Sony's Yoshida: "We need Nintendo to be very successful."

Checked first 2 pages, saw nothing about this, Lock if old/irrelevant as usual.

http://mynintendonews.com/2013/11/13/sony-we-need-nintendo-to-be-very-successful/

An interesting viewpoint to be sure, couldn't help but feel he complimented and also took a shot at Nintendo as well, how can two major console manufacturers not be direct competitors? Hopefully Nintendo turns its console into as major a success as its handheld brands, but that to me is very unlikely, changes need to be made in Ninty's top offices as far as I'm concerned.

[President of Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has toldIGN that his company needs Nintendo to thrive for the sake of the video game industry. In order to preserve traditional gaming – via dedicated controllers with actual buttons and analog sticks – the executive suggests that Nintendo and Sony must coexist in a world where touch-based gaming by way of smartphones and tablets continues to gain popularity. Yoshida, who owns two Wii U consoles, classifies both firms as being in the same category and not as direct competitors.

>Nintendo

>Dedicated controllers with buttons

What

Nintendo rocks! My opinion is that they have gone a little bit wayward of the core gamer, but that's nothing they can't fix. They have quality franchises and when they are banging on all 12 cylinders, they are hard to beat.

Don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth. Yoshi is a troll and a PR whore.

Sony is so caring :)

He's right. The last thing I want to see is touchscreens wholly replacing buttons. Somebody needs to fight for the cause. Glad to see his priorities are in order.

Nintendo needs to hire this guy.

mobile gaming vs console games. Console games have dedicated controllers while mobile games on your iPad or phone have integrated touch based controls and stuff.

Well Nintendo are kind of failing at the whole successful thing right now.

Yeah, the 3DS is being murdered by the Vita, and Nintendo are near bankrupt because of that. Oh wait...

Back on topic: kudos for Yoshida. I really hate how touch screens are beginning to eclipse buttons, but I don't blame Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft for that: it's really Apple's fault. The fact that they use stupid touch-screens with button overlays (aka fake buttons that don't work) or gyroscopic controls to promote crappy 99 cent "games" is criminal to the gaming world.

I like this idea of gaming coexistence that Yoshida pitches. All three main console developers have made strides toward making gaming better, all missteps aside. They're encouraging each other to improve and consumers are reaping the benefits because of it.

Please tell me this is sarcasm. Nintendo has consistently strived to take dedicated controllers to push boundaries.

*looks at 3DS*

Uh huh

Cool of him to say that.

He doesn't like touch screen gaming..that's already a win in my book. :)

Yes, I agree with him that Nintendo isn't directly competing with either Sony or Microsoft on the home console front.

An average customer could walk into a Best Buy, or check out some reviews on the internet, and be reasonably convinced to buy either a MS or Sony console over the other one even if initially that customer wanted the other console.

That same customer that walked in wanting a Wii U, isn't going to be really persuaded to get one of the other consoles, because they are sufficiently different to be considered almost a different category. This works vice versa as well.

well I have to agree, even though im getting older, the only console im sticking with is the Wii U and my ultimate gaming PC. Last week I spent $100 on 3 nintendo 3ds games, and in a month im going to grab the wii U and a game or two.

Quite obviously I'm talking about the Wii U, which is what Sony is probably referring to. 3DS competition is meaningless to Sony. PS Vita is already getting trashed beyond repair.

I don't buy it that they aren't in competition. Developers aren't doing a lot with the Wii Us touch screen and it's more of less getting the same games as the X360/PS3, just with 3rd party difficulties.