Back in 2005, a gaming company named Nintendo announced that it wanted to try something different. Ignoring the booming business around it, with its Call of Dutys and Halos and its Half-Lifes, Nintendo threw the gaming world a complete curveball, right out of left field: nice, simple motion control!
Genuine Enabling Technology was seeking damages, claiming the tech allowing PlayStation consoles and controllers to communicate infringes its rights.
Sounds like patent trolling they tried the same thing against Nintendo with the same pattern.
Motion and control input traversing over higher and lower frequencies seperate from each other allowing the controller to do both
So to recoup the money Genuine is going to take on Nintendo or Microsoft next. I hate patent lawyers they are some of the worst bottom feeders out there.
Microsoft has announced the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox will be discontinued in April and has confirmed that weekly streaks will also be coming to an end.
Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
They didn't come out and throw a curve ball for the heck of it.
They were UNABLE TO COMPETE with sony and microsoft on the hardware power war. They are still unable to compete. This forced them into thinking of a different way to monetize their system. At 250$ the wii is a rip off which is why Nintendy makes $$ on each one sold, since launch.
They key to Nintendo's success was mimicing the iPod marketing strategy. It worked well and to Nintendo's favor, they just happened to have 1 competitor who priced themselves out of the early running (PS3), because of the power it packed.
Also, keep in mind that Nintedo has ALWAYS created peripherals, which is why they are always profitable. They have constantly, from the start of their videogame buisness, produced toy-like peripherals, because they can monetize each sale.
If anything you need to realize that nintendo has always cared more about the bottom-line then anything else. Virtual Boy, Power Glove, Power Pad, 100 kinds of controllers, Each generations game console sports a unique controller, the reluctance to move to CD (Cartridge was more profitable for Nintendo) etc...
Meanwhile sony's philosophy is lose at the beginning (taking a loss) and win at the end. They have a long-term approach to continually push the videogame buisness forward. Look at the IPs sony has under their umbrella. FLower, Flow, PJ Eden, PJ Racer, Heavy Rain, God of War, GT, Killzone, Little Big Planet etc... That is a list of games that is pushing Videogames as a medium forward, where as the other companies are not.
Microsoft is pushing monetization of the Internet, because they would LOVE to charge people to connect to the net (which they do on the xbox). Locking out a portion of the game simply because of money, not because of neccessity.
Sony might think i'm a fanboy, but i'm well versed and I know my gaming. I know the company philosophies and I give my dollars, as a smart consumer, to the company who I feel will give me the most freedom and provide me with teh most innovative, varied and high quality experiences.
Which is Sony.
(I think there are alot of "new gamers" who should read this for a bit of better understanding into what has been going on)