http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 11th 2006 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 11th 2006 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 11th 2006 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 11th 2006 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 11th 2006 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
Alexander Wunderlich
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but can nintendo compete with complete entertanment solutions like PSP?]]>May 11th 2006 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
Yeah my Nintendo DS.

Why? You ask. Because it is fun. ]]>May 11th 2006 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 11th 2006 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 11th 2006 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
Personally I don't think I've ever met someone who has never played a video game before. ]]>May 12th 2006 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
Sounds like somebody needs to get out into the "real world" once in awhile. :)]]>May 12th 2006 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
Miyamoto refers to people who have never played video games before because he is running a business and businesses survive by gaining market share from competitors and creating new market share (attracting new customers to the market).

Believe it, or not, there are folks who have not played video games. My parents are a good example. Unless they played while I was sleeping, they have never touch any of my consoles (NES, Sega Genesis, N64).

One of the big reasons folks don't play video games is because of the darn button combos. Think back to the early days of Mortal Kombat. Who won? The guy who learned the dozens of buttton combos for the fighters.

To put it bluntly, that sucks. Games should not be about memorization, but rather a virtual extension of reality. You don't swing a golf club or throw a punch by holding down button B for half a second, then pressing X and Z simultaneously.

I have fun playing FPS games such as Unreal Tournament on the PC because it's easy to move the mouse to aim. Put me on an XBox with Halo and I am dead every round. This is why I have not had a new system since N64. I became fed up with having an interface that inaccurately interpreted my interactions (and losing, of course).

The Wii changes that. It makes gameplay more natural, thereby attracting current and new players, thereby increasing Nintendo's market share and profits.]]>May 12th 2006 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
Wii - There are 5 peaks/points.. symbolizing the 5th gen Nintendo?
The Wii gang sign would be (with hands) your left hand with three fingers [W] and your right hand with to fingers pointing [ii]..

yeah.. probably insignificant. I'm bored.

Rankings:
Wii (I love the concept)
Sony PS3
XBox 360 (though i can't wait for Halo 3 and Too Human)]]>May 12th 2006 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
I am impressed with the fact that Nintendo is doing something is so futuristic that you know it's going to succeed. Why do we use a thumb to aim when we should be using our whole arm, it makes perfect sense. This guy Miyamoto is on the spot with marketshare.

Sure, Sony might have biggest marketshare, but that is a market of gamers. Gamers pale in comparision to everyone else in the world and that is what Nintendo will capitalize on because their system is cheaper and people who play it at their local BestBuy will fall in love with it.

Imagine if you are a sales person at a tech store and you see an elder gentleman come in browsing various gadgets. If he is interested in video games, which one would you strategically push onto him, a PS3, 360 or a Wii. It's a no brainer. Wii will dramatically increase it's marketshare, while Sony and MS fight over the scraps of hard core gamers.]]>May 12th 2006 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
My Grandparents have played a computer game, my great grandma played a computer game, everyone who I've ever met has played at least once - I can't see how you could avoid it unless you had never ever used a computer - in which case I'm unlikely to know you! since I don't live in the middle of the African Desert or on some weird technology free commune.]]>May 12th 2006 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
Alexander Wunderlich

Actually I'd see him along side the likes of Michael Jackson.]]>May 12th 2006 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
and i confess that i agree with him in many points.
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Playing a game ONCE is nothing; that's just sampling. Playing games REGULARLY is a whole different ball game, and that's what Nintendo is going after.

Like Reggie said at the Nintendo keynote, if we want gaming to become mainstream entertainment like books or movies or music, it has to advance to a point where anyone can casually get into it, without worrying about a bazillion-button controller or a two-minute load time.

The fact that your grandparents and great-grandmother only played a game ONCE proves Miyamoto's point...

--R.J.
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Heck, I never owned a console since my first Videopac (do not remember the name in the US) and played only on computers ever since (C64, Amiga and for a time on PC) and now I entertain the idea of buying a Wii.

Or maybe I am just falling into the trap laid down by their marketing department :-)
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I was talking with my wife the other day about the consoles out there. Now, she is an NES and SNES goddess, but stopped there. When I told her about the new Wii controller, she was hooked. When it comes out, we will be buying a Wii.

Second, I was thinking about the games coming out recently. Many of the games that come out for PS3/X360 are not games that I personally think 12 year olds should be playing. I know, I'm getting old and getting worried, but I know that there are times I'm on the second story, look out a window, and realize what a great sniping position it would make. These games seem to not only be fun and engaging, but perfect games for the younger generation as well as older folks.

That's kind of how I'm feeling about it all. I really believe I'll be getting a Wii. Here's the kicker: And a PS3. I'm a grown man with disposable income, and I want a machine that will push the edges of my HDTV. I don't think it's about choice anymore, the Wii has a focus towards another market and that means a Wii and PS3 are compatible in the living room. And _that_ is what I've been missing.]]>May 12th 2006 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
doh]]>May 12th 2006 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/May 12th 2006 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/
You seem to be assuming that my granparents would be much more at home with a two-handed joystick that you wave around, aim at the screen AND still have to press like 8 buttons or whatever, which I assure you wouldn't be the case. Besides you cant twist the guys words, he didnt mention people who only played games a few times, he said never.

Personally it just looks like a gimmick to me, Nintendo couldn't keep pace with Sony or MS on the technical side so are using a gimmick to try and sell their platform. I like Nintendo games, and owned every ninetndo system up to the gamecube but this controller I don't believe is th future.

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Phi ^-^]]>May 22nd 2006 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/11/the-engadget-and-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-a/Aug 8th 2006 9:18AM