@joshrmeyer: The original Xbox was a BEAST compared to the PS2. Halo 1, Jet Set Radio Future, Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions, and Burnout Revenge, among others, all hold up graphically, especially through component cables.

@DrKill09 Pikmin was released in 2001. Entirely his idea. He also closely supervised 3DS launch title Steel Diver, and is (or will be) personally developing some smaller games.

And same games aside, they're all very high quality games. He's got more innovation in his left toenail than all of EA and Activision combined!

@dunk_420 They may be using Sega's D-pad design. Or somehow found yet another way to do the same thing. (How many different ways could there possibly be to make one of those?)

Looks pretty pathetic compred to the 360 launch venue - a massive hangar out in the middle of nowhere!

None of you have held either controller in its final form yet. Be patient.

And game info is on Tuesday...

@VigilanteArtist Much of the shovelware on Wii was from third-parties, and EA does a LOT more than Madden.

"B-lister" is still a high ranking in this industry. If you prefer, The kingpins could be AAA and Bizzard/Valve/Bungie AA...

It's still the place to be for Sony, Sega, Nintendo, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Activision, & EA - the REAL big guns.

With all of that, it's no wonder a lot of the B-listers want to do their own thing...