Or maybe people just don't care. Maybe Opera has other priorities. Just because they aren't adding your pet features doesn't mean that they are "ignoring" anything.
The beta needs a lot of work because you have a bunch of feature requests? Heh. Well, one bug with gestures, but the other ones are basically requests. In other words, not much work needed at all (feature requests don't count).
Nintendo pretty much has a different market segment of casual gamers. Younger kids who are into the franchise
Nonsense. Most of Nintendo's customers are 25+.
Kids don't care about system specs
Newsflash: Most people don't care about system specs! Only a handful of hardcore crybabies do.
Nintendo can milk this cow, the Wii teat, for a while longer.
What on earth are you talking about? Are you saying that they shouldn't try to make people buy their console? I really don't understand where you are coming from. You sound like a whiny little kid.
Then once publishers actually start releasing interesting games for the PS3 and Kinect motion controls, they can come out with the next big thing out of cycle.
In case you didn't notice, there is something called a "Wii Remote" which obviously took a lot of R&D to produce. You are narrow-minded, and only capable of focusing on the graphics produced by the console.
And yes, the mass-market is a goldmine. What's wrong about hitting the mass-market? You are just being pissy because Nintendo crushed PS3 and 360.
Wii was essentially a current-gen console with a next-gen controller;
Except, of course, they completely redesigned it to make it smaller, and use only 30% the amount of power the GameCube used. New technology is not only about prettier graphics and more polygons. It is also about optimizing things.
360 and PS3 were next-gen consoles with current-gen controllers. Kinect and Move add the next-gen controller, but Nintendo has announced no plans to make the next-gen console.
In the end it's the games that matter. I predict that both Move and Kinect will fail. Sony and MS just don't get it.
No, it is not basically the same machine. Never mind the fact that everything was redesigned from scratched (although it's using the same architecture) to be much smaller and use less power, but the controller itself is a huge upgrade.
I don't think Apple is a threat to Nintendo's portable gaming business. Nintendo is a pure gaming company, so they can do things like add dedicated buttons for gaming. That leads to a very different experience than touchscreen phones can offer. They will complement each other, just like PCs and home consoles exist side by side. PCs can play games, but they still didn't kill home consoles, remember.
And why would Nintendo release "Wii 2"? All they need to do is to release another game like New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and sales will skyrocket again.
All the other ones have going for them is prettier graphics, which most people don't give a damn about.
NO HD.
So? No one really cares.
No content playback system.
It's a game console! Geez.
Yesterday's technology.
Actually, it was PS3 and 360 that were yesterday's technology because they didn't have motion controls. There's more to "technology" than pretty pictures. Also, who gives a damn about the technology? What matters is the fun.
Xbox and PS3 are in position to over-take the WII because they've added the motion control.
That's assuming that all that's needed is to add motion controls, and everything will magically solve itself. That's Sony and Microsoft's problem. They think technology rather than experience.
The Motion Plus is being built into the standard Wii Remote, and the old Wii Remote is being taken off the market. The new Wii Remote Plus will be the same price as a Wii Remote is today, IIRC.
How is he underestimating Sony and MS? Both of them are desperately trying to catch up, while Nintendo is already working away at the successor to the Wii, which they have already stated will attempt to bring fresh experiences to gaming (not just prettier graphics and more accurate controls).
Nintendo has had a great many successes, but lets also not forget that the N64 was considered a flop (due to Sony eating their lunch) and the Gamecube was semi-mediocre in terms of sales.
That's because Nintendo participated in the hardware race. With the Wii, they opted out of that. They will do so with their next console, too.
The problem for Nintendo is that much of the interesting stuff arent ready yet like real 3D instead of those 1950s glasses we have rediscovered.
Why is that a problem to Nintendo? They made it very clear that they are not doing 3D with their next home console because there's no demand for it, and the technology isn't there.
The best they can accomplish is a hardware upgrade and better accuracy of the controller unless they come up with something really new.
What makes you think they can't come up with something new? Everyone else thought hardware upgrades was all there was to consoles before the Wii. Nintendo thought different.
I suspect they want to upgrade out of cycle with regards to both Microsoft and Sony and take them with their pants down especially if they just do a hardware upgrade.
Nintendo will not release a new console with mere hardware upgrades. They said that their next console will do something new again.
They hate developing new consoles? Huh? Where on earth are you getting this stuff from? They don't love or hate making new consoles. They will make new consoles whenever necessary. Just like everyone else.
like my Wii, but I seriously question your assumption that the Wii have universal appeal. The lack of any decent multimedia features, the very weak online features, the lack of high def and the utter under power that the games are able to accomplish means that there are a ton of people that haven't been happy with the Wii.
