The real interesting thing about Nintendo is the new interface, that is used for all the Wii games. Making video games a phsyical experience is their key advantage and innovation.

Fair enough on the Wii comment. My 13 year and 15 year old have also vigorously reframed my understanding. I missed the video game revolution by about 5 years — I’m 49 — but also started out with a TRS-80 Model III in 1982, so I have been immersed in tech for along time. My key point remains — Nintendo seems to have huge market momentum, and much of what I see relates to extending spatial gaming to the boomer crowd. That, to me, is market transformation. (Well, ignoring GTA IV)

RE a toss away comment to Alberta. The comment wasn’t that you were isolated from rising energy. Of course you are paying the same price. My comment is that I’m out there traveling to a lot of places hard hit by the US recession — I just did a keynote recently in Virginia –and there’s a big difference in talking with an audience that is in the thick of an oil-boom and another that’s been hit by the housing/subprime downturn, and who are losing jobs/homes as a result. Alberta’s mostly a happy place right now, but there are a lot of places in North America that aren’t in the same contented space. Alberta is quite isolated from the economic downturn that is well underway elsewhere. That was the intent of my remark

Enjoyed your post!