The Wii U Signals ‘End of an Era’

<p>Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s latest home console&comma; the &&num;8216&semi;Wii U&&num;8217&semi; has been said to mark &&num;8220&semi;the end of an era&&num;8221&semi; of general console gaming by Nolan Bushnell&comma; who many deem the &&num;8216&semi;grandfather&&num;8217&semi; of video games as he created Pong&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When speaking to &&num;8216&semi;The New York Times&&num;8217&semi; Nolan Bushnell shared his confusion with the industry as a whole by saying&semi; &&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t think it&&num;8217&semi;s going to be a big success&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;It feels like the end of an era to me&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This was all included in a feature which the newspaper was writing deeming console gaming slowly dying in favor of mobile&sol;tablet gaming which many young people are now being brought up on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What are your thoughts on this issue&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nytimes&period;com&sol;2012&sol;11&sol;25&sol;technology&sol;nintendos-wii-u-takes-aim-at-a-changed-video-game-world&period;html&quest;&lowbar;r&equals;1&amp&semi;adxnnl&equals;1&amp&semi;pagewanted&equals;all&amp&semi;adxnnlx&equals;1353848906-jsx&plus;flCq3xWfUIrrORE9zg&amp&semi;">The New York Times<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5963103&sol;wii-u-marks-the-end-of-an-era-says-pongs-creator">Kotaku<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;