> > Nintendo seems to have a very good sense of focus as well as humor about this
> > next gen. Sony was a mess, all over the place. Microsoft still needs a
> > franchise, and to apologize for ditching X-box without ever tapping it's
> > potential. And somehow they 360 pricepoint looks better, I didn't think that
> > would be possible. To me, Nintendo won hands down. Stupid name aside.
> >
> > And I know that's not really what you want to buy a console for, but they
> > realistically seem to want bring in the new or wayside gamers, and that to me
> > speaks of more possible innovation scenarios than either Halo 3 or Metal Gear
> 5
> > or Forza 2.
> >
> > Now that said, this fascination with a moving controller is about 4 years
> passe
> > to me. I bought one of those Dreamcast fishing controllers and had a blast
> with
> > it on Sega Marine fishing and Bass Fishing 2...for about an hour or two at a
> > time, over the few weeks it took to beat the games.
> >
> > And even then, you can either flick it with your wrist or use the thumb
> analog,
> > and after the novelty wore off, I used the analog. I can't possibly imagine
> > sitting down with four friends and playing Madden and having to kung fu fight
> > all over the living room to play football.
> >
> > And as great as it is to play tennis and baseball and stuff, those games
> looked
> > about on par with N64 mario party games. Warioware would probably be the
> > pinnacle of the controllers functionality, but then after than, what's left? I
> > think the gimmicky motion stuff will end up like the SNES superscope, DC
> > Dreamwheel, or even that Kirby Gameboy Color (I think) game with the motion
> > sensor in the cartridge...Great for one game, but not enough to build a
> console
> > on.
> >
> > I am excited more about a PS2 game than anything else, God of War 2.
> >
> > And I reiterate the below posting, Nintendo should have hammered Sony with a
> > $199-249 pricepoint today. If though, they go the $299 route, I think the Wii
> > will be Gamecube 2.
> >
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