dmv wrote:
What we can however discuss in some detail are the two central philosophies behind the Revolution controller and their market implications.
* The increasingly hardcore nature of the game industry is causing a contraction of the industry.
* New intuitive controller options will result in innovative game play that will bring new gamers into the fold.
Is Iwata-san spouting nonsense or is Nintendo actually onto something?
Very compelling article that describes the general gaming market, and then the OTHER gaming market.
I think he's right, at least about the hardcore segment. It motivates why video games within a genre become more similar over time, why we see a dozen clones and then they fade off. The audience continues to grow smaller, but more profitable. And Nintendo cedes that market, and goes back to casting a creative net for new genres to catch and release new niches.
I don't like it from the pictures. But I am driven to kill and blow things up (which video games helps keep me out of jail) so I will try it. I hope Nintendo is onto something, but from what I've seen so far it looks really lame.
