Though the following editorial is probably the longest piece ever published on the internet, it does a good job of analyzing the competition between Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, and how the latter just might lead in home console market share this next-generation. Pocket Gamer writes: "Nintendo's performance in Japan is an excellent indicator of the shape of things to come in the rest of the world, and possibly even how the next gen TV-console war will play out... the success of DS, and the apparent reason for its success – Nintendo's championing innovation over graphical firepower – suggests that for the first time in years, Nintendo has a shot at getting the number one spot back."The author goes on to say that Nintendo's traditional lack of "gritty fare" realistic games is the Achilles Heel for both the DS and Wii, and a sign that "Nintendo hasn't yet learned every lesson it might have."
[via Slashdot]
