No, it's me retaliating against the idea in general that Nintendo is a failed company and doesn't do anything for the industry, when they've been the sole and prime force for bringing anything worthwhile or notable to begin with. And then everyone comes back and sees a different company do something Nintendo has already tried, and they praise it.
I fail to see how pointing in that general direction somehow negates Sony's presence within it, especially when you seem content to say "Oh that's just Kaz, and he's just silly."
Not really. That's an oversimplification and you know it. If that were the case, then we wouldn't see third parties talking nonstop in the manner they do. We wouldn't have Shiny's CEO calling the GBA a failure. We wouldn't have to deal with posts from fanboys and everyone else calling Nintendo outdated and g1mm1cky.
But we do, we have, and we will. That is the situation all around in the gaming industry.
The criticism leveled at Nintendo is finely differentiated between useless rants and constructive, valid arguments, but in reality the former overtakes the latter 9 out of 10 times.
I am less interested in the mistakes Nintendo has made in the past - citing connectivity over Internet is debatable since Nintendo didn't say they didn't want to go online, they thought it was unprofitable, and except in rare cases it is for the most part - and more interested in the absolutely idiotic statements I see fired back and forth all over the industry and gaming community that is squarely aimed at Nintendo. It's definitely the "in" thing to do these days - you aren't hip if you like Nintendo.
In other words, online is another case of Nintendo saying something and people taking it WILDLY out of context. Just like them saying "we need shorter game," which was meant to convey "we need less bloated games," and everyone acted like "OMFG WE'RE ONLY GETTING 3 HOUR GAMES NOW," or the endless graphics debate, or games made with everyone in mind as opposed to mature gorefests, etc etc etc.....
The way all of this works these days is Sony copies Nintendo - OR EXTENDS THEIR IDEAS, shut up about me not being clear on that - and somehow this is thought to be absolutely ground breaking. So we get a bunch of people saying a lot of stupid remarks that run the gamut from outrageous ("Well Sony DID invent analog sticks") to pathetically weak ("Nintendo copied Sony!") to borderline valid ("Nintendo adopted dual stick"). But it ALL comes back to people praising Sony and saying Nintendo had nothing to do with it at all.
And this is (and will) happening with connectivity.
And this is (and will) happening with the Rev's controller.
And this is (and will) happening with the virtual console.
And this is (and has) with portable gaming, rumble tech, shoulder buttons, Z-targeting, dozens of genres (kart racing, party games, minigame games), etc etc etc etc etc....
But when it DOES happen, it's seen as positively amazing, new, evolutionary AND revolutionary, so long as you discount the fact that Nintendo got the ball rolling in the first place on essentially all facets.
Last I heard, the PSP-PS2 connectivity was incredibly underutilized, and did nothing more than unlocking a few things in Madden. If that isn't bottom-of-the-barrel "We don't know wtf we are doing" caliber stuff, then I'm not sure how Sony could possibly top Nintendo's implementation. True there are supposed to be neat ideas with MGS4, but the MGS series got a LOT of flack after 2 and has gone downhill, and by the time the PS3 launches the PSP is going to have little to no software support anyway (if current trends continue), so I highly doubt it's effective use down the line. One game won't convince me and shouldn't convince anyone, but again, what does everyone talk about when MGS4 is mentioned? "Don't forget the PSP will interact with it!"
At least Nintendo has already moved beyond PSP's connectivity by making the DS wireless and the eventual next GBA wireless, so that no cables are needed. And the virtual console will probably play off that connectivity as well, making Sony's attempt even more caveman-like. But please, everyone, feel free to tell me Nintendo is using a stagnant idea that went nowhere...
In the end, as I've said, the big deal is that Sony overhypes everything and tells people "this is a great idea THAT WE THOUGHT UP YEARS AGO BUT ONLY ARE JUST NOW USING IT" and their fans take it as the WORD. And that's pathetic because it's almost ALWAYS a rehash of what Nintendo has done in the past. I won't say always because emerging tech will be copied by everyone at some point, but the arguments hereto forecast that Sony is the innovator, Microsoft isn't far behind, and Nintendo is set in its ways.
Give me a break, so tired of people not giving credit where it is due, owed, and owned.
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