Nintendo's polish
1up has a feature up on the Wii, with interviews and top 5 reasons why Wii will/won't succeed. One thing that really comes through in the interviews, as with all the recent interviews with Nintendo folks, is how polished and ready the company is.
Sony is very publicly flailing about and seems to have nearly lost control of the PlayStation 3; each new delay of Blu-ray players and on-the-fly decision like the PS3 motion-sensing controller makes you wonder if they have any real business plan at all. But Nintendo has a clear vision and a clear plan, and they're very good at articulating both and following through.
That creates a positive snowball effect. The built-in speaker in the Wii controller and the always-on function -- the system will be connected to the Internet and can download stuff even while it's turned off -- aren't really big deals, but because Nintendo has successfully planted its storyline even minor things like these can be turned into notable examples of its innovation, polish, and grand plan.
Sony is very publicly flailing about and seems to have nearly lost control of the PlayStation 3; each new delay of Blu-ray players and on-the-fly decision like the PS3 motion-sensing controller makes you wonder if they have any real business plan at all. But Nintendo has a clear vision and a clear plan, and they're very good at articulating both and following through.
That creates a positive snowball effect. The built-in speaker in the Wii controller and the always-on function -- the system will be connected to the Internet and can download stuff even while it's turned off -- aren't really big deals, but because Nintendo has successfully planted its storyline even minor things like these can be turned into notable examples of its innovation, polish, and grand plan.
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