Nintendo did NOT invent motion control, but they excel at honing and perfecting the user experience, much like Apple. You have to give them credit for that.

@Grundman: maybe "abandoning" is a strong word, but the emphasis is going away, which actually might be a good thing. Instead of the market being flooded with mediocre hardcore games, there might be a trickle of excellent hardcore games, which is a very, very good thing.

If they can make the hardcore games still then i suppose it would be ok

A bit harsh? Sure.. But so is what Nintendo has done. They've flooded the market with a ton of crap that most gamers just don't want.. This is why I have a ton of games between my PS3 and Xbox360, yet only a handful on my Wii.. There just aren't enough good games for it..

It's kind of like being an only child and then your parents have another baby. All of a sudden you have to share their attention with your new sibling. You're not being abandoned, you're being shared. That's just the way it is.

The gaming industry was actually very casual even in the early days.. Sure most people did not play every game but people off all ages played Pacman, Digdug,Space invaders, Asteroids, etc. My grandmother loved Frogger. I dont understand why some people just assume that games have always been for the hardcore when that's just not the case. The only reason I can think of is because you are too young to know what it was like back then. There were certain games back then that every one was playing.Regardless of age, profession, sex.
@crapleton, You do understand that 90% of the games you claim are hurting the industry are also available on the PS2? Why is it ok for Sony to allow those games but it isnt ok for Nintendo to allow those games... It really makes no sense at all. If those types of games bothered you why are you a PS gamer? The PS1 and PS2 libraries are full of complete garbage just like the Wii is. They didnt seem to hurt the industry as you claim Nintendo is doing..

"EXACTLY! It would be like someone giving you a million dollars.. then going broke.. and when they ask you for 20 bucks you tell them to f*ck off"

That comparison is not apt: No one simply "gives" money to companies. Transactions are *always* a two-way street.

A more valid illustration would be someone giving you a million dollars, and in return you give them a million dollars worth of videogames.

Nintendo is under no obligation to give them a million dollars worth of videogames *and* twenty dollars to boot.

"They've flooded the market with a ton of crap that most gamers just don't want.."

Um, how does a product sell well if people don't want it?

It's going to be the iPhone. I think we've only seen the tip of the iceberg of what is to come with the iPhone. It's probably *the* mobile gaming platform of the future.