Creativity Beats Brute Force: The Lesson of Wii
It's always fun to know that a little creativity can always beat brute force. For several years, Nintendo's Game Cube got trounced by Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox. Nintendo's counter-attack?
Instead of throwing more money to make chip technology faster and faster, Nintendo took a step back and did some creative thinking. It came up with the now famous wireless motion controllers.
Here is BBC's assessment of Wii's simple brilliance:
Sony has sunk billions into its Cell processor, and Microsoft a similar amount on its entry into the market and push into the online space, while Nintendo has spent less than $5.50 for a sensor which has transformed gaming for many.
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6960575.stm]
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I fully agree. Creative think
I fully agree. Creative thinking usually wins over the "I'll just throw more money at the problem" approach.
I'm glad to see Nintendo is having a successful year with the Wii. I was worried about Nintendo because for years they haven't been able to keep up with it's competition.
Sure they have a few game titles that keep people buying nintendo over and over, but overall, they just don't seem to have the same pull for new users as the other consoles.
~Shannon
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Wii Rules
Creativity need not to be a high-tech ideas it only needs cleverness. I thought I'm going to wait Wii's availability in our market for so long good thing I did not.
-Jan
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