Maybe you don't understand what the Wii is. The Wii is a game console. When someone says "universal appeal", they are referring to "universal appeal among people who want to play games."
GM was the biggest automaker with an absolutely obsolete product line. Their future is currently looking very bad.
Yeah, but as you can see, it is Nintendo which is the motion control leader, and the others are now trying to catch up. And do you really think Nintendo is sitting around twiddling thumbs and not thinking about its next move? Geez.
Nokia is currently the top selling phone provider and top selling smart phone provider internationally. Does anyone think this will be the case in the near future?
Nintendo was the underdog the previous two generations. Comparing them to Nokia like this is utterly insane.
Basically what I'm trying to say is that if Nintendo tries to ride their success for too long
If, if, if. They have very clearly stated that they will launch a new system when they need to, and when they have something new to offer. Not just prettier graphics.
GM was the top seller for 77 years and even they can fall.
But Nintendo was not the market leader until this generation. How lame are you going to make those comparisons of yours?
Do you really think that Nintendo is immune to failure?
Uh, N64? GameCube? Do you even have a clue about what the hell you are talking about?
I'd say that all said the Game Cube was an utter failure for the company, and the Wii was its recovery.
Uh, no. That's not what Nintendo are saying.
or will it continue to sit back on its established franchises and rake in the safe cash like they've largely been doing this gen?
Huh? This generation, Nintendo revolutionized gaming with their motion controller. You really need to stop spouting nonsense.
(They have innovated, and the wii fit was at least popular and outside of their standard mold).
Even back at the release of the Wii the limited power of the hardware and the standard definition graphics was a sore point.
Yeah, it was such as sore point the Wii almost outsold both of its competitors combined!
So I anticipated that Nintendo would follow a shorter lifespan for the Wii, replacing it with a more powerful version.
You really don't get it, do you? People don't give a crap about power. They do give a crap about being entertained. Apparently the Wii is found to be more entertaining to more people than the other two.
Of course, at this point what can they really offer beyond better graphics and maybe more precise motion control?
What could they really offer beyond better graphics before they unveiled the Wii? Just because you lack imagination doesn't mean that the Nintendo execs do.
You are too caught up in fancy graphics and fast processors. That's not what makes a good game. You fail.
Given Nintendo's recent innovation strategy, Wii 2 will be a different color, slightly different size, and will probably have an HDMI port so it can claim its a 21st century game console finally and will have slightly revamped user interface and not much else.
It seems that you forgot to mention the revolutionary controller. There's more to a console than HD graphics, you know.
But it will sell like a sunnavabitch because Nintendo targets the demographic of citizens that don't think, just spend money, aka parents with whiny children.
I think you will find that children are only a tiny part of Nintendo's customer base. The Wii is being enjoyed by mostly adults (25+).
So "next-generation" means "prettier graphics"? Heh. As you can see from Microsoft and Sony's new products, it was the Wii that was one generation ahead of the other ones. The two other consoles went all out with amazing graphics. Nintendo realized that that was a dead, end and moved one generation ahead.
the lack of games on the Wii due to not having competitive hardware power
You mean, "lack of hardcore games with extremely long cutscenes, blood and gore", don't you? You always have the crappy Metroid Other M if you like cutscenes... But most games on the Wii are supposed to be fun rather than pretending to be movies.
this time the games over all are crappier and of lower quality then in the gamecube
What do you mean by "lower game quality"? Is New Super Mario Bros. Wii a low quality game (is it in decline, even though it has sold amazingly well?)? What about Wii Sports?
It's very odd that you pick the crappiest game you could find (Metroiod Other M). What about the really, really popular best-sellers from Nintendo? Everyone knows Sakamoto (the guy who made Other M) is a moron who was in love with his own "visions."
As I told someone else, Opera has been shipping full browsers for more than a decade. Not that the iPhone wasn't a huge leap in the right direction, of course. They just didn't do quite everything first. Opera even did the whole zoom in/out to read thing before Apple.
Slashdot Mirror
Or maybe people just don't care. Maybe Opera has other priorities. Just because they aren't adding your pet features doesn't mean that they are "ignoring" anything.
The beta needs a lot of work because you have a bunch of feature requests? Heh. Well, one bug with gestures, but the other ones are basically requests. In other words, not much work needed at all (feature requests don't count).
Left India? Not according to their site. Troll fail, eh?
Of course it won't. There's no demand, hardly any 3D TVs out there, etc. Nintendo even said they wouldn't do it.
Who gives a crap about graphics? Not most people, that's for sure. The Wii is revolutionary because of the controller.
So, like the redesigned 360 and PS3 then? Oh wait, it's only bad when Nintendo does it!
Video improvements? The controller alone made the Wii next-gen.
