The Next Generation Console Debate
High Def vs. High Creativity……
There is much talk these days of the high tech hoopla involving
the next generation consoles. Microsoft and Sony have both
announced that their next gen systems will include High
Definition as one of the key new features, while Nintendo has
stated that it will pass up on the High Def for now and go with
a more creative system instead. Both Microsoft and Sony have
showed and their consoles and both look really good so far, thus
most hardcore gamers have written Nintendo off as being a
contender for the next gen crown. Is this possibly an oversight?
YES, this is an oversight. How can anyone write off the
brilliant minds at Nintendo? IGN’s people seem to think that HD
trumps creativity, as do Gamespot and most of the major gaming
media organizations. It is with this knowledge that I give fair
warning, DO NOT UNDERSTIMATE THE POWER OF CREATIVITY. Nintendo
has brought innovation throughout their term as leader in the
video game world. They have brought us to know innovations such
as the Game Boy, the touchpad (touching IS good) and a host of
creative and innovative games throughout the years, which by the
way, will be downloadable with their own upcoming next gen
system, the Revolution. They have been a staple of the creative
prowess that it takes to push this industry in the right
direction. How can anyone overlook that? I constantly see people
and hear people say, “Nintendo isn’t even offering HD in the
Revolution, what’s up with that?”
What’s up with that, is that while Microsoft and Sony spend
their time trying to trump each other with their HD and other
technologies, Nintendo is creating new technology that will
“Revolutionize” the way that we play games today. It is true
that both the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 will be very nice
consoles, and give us every little slice of tech heaven that we
have been yearning for, but Nintendo may just trump them all
with the invent of new technologies the likes of which Microsoft
and Sony have never even dreamed of. It will be much easier for
Nintendo to solicit companies to help them make their next
console (the one after the Revolution) be HD compliant and up to
times with the technology than it will be for Microsoft and Sony
to find a company to help them to get creative.
Eventually, I see all gaming consoles going in the same
direction, high end technology, with first rate creative input
and output. The difference in the console war will be which
roads that each company will take to get there. Microsoft and
Sony seem to be taking the easy road, by updating their consoles
to the more advanced technologies during this generation, while
Nintendo takes the harder road by knocking the creativity factor
out first. This is why they may not have a leg up on the
competition this time around, but in the next great next
generation console war, they will have TWO legs up on their
competition.
