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Originally Posted by Typhoid
While I sort of like the idea of the whole....ipad-controller-thing, I think it says a lot when their stock immediately dropped to a 5 year low or something hilarious like that.
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I would point out that, a 5 year low would mean the last time it was this low was after the reveal of the Wii, and we saw how that worked out.
And I believe historically, it has fallen after the reveal of the DS as well.
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Anyways, I think this will be what ruins Nintendo. To oversimplify it, it's sort of just a tablet you use in conjunction with your 'Wii'.
And I'm pretty sure Sony/Microsoft have tablets (If they don't, they should?), so it wouldn't be hard, or needlessly expensive for them to easily phase Nintendo out on this, aswell - just like they slowly tried to do with motion-gaming.
It seems like Nintendo is struggling for fringe ideas to sell consoles, but is sort of totally backing themselves into a corner as they do it. Since the other systems are making super-powerful systems, and simply biting off the gimmicks Nintendo brings, they'll no doubt continue to do this until even a new Nintendo system is immediately obsolete and a generation behind.
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I've seen it described on a podcast as the "console without an audience."
And I can kind of see that belief.
On paper, it isn't as simple and inviting as the Wii-mote was.
And it isn't a simple revision on the standard idea of a console for the "hardcore"
So its a console that tries to appease all, but really doesn't appeal to anyone in its current form.
I think as we get closer to launch and see key software and stuff, it will be easier to tell.
I mean even with the simplicity of the Wii controllers, if not for Wii Sports it would have never taken off the way that it did.
All they need is a solid software idea behind them.
And to answer your question, I'm fairly certain that neither MS nor Sony are in the tablet business ATM. Though Sony has comparable tech when you combine the PS3/PS Vita usage.