have owned an Atari, NES, Genisis, SNES,saturn, N64 and GC,GBA,PSP.  I don't anymore cause i give them away to my cousins and what not as i get older and purchase new hardware(Hooray for BC).  There are fantastic games that don't appeal to me(COD, GTA, Madden).  I just don't happen to enjoy most of Nintendo's offerings this generation. Please don't treat my like a degenerate because we have different tastes.  It is my problem that Nintendo has gone downhill a bit in respect to releasing games that i'm interested in this generation.  I do think that is a legitimate reason to be upset with them.



megaman79 said:
slowmo said:
HanzoTheRazor said:
^^Me, too. They are both very different, but at the core of it, doing the same thing.

@ Slowmo

Wow... MS being innovative!!! That's a change.


This is Microsoft we're talking about so they actually just bought it then pretended they made it

I agree with CGI though that I hope both of the new motion controllers succeed but this time without the cheap gesture systems that ruined so many Wii titles for me (obviously given the sales though I'm in a minorityin this opinion I accept).

Cheap gesture system? Hey buddy, none of this would have happened if Nintendo hadn't taken the punt on motion controls 3 years ago. The price, atleast for Sony, would not have been feasable. Just be greatfull there are companies out there who are willing to redesign their controllers significantly, and take a HUGE risk on this technology. Without them you would be stuck in the past.

Regardless of whether they fail or not the Wiimote will go down in history as the key to the next generation in videogame technology.


The Wiimote was a gamble that paid off but even the most stout Nintendo supporter should be able to admit that the software hasn't really made great use of the innovative controls.  I bought my Wii first this generation and it kept me reasonably happy until I bought my 360, from that day on the Wii has rarely grabbed my attention back because the games don't match the hype sadly (Nintendo first prty excluded).  Natal is a huge step in innovation but it will be one of the biggest flops in videogame history if the software support isn't there from the start. 



Microsoft better start bribing developers and swping developers from other companies like they did with Rare and Nintendo.