Nintendo: Arrogance or something else?

[Typhoid]

Xantar, nobody's asking you to participate in this thread if you see no point in the conversation at hand.
If you're not interested in the topic, then stop posting about it.
Simple problem, simple solution.

Regardless, that picture is enormously satisfying all by itself.

So very, very much agreed.

[KillerGremlin]

Despite my poking fun I kind of see where Xantar is coming from.

I think the real question is why is the Wii doing so good and is the future of gaming the "serious person's" console or more Wii-oriented gaming and is gaming's future even on the console or on gadgets that appeal to morons like the iTampon.

That's my question.

[thatmariolover]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Despite my poking fun I kind of see where Xantar is coming from.

I think the real question is why is the Wii doing so good and is the future of gaming the "serious person's" console or more Wii-oriented gaming and is gaming's future even on the console or on gadgets that appeal to morons like the iTampon.

That's my question.

Your question poses another problem I have. Nintendo definitely underestimates the Android/App Store and the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad and any other multifunction device where gaming is starting to grow. Then again, I think you do too.

The iPad may have a terrible name and a few definite shortcomings, but it also fills a gap that encroaches on the handheld market to a degree (and the iPod Touch even more so). Why would I buy a $200 DSi XL when I can spend $300 and get an iPod Touch? It does a lot more, and if I jailbreak it (no reason not to without a phone contract) I can even emulate Nintendo's back library on the go.

60% of the apps on the iPad are games. Some of them serious. And as the iPad is charging more of a premium on apps, big name developers will be less shy about bringing their games to it.

Regardless of how much you like the iPad, it sold 300,000+ units on the first day. It (and other tablets like it) is going to be around for a while.