17th September 2005, 4:07 PM
Yeah, well theres no award for plagarism and ripping off people and rehashing it. Nintendo still was the first to make it happen, and they'll hold that fame. No matter how much Sony or MS change it for their next consoles, they still ripped off Nintendo because their think tanks just aren't creative enough to figure it out and make it happen first. The core original concept was not theirs, and they are just offshoots. Its the people who make the breakthroughs who are the creative ones and deserve applaud. Unless they can come up with something completely different and awesome, then they can get some credit for true innovation. They have yet to do that. And don't forget, this is a competition business. Even if Nintendo doesn't say they're competing with the other companies directly, they are, and they're quite obviously out to take down the other companies and attempt to isolate the other companies with a radically different gaming system that can basically play all of their games, but not the other way around. And Nintendo fans will root for them and take Nintendo's side just like any sports fan roots for their favorite team.
Online game is no real innovation on the consoles. While Nintendo was aware of it, I think they just kind of decided to go to sleep during that time. My guess is the overall strategy was to save money for the Revolution, then go all out with everything to make a comeback in the long run rather than engage their resources in an ineffective piecemeal fashion. Besides, online gaming is an innovation is collectively that of the PC gaming community, not console companies. MS, Sony, Sega, and Nintendo can't take much credit for it, at the very least, MS might for bringing along the computer revolution on the software side for it to all happen. Nintendo, Sony, and Sega aren't getting any credit for innovating online gaming communities.
Online game is no real innovation on the consoles. While Nintendo was aware of it, I think they just kind of decided to go to sleep during that time. My guess is the overall strategy was to save money for the Revolution, then go all out with everything to make a comeback in the long run rather than engage their resources in an ineffective piecemeal fashion. Besides, online gaming is an innovation is collectively that of the PC gaming community, not console companies. MS, Sony, Sega, and Nintendo can't take much credit for it, at the very least, MS might for bringing along the computer revolution on the software side for it to all happen. Nintendo, Sony, and Sega aren't getting any credit for innovating online gaming communities.