Nonsense. Most of Nintendo's customers are 25+.
Newsflash: Most people don't care about system specs! Only a handful of hardcore crybabies do.
What on earth are you talking about? Are you saying that they shouldn't try to make people buy their console? I really don't understand where you are coming from. You sound like a whiny little kid.
Move and Kinect will fail.
And yes, the mass-market is a goldmine. What's wrong about hitting the mass-market? You are just being pissy because Nintendo crushed PS3 and 360.
Except it doesn't.
Except, of course, they completely redesigned it to make it smaller, and use only 30% the amount of power the GameCube used. New technology is not only about prettier graphics and more polygons. It is also about optimizing things.
In the end it's the games that matter. I predict that both Move and Kinect will fail. Sony and MS just don't get it.
You fail at life.
This generation is a dud, with the exception of Wii, which has brought masses of new non-gamers to gaming.
And why would Nintendo release "Wii 2"? All they need to do is to release another game like New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and sales will skyrocket again.
All the other ones have going for them is prettier graphics, which most people don't give a damn about.
So? No one really cares.
It's a game console! Geez.
Actually, it was PS3 and 360 that were yesterday's technology because they didn't have motion controls. There's more to "technology" than pretty pictures. Also, who gives a damn about the technology? What matters is the fun.
That's assuming that all that's needed is to add motion controls, and everything will magically solve itself. That's Sony and Microsoft's problem. They think technology rather than experience.
The Motion Plus is being built into the standard Wii Remote, and the old Wii Remote is being taken off the market. The new Wii Remote Plus will be the same price as a Wii Remote is today, IIRC.
That's because Nintendo participated in the hardware race. With the Wii, they opted out of that. They will do so with their next console, too.
Why is that a problem to Nintendo? They made it very clear that they are not doing 3D with their next home console because there's no demand for it, and the technology isn't there.
What makes you think they can't come up with something new? Everyone else thought hardware upgrades was all there was to consoles before the Wii. Nintendo thought different.
Nintendo will not release a new console with mere hardware upgrades. They said that their next console will do something new again.
Whose forecast is that?
They hate developing new consoles? Huh? Where on earth are you getting this stuff from? They don't love or hate making new consoles. They will make new consoles whenever necessary. Just like everyone else.
Maybe you don't understand what the Wii is. The Wii is a game console. When someone says "universal appeal", they are referring to "universal appeal among people who want to play games."
Yeah, but as you can see, it is Nintendo which is the motion control leader, and the others are now trying to catch up. And do you really think Nintendo is sitting around twiddling thumbs and not thinking about its next move? Geez.
Nintendo was the underdog the previous two generations. Comparing them to Nokia like this is utterly insane.
If, if, if. They have very clearly stated that they will launch a new system when they need to, and when they have something new to offer. Not just prettier graphics.
But Nintendo was not the market leader until this generation. How lame are you going to make those comparisons of yours?
Uh, N64? GameCube? Do you even have a clue about what the hell you are talking about?
Uh, no. That's not what Nintendo are saying.
Huh? This generation, Nintendo revolutionized gaming with their motion controller. You really need to stop spouting nonsense.
What the hell are you talking about?
Yeah, it was such as sore point the Wii almost outsold both of its competitors combined!
You really don't get it, do you? People don't give a crap about power. They do give a crap about being entertained. Apparently the Wii is found to be more entertaining to more people than the other two.
What could they really offer beyond better graphics before they unveiled the Wii? Just because you lack imagination doesn't mean that the Nintendo execs do.
You are too caught up in fancy graphics and fast processors. That's not what makes a good game. You fail.
It seems that you forgot to mention the revolutionary controller. There's more to a console than HD graphics, you know.
I think you will find that children are only a tiny part of Nintendo's customer base. The Wii is being enjoyed by mostly adults (25+).
So "next-generation" means "prettier graphics"? Heh. As you can see from Microsoft and Sony's new products, it was the Wii that was one generation ahead of the other ones. The two other consoles went all out with amazing graphics. Nintendo realized that that was a dead, end and moved one generation ahead.
You mean, "lack of hardcore games with extremely long cutscenes, blood and gore", don't you? You always have the crappy Metroid Other M if you like cutscenes... But most games on the Wii are supposed to be fun rather than pretending to be movies.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is crappy?
It's very odd that you pick the crappiest game you could find (Metroiod Other M). What about the really, really popular best-sellers from Nintendo? Everyone knows Sakamoto (the guy who made Other M) is a moron who was in love with his own "visions."
As I told someone else, Opera has been shipping full browsers for more than a decade. Not that the iPhone wasn't a huge leap in the right direction, of course. They just didn't do quite everything first. Opera even did the whole zoom in/out to read thing before Apple.