Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime dismissed the motion controllers coming from rivals Microsoft and Sony at BMO Capital Markets’ Digital Entertainment conference in New York. According to Gamasutra, the Reginator said:
All of this talk around new motion controllers does make me think about the people who initially said that the Wii Remote was just a fad. I wonder what happened to those people?
Yes, it could be that our current 100 percent marketshare in motion control could lose a couple of points, but…with a head-start of over 51 million controllers, I still like our chances.
I still find it amusing that people consider the Wii a fad. Merriam Webster defines a fad as “a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal”. Whether you love it or hate it, there’s no denying that Nintendo has been outselling the competition for years. The Wii has consistently outsold the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. People are still buying more of these consoles today than any of the others. Explain to Reggie and me (mostly to me, because Reggie will zap you with his eye beams) how this is a fad.
Even Nintendo admits they're losing momentum because there's no decent games.
For once, just ONCE, I would love Mr. Fils-Aime talk to the huge crowd at E3’s Nintendo Press Conference and say something like this:
"… and the Wii's momentum has never been stronger. Our new line-up of games will be sure to satisfy even the most ardent of gamers. We at Nintendo have raised the bar for motion controlled fun and have tapped into a market previously thought of as unreachable. Now, we are setting a trend that our competitors are following. A trend that they scoffed at and ridiculed when the Wii was first demonstrated. To our esteemed competitors, Microsoft and Sony, we can only say this to you:”
(*turns towards the camera and raises his middle finger*)
Audience goes nuts, lights fade… aaaaaand scene.
-M
@iceman
you deserve a standing ovation, ser!
@Nightshade386 That's oversimplifying it.