Nintendo are asshats, but the one bit of praise i'll give them is their focus. While Crony and Microshaft focus heavily on graphics, Skintendo always focused more on the interface. (Sega fell somewhere in the middle as I recall). Yeah, they improve the graphics from console to console, but the main focus has always been on the link between the player and the game, the controller. The first playstation controllers didn't even have thumbsticks, but because nintendo demonstrated it made the gameplay more fun (with a bit of a learning curve), sony quickly scrambled and released the first Dualshock controller, adding the rumble feature that the n64 put on an add-on at the same time.
Heck, even the modern gamepad layout owes a lot to nintendo. the now-standard d-pad on one side and four buttons on the other with at least two shoulder buttons layout owes a lot to the success of the SNES.
Again, I'm not some rabid nintendo fanboy, I don't even own any of the modern generation of consoles (PC has just become better at this point), but credit where it's due.
The other thing to give Nintendo credit for is they haven't fallen into the trap of focusing on cinematic snorefest games like The Last of Us. Not yet, anyway.
well, that's something I actually agree with him on.
Fun bit of trivia: there are three major console developers on the market, and none of them started out in vidya. actually, now that I think about it, only one of them started out with a focus on electronics hardware...
Nintendo are asshats, but the one bit of praise i'll give them is their focus. While Crony and Microshaft focus heavily on graphics, Skintendo always focused more on the interface. (Sega fell somewhere in the middle as I recall). Yeah, they improve the graphics from console to console, but the main focus has always been on the link between the player and the game, the controller. The first playstation controllers didn't even have thumbsticks, but because nintendo demonstrated it made the gameplay more fun (with a bit of a learning curve), sony quickly scrambled and released the first Dualshock controller, adding the rumble feature that the n64 put on an add-on at the same time.
Heck, even the modern gamepad layout owes a lot to nintendo. the now-standard d-pad on one side and four buttons on the other with at least two shoulder buttons layout owes a lot to the success of the SNES.
Again, I'm not some rabid nintendo fanboy, I don't even own any of the modern generation of consoles (PC has just become better at this point), but credit where it's due.
The other thing to give Nintendo credit for is they haven't fallen into the trap of focusing on cinematic snorefest games like The Last of Us. Not yet, anyway.
Something Miyamoyo still gets alot of flack for because he firmly believes in gameplay over story.
well, that's something I actually agree with him on.
Fun bit of trivia: there are three major console developers on the market, and none of them started out in vidya. actually, now that I think about it, only one of them started out with a focus on electronics hardware...