Sony finally showed off their PlayStation 3 motion controller (dubbed “Move”) and sub-controller at GDC this week, and let’s be charitable by saying it looks in a lot of ways pretty similar in concept to Nintendo’s Wii remote and nunchuck. Nintendo, predictably, is being less charitable with their words, as Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime had a stern assessment of their competition’s (including Microsoft’s) rush to motion controls.
“I think we would have been embarrassed to do what our competitors are currently doing,” Fils-Aime said to Kotaku, stressing that for Nintendo, it’s of vital importance to innovate rather than follow. “So, all I can tell you is that we will innovate. We will provide something new. Something that the consumer and the industry will look at and say, ‘Wow, I didn’t see that coming.’”
Fils-Aime also gave a few more juicy tidbits about what Nintendo has planned for the successor to the Wii, stressing that it won’t simply be a Wii with HD graphics. “For us high definition by itself is not the next frontier. For us we need to provide a whole new compelling experience in our next generation,” he said. Fils-Aime also made clear a new console won’t be made until Nintendo feels it needs to be.