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> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> I also have to say part of the success for the Nintendo brand again is 
>> the same reason for its demise during 2 generations:  its loyal fans 
>> during the NES and SNES grew older during the N64 and GC, had to get a 
>> work, house, marriage and are now back to gaming, thanks to their kids. 
> 
>   I have heard that many people complained about the N64 and GC controllers,
> and that *might* be at least partially responsible for the lesser popularity
> of those two consoles. If you look at those controllers, they look quite
> painful to use:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:N64_controller.jpg

Low sales because of controller?!  First time I hear it.

I had a N64 from day 1.  The controller was very comfortable.  The 
analog stick is also a lot more precise than both analogs from the 
dual-shock.  I heard people saying the same from GC, but then, those are 
Nintendoids without hope.

What really spell FAIL to me was the too few games.  That I can see 
hurting sales of the platform overall.

>   I suppose Nintendo learned its lesson and instead of trying to copy
> others' controller designs, they created their own for the Wii. It seems
> to have been a success.

Hmm, it seems you got it wrong:  Nintendo is a trend setter, not the 
contrary.  They were the ones to come up with the d-pad, 4 buttons, 
shoulder buttons, analog stick and, now, motion sensing controller.  The 
others follow suit.  That said, I wish their games had evolved too.

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