Sony. Copied. Nintendo.

I would just like to debunk the whole "Sony had the idea for the sixaxis years before Wii was even announced"" theory.

If Sony had tilt functionality planned for the Playstation 3 for all these years before the Wii was announced, then why didn't Sony announce or even suggest their plan to the press during the unveiling of the original PS3 controller? Similarly to how Nintendo hinted upon unique design at E3 and later unveiled the redesign along with the motion sensing capability a month later?

After the failed lawsuit with Immersion, Sony decided to minimise the rising cost of Playstation 3 by disregarding rumble and redesigning the Playstation 3 controller instead, rather than paying the licensing fee's; and thus the Boomerang was born. But Sony's creative vision wasn't actually very good, and was widely criticized by Playstation fans shortly after the unveiling.

Nintendo was stirring up interest among the public with their new motion sensing technology. Eventually Sony decided to dump the original design after the announcement, and retrieve a patent filed by their engineering team, which was designed to mimic the Gameboy Color's Tilt add-on (which was already within the public domain at this point).

They updated the SNES-era side buttons by including two modern analogue triggers and came up with the company slogan that we have all come to know and love: "Rumble was last gen. Tilt is next gen."

Sony. Copied. Nintendo.

nintendo lost to sony for 10 yeardTnasty11

yeard? Where do you come from? 

I could care less if video game companies are innovative before others.ramey70

Sony just aren't very good.  Sixaxis certainly isn't special, it doesn't even have full 3D space motion detection like the cheapo Wii does. All it gathers is tilt.

[QUOTE="ramey70"]I could care less if video game companies are innovative before others.Lilac_Benjie

Sony just aren't very good. Sixaxis certainly isn't special, it doesn't even have full 3D space motion detection like the cheapo Wii does. All it gathers is tilt.

I don't care.  The PS3's motion sensor sucks and I never use it.  The Wii looks like garbage on my TV so I don't play it either (it's my wife's).   I don't care who creates what as long as company can provide me with something that I'm looking for.   

nintendo copied sony using backward compatibility

nintendo copied motion controlled games from konami 

so nintendo copied sony by using CDsTnasty11

so nintendo copied sony by using CDsTnasty11

Sega was the first to use CDs 

Sony copied Nintendo for having the letter "O" in their name.

CORRECTION: The letters "O" AND "N"

Nintendo. Copied. Atari.

Microsoft. Copied. Apple.

GM. Copied. Ford.

Seeing a trend?  

[QUOTE="Tnasty11"]so nintendo copied sony by using CDsHarlockJC

Sega was the first to use CDs

Sony was the first to use DVDs. We could do this all day.  

People are just being silly now.

Nintendo copied Magnavox by making a video game console. ramey70

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[QUOTE="Tnasty11"]so nintendo copied sony by using CDsD_Znuhtz

Sega was the first to use CDs

Sony was the first to use DVDs. We could do this all day.

Really when it comes down to it the computer was the first to have games on the CD and the DVD 

so nintendo copied sony by using CDsTnasty11

What Nintendo systems used CD's? 

[QUOTE="Tnasty11"]nintendo lost to sony for 10 yeardhyruledweller

yeard? Where do you come from? 

being picky, eh...

You've just realised?hyruledweller

Hell, I'm a long time Sony fan...and I'm pretty sure NOBODY is disputing the switch was due to the lawsuit. 

agreed ... sony saw nintendo's idea being well received and came up with a quick copy

the devs didn't even know about it until the last minute, let alone anyone else 

Sony did not copy Nintendo.

If they had, then the PS3 would be selling like hotcakes and would be out of stock everywhere... like the Wii.

nintendo still copied mini disks

Atari copied Manavox

Sega copied Atari

Nintendo copied Atari

Sega copied Nintendo

Sony copied Nintendo and Sega

Microsoft copied Sony, Sega and Nintendo 

This could go on forever...

Like everyone else, I don't care. What bugged me was when Sony got up on stage and had the balls to call thier controller "innovative".goblaa

It is innovative. Since when did the definition of innovative change to mean "teh 1zt 1 2 do sumting". Light guns have been around for years and years and years. The technology was always there, Nintendo didn't invent anything. 

