Their controllers as in N64 wii Gamecube and the wiiu, all sucked.
Yeah, okay.
This would like a word with you:
Having an Xbox One and PS4 in the household allows me to share my opinion that this controller is my absolute favorite this generation. It just beats out the Xbox One controller(with PS4 a distant third) purely based on complete usability and sturdiness. Aside from dodgy stick placement this guy should automatically win for having 80+ hour battery life. Got it in June, and I've charged it about 7 or 8 times and accumulated over 500 hours playtime with it.
Also, if you'd like me to continue to bust the gimmick myth, I certainly can, since the Wii Pro Controller was also an absolute beast.
Regarding Nintendo going mobile, I made my thoughts known in the Wii U thread. This is a natural step toward getting some cash for Nintendo, it isn't a push toward doing a SEGA(who make utterly fantastic ports for iOS, and in general, really judging on their 3D classics collection). Don't expect to see any ports of existing titles in iOS or Android stores anytime soon. Iwata said himself that the main motivation behind signing with DeNA was to utilize companion games for the real games on real consoles. It's a great idea and who knows how it will go. This is also Nintendo beginning to try and take an online infrastructure seriously too, the diagram they showed off seems to highlight a unification across all systems:
This is the kind of thinking Nintendo should have done a good few years ago, but it shows that NX might be a lot more 'hardcore' than most would think. I'm not sure what hardcore means exactly, but the main complaint about Nintendo seems to be that they aren't hardcore enough these days.
While some might like to think that Nintendo might completely stop making consoles, I wouldn't think that anytime soon. Despite the Wii U's commercial struggles, I'd argue that it's game library trumps that of the Gamecube and Wii put together(take off those nostalgia goggles). Sure, there are some dry periods with no games because the Wii U doesn't have Brown and Bloom FPS 17 or such like, but in those occasions I personally just choose from the ridiculously large 3DS library of games or play my PS4.
The Wii U is a great companion console at this point, all Nintendo need to do is get their act together and make up with EA, Ubisoft, whoever and try and make game development a bit easier for those not totally affiliated with them.
It all comes down to taste though, I understand that people might bore of the same characters being used over and over again. The problem is I haven't seen anything 'new' enough on my PS4 to justify this way of thinking, I had heard all about how good Tomb Raider was for it's story and characters and yet, I was totally miffed(and frequently 🤬 off) by Lara and her annoying pals. It just felt like a totally lifeless experience, with average voice acting to boot. The Order 1886 was fantastic in it's setting and a few of it's characters were decent but it still fell for the perils of Hollywood B-movie cliches and boring, predictable twists.
Everyone is individual though, and at the end of the day for me, game-play will always overcome anything else. So, in that case excuse my complete nullification of the point regarding people wanting 'new' experiences.
The sooner we get more game directors like Hideo Kojima, Hideki Kamiya and Shinguru Miyamoto the better.
I don't have a smartphone -- my current flip phone just has the mobile version of Final Fantasy for a time-waster.
