heres how I look at it.
The controller looks different, will play different, and will be something we are all not used to. Let's be honest, people fear change sometimes. The problem is that the close mindedness of people will be trouble for the revolution.
But here are the facts. Motion sensor on the top, total wireless adaptation, simple desgin which can be used for EVERY game within the past 20 years, depending on the position of the controller I think, ports for the gamecube controller if you feel uncomfertable, an analong stick which helps with movement.
The innovation is there, and it blows Microsoft and Sony out of the water. Remember back at E3, all you heard was the technical specs of PS3 and 360 on how the system works and how it looks via graphical images. Yeah it looks good, but the main gripe I have with BOTH systems is that they are in it more for graphical quality and to appease the fans by being shallow and hokey in terms of gameplay, which is THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF VIDEO GAMES.
Nintendo has always focused on the innovation and gameplay over the graphical quality. That is one reason they have the lowest 3rd party support. A lot of the 3rd parties pump out bad quality games for the other systems, littering their lineup of games. Although it makes it a bigger library for the PS2 and X-Box, half of them no one wants to play because we all know it sucks.
We know the first party games will be excellent, as always. The 3rd party is the problem, and I think this controller could be the solution. Looking at it, it IS the way for the middle of the road companies to deliver a quality game, as well as large companies (Capcom, THQ, EA, etc) to make games in a different way for the Revolution. Will it cost more to make a game the different way? I don't think so, because it will cost more for graphic quality over anything else.
I am a nintendo fanboy, but I own all 3 systems. I have a large library of games ranging from the old SNES to the Gamecube itself, with PSX and PS2 and X-Box in there as well. All of the systems have a strength and a weakness, and the problem with this though is that everyone focuses on one system (PS2 or X-BOX) as the superior system, and the case is that none of them are superior at all. Sales may be high for one, but it doesn't mean it's the best.
The new generation of systems will be interesting. 360 in 2 months, Revolution in 2006, and PS3 in 2007. Bottom line, the 5th age of video games is here, and it is going to be different for the nintendo fans thanks to this controller.
I am definitly for the controller, and I can't wait to play it.