What Revolution? (Score 0, Troll)

First let me commend you on a well written, witty & very entertaining read. It is good to see that there are still people on the web that can produce a coherent & well argued thought. However, I find a few flaws with your logic. First is your comment regarding generic games. I will agree that true innovation in games is hard to come by these days. But the lack of new ideas extends to Nintendo just as readily as it does to Sony or Microsoft. The large bulk of GameCube games revolve around the Kingdom of the Magic Mushroom. Mario.... Mario.... Mario! How many Mario incarnations / sequels does the world need? Grant it the Mario games are typically high quality well developed entities but seriously, Mario Cart, Mario Tennis, Mario Baseball, etc.. Can you say Mooooooo! Zelda? Metroid? Resident Evil? All sequels in their second, third or greater iteration! Besides, Zelda & Metroid are real old-school games who's rebirth on the GameCube revolved largely around an upgrade to what? Gee... graphics!? No different than any generic party game, generic dungeon crawl, generic FPS or generic survival/horror offered on PS2 or Xbox. I agree with you that Nintendo seems to be the only system willing to chance thinking outside of the box. However my reasoning differs vastly from yours. I believe that Nintendo has no choice but to take a radically different approach. GameCube sales have been abysmal to the point that Nintendo now sells the system for 100 bucks. Even at that bargain basement price they have moved very few units. So, they have this... umm... interesting controller. Well, what ground breaking games is it going to control? You can swing it like a bat, so... Mario Baseball? Mario Tennis? You can flick your wrist with it. So you can make Mario jump? Zelda run? How about a fishing sim? Remember the PowerGlove? Maybe its me, but I just do not see anything "revolutionary" about this controller. We already have non-traditional input devices such as the dace pad, light guns, steering wheels & foot pedels to name a few. Not to mention the Eye-Toy! Which is what I believe this is, an Eye-Toy rip-off. Lets think about the possible frustration factor. To play a game like Zelda, will you need to learn complex gestures to do the simplest of tasks? Are you going to spend your first hour of a game sitting there with a manual practicing the multitude of movements required? I'm just not sure! I would not be surprised if Nintendo or some third party developer produces a traditional controller for those games that just do not support the new controller or for people that just find it too difficult to use. Besides, the big question here is whether a controller can actually sell a system? I think not! Nintendo's problem, and they have admitted such, is that the Revolution will not be able to compete with the power of the Xbox 360 or the PS3. I do not believe this is by design, but out of necessity. Nintendo simply does not have the cash to invest nor do they have the time. I'm sure that Sony & Microsoft have been working on their next-gen consoles for at least the past 3 years. The Revolution will basically be a GameCube in a new package with updated technology, current run-of-the mill technology. That being said, I think that Nintendo will produce a solid system. But... I believe that it will be their last. Unless they have something more "revolutionary" up they're sleeves I just do not see them attracting additional buyers. There are almost no exclusive developers left & with the limited power of the system I am sure there will be NO cross-platform development for the revolution. They seem to be relying almost exclusively on their library of past games, most of which people have been playing for years. So its more Mario, old Mario, Link & old Link. Where is the innovation in that? The one thing they do have going for them is that expansive library of mostly quality games. I think their best strategy would be to dump the hardware, except for the handheld systems, & concentrate on providing their library along with new & updated content to Xbox 360 & PS3. So if you buy the Revolution I hope it lives up to all your expectations. Isn't that the whole point? The big question is when will the Revolution be available? Xmas 2006? So far all we have seen is a controller & a artist's rendition of what the console may look like.