Nice post from DailyTech on the democratization of technology, and what we can learn from the surprising success of the Wii game system. It is easy to forget how many people thought the wildly successful Wii was set to fail.
They want to develop this people-oriented system that anyone could buy and
play. They wanted it kid and adult
friendly. They wanted to call it
something that was part of the family. How about…Wii? Bad idea? While MS and Sony were pushing the
fast track, Nintendo took the road less traveled.
Game reviewers fought each other to write the most glowing coverage possible
for the powerhouse Sony, MS systems. Words flowed in adrenalin fashion over the
systems and the games. Reviewers flipped coins to see who would review the
Nintendo Wii. The losers got stuck with the job.
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Just read Paul K.’s posts, mash ‘em up, and voila: AppleTV + Wii + iPhone/MSFT Ms.Pacman’07thingy = watching your photo show on your tv with an infrared remote having a beam that you can pinch or spread apart or move around to manipulate the photos on your HDTV set. I’ll take my $10M seed money now, please
[nobody ever uses emoticons anymore - those things were SWEET]