Nintendo of America's president, Reggie Fils-Aime, has responded to the shot across the Wii's bow sent out by Microsoft's Natal and Sony's PS3 wand. Guess what? He's not that worried. It sounds too much "like technology", apparently.
"The only thing I'll say is a rhetorical question. Is it fun? If it's fun, then I tip my hat and say, 'Well done'", Fils-Aime told
CNET. "But what's happening sounds to me a lot like, 'Who's got the prettiest picture. Who's got high-definition. Who has the best processing power?' It sounds like technology, when the consumer wants to be entertained. Our focus is how do we take active play and make it entertainment. And that's what we're going to continue to focus on.
"And I think we've done a great job with Wii Motion Plus, and the Balance Board. And we're going to continue to push the envelope in ways to make it more fun."
Last week SPOnG reported on how
Nintendo apparently considered then dismissed the PS3 and Xbox 360 solutions to motion control.
It may be that, at least as far as the mass market Nintendo's capturing is concerned, Microsoft and Sony have come too late to the motion control party. Still, anyone else hearing undertones of arrogance in Reggie's comments?
More on the
PS3's magic wand here. See a
video demo of Project Natal here and read why there
might be a spot of trickery involved in that video here.