The Siaxaxis is innovative in the way that it improved upon the DualShock, and it is innovative in that it put motion sensing capabilities into a "normal" controller rather than some ridiculous nunchakus.

lilacbenjie, I swear you were a cow, an hour ago...UKNintendoFreak

Lilac is why the term "fakeboy" was coined. 

[QUOTE="Tnasty11"]so nintendo copied sony by using CDsHarlockJC

Sega was the first to use CDs

Wrong.  PC Engine was the first to use CDs.  As a matter in fact, Nintendo got owned by PC Engine so hard in the NES day.

nintendo still copied mini disks

Tnasty11

Yeah um Nintendo never used CD's or Mini-Discs. 

gamecube

I made copies once.

....of my resume.  I was hoping the copies would be better then the original, but they were the same.  WTF?

Also, I'm pretty sure Sony had the concepts for the Sixaxis for awhile, but never decided to use it. They saw Nintendo's new thing and thought "hey, why not"

edit: of course, there's no proof. It just makes more sense, because these companies always do that kind of stuff. 

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[QUOTE="Tnasty11"]so nintendo copied sony by using CDsNobuoMusicMaker

Sega was the first to use CDs

Wrong. PC Engine was the first to use CDs. As a matter in fact, Nintendo got owned by PC Engine so hard in the NES day.

Eh? During the NES days, the only computers around were Crapple IIe's and the like. They used 5.25 in floppies, or at the very best, 3.5 in floppies. Compact Disc was around, but it wasn't widely used, and it sure as hell didn't "own" anybody, least of all Nintendo.

Edit: Ahh, didn't notice the word "engine" attached, I just sort of skimmed. 

You're talking about the TurboGrafx16 then, in which case I have to say LMAO. TurboGrafx "owned" Nintendo? Good grief.  

gamecube

Tnasty11

Mini-Disc 1GB capacity

G.O.D 1.5 GB capacity

Do you also want me to explain the different between a G.O.D and a Mini-Disc as well? 

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[QUOTE="HarlockJC"]

[QUOTE="Tnasty11"]so nintendo copied sony by using CDsD_Znuhtz

Sega was the first to use CDs

Wrong. PC Engine was the first to use CDs. As a matter in fact, Nintendo got owned by PC Engine so hard in the NES day.

Eh? During the NES days, the only computers around were Crapple IIe's and the like. They used 5.25 in floppies, or at the very best, 3.5 in floppies. Compact Disc was around, but it wasn't widely used, and it sure as hell didn't "own" anybody, least of all Nintendo.

Edit: Ahh, didn't notice the word "engine" attached, I just sort of skimmed.

You're talking about the TurboGrafx16 then, in which case I have to say LMAO. TurboGrafx "owned" Nintendo? Good grief.

PC Engine dominated NES in the Japan market with over 70% of the market.  Of course this was before the American market.  Sega schooled Nintendo back then and PC Engine had stopped. 

[QUOTE="Tnasty11"]nintendo lost to sony for 10 yeardhyruledweller

yeard? Where do you come from?

omg he put a d instead of a s !!! omg!!! dude seriously.. 

[QUOTE="D_Znuhtz"][QUOTE="NobuoMusicMaker"]

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"]

[QUOTE="Tnasty11"]so nintendo copied sony by using CDsNobuoMusicMaker

Sega was the first to use CDs

Wrong. PC Engine was the first to use CDs. As a matter in fact, Nintendo got owned by PC Engine so hard in the NES day.

Eh? During the NES days, the only computers around were Crapple IIe's and the like. They used 5.25 in floppies, or at the very best, 3.5 in floppies. Compact Disc was around, but it wasn't widely used, and it sure as hell didn't "own" anybody, least of all Nintendo.

Edit: Ahh, didn't notice the word "engine" attached, I just sort of skimmed.

You're talking about the TurboGrafx16 then, in which case I have to say LMAO. TurboGrafx