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Nintendo Hard at Work on Wii Catheter, Wii Hip Replacement

June 2, 2009 at 11:40 am PT

Nintendo really should have cut its losses yesterday and cancelled its E3 press conference after Microsoft’s (MSFT) Project Natal demo. How could it possibly have trumped Redmond, Wash.’s controllerless game control system? Certainly not with the Wii Vitality Sensor it showed off today.

The peripheral’s big gaming advancement? It records a user’s vital signs. A nice addition to the Wii Fit, but a far cry from Microsoft’s efforts to turn gamers themselves into controllers.

As I said yesterday, “sucks to be Nintendo.” And today, it most certainly does.

Tagged with: controller, Demo, E3, gaming, John Paczkowski, Microsoft, Nintendo, peripheral, press conference, Project Natal, Redmond, video game, Washington, Wii, Wii Fit

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http://www.goodforparty.com/ jani anderson

Yeah, it looks like Nintendo got caught sleeping at the wheel. However, to be fair, it was only a matter of time before Sony or MS came out with a motion sensor, so Nintendo was on borrowed time, anyway! If you ask me, Microsoft is the one to beat in the console gaming market.
Gareth Vaughan

How incredibly Nieve. Poor? Nintendo have wiped the floor with the two major players of the industry. Every thing Nintendo produces sells in the millions.

Have Nintendo had major hardware issues?
Do they or do they not make PROFIT on ALL hardware.
Does Nintendo own the Casual gaming Market.

Do you seriously think all those CASUAL gamers are going to trade their Wii’s for XBOX 360′s No because they are CASUAL they do not understand consoles and will stick to what they know.

Nintendo will keep the large base and new sales may slow down once “natal” control is available.

“It really sucks to be Sony” should be the title blue ray wow!! Sony’s overpiced blue ray player is not going to dominate.
Hardcore gamers will care about Natal and will buy 2 of the 3 current gen consoles even perhaps all 3. However the Hardcore gamers will already made their minds up. Sony will remain in third place however Rockstar may save some of their blushes once “Agent” is released as an exclusive on PS3.

The casual gamers will stick with wii.

The same reason why the DSi will always outsell PSP go.
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com John Paczkowski

Honestly, as soon as folks can rip off a zombie’s head with their bare hands in Resident Evil, I think all bets are off.
Gareth Vaughan

If Manhunt 2 is anything to go by I doubt that will ever be possible!