"In a recent article published by London's The Guardian, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata offered further hints that Revolution's controller -- like the console itself -- may be simplified in order to appeal to consumers traditionally uninterested in complex, male-dominated videogames."
"There are too many buttons and sticks on controllers for novice players, which is likely to discourage them from ever playing games at all," Iwata told The Guardian. "We want the Revolution's controller to be relevant to everybody and we really want people to feel like they want to touch and play with it."
Although both Microsoft and Sony announced specs and games for their next-generation systems at E3 2005, Nintendo decided against doing the same. As a result, it is not yet known how powerful the Revolution is or how well it stacks up against its competitors. The Big N has indicated that it doesn't want to be lumped into the same category as the competition, preferring to explore "another planet" of videogame opportunities with its new console.
"Nintendo is very good at creating games that can appeal to the whole family," Iwata reiterated to the London paper. "There have been a lot of games created around excessive violence in the past few years and it seems to be escalating. From the business point of view, it doesn't make sense for us to follow suit. We cherish our hardcore gamers, but we always try to attract as many people as possible and expand the existing gaming population."
Source: IGN.com
"There are too many buttons and sticks on controllers for novice players, which is likely to discourage them from ever playing games at all," Iwata told The Guardian. "We want the Revolution's controller to be relevant to everybody and we really want people to feel like they want to touch and play with it."
Although both Microsoft and Sony announced specs and games for their next-generation systems at E3 2005, Nintendo decided against doing the same. As a result, it is not yet known how powerful the Revolution is or how well it stacks up against its competitors. The Big N has indicated that it doesn't want to be lumped into the same category as the competition, preferring to explore "another planet" of videogame opportunities with its new console.
"Nintendo is very good at creating games that can appeal to the whole family," Iwata reiterated to the London paper. "There have been a lot of games created around excessive violence in the past few years and it seems to be escalating. From the business point of view, it doesn't make sense for us to follow suit. We cherish our hardcore gamers, but we always try to attract as many people as possible and expand the existing gaming population."
Source: IGN.com
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