With the great success of the Nintendo Wii, and the huge amounts of Nintendo DS hand-helds being sold, the question that rears its head in my mind is, why? Why, compared to rival company Microsoft and Sony's offerings, do the Nintendo brand products differ so greatly? Would things have been different had Nintendo not develop the Wiimote? I think a conclusion to the latter should be divided up into two points of view, from both a secular centric view, and a more individualistic one.

The fact that Nintendo always produced games close to its core brand paid off greatly, in my opinion, in the long run. Its desicion to include and market the secular-heavy wiimote guaranteed the company's perpetuation for at least a couple of years. But down in the underbelly of all Nintendo's products remains the strong brand-specific undertone that is Nintendo. This could be the reason why third party developers, and both users have always shyed away from Nintendo products in the sense that they, subconsciously, feel alienated from the core Nintendo brand philosophy of mental and physical consistency with Nintendo eg' Manhunt.

to be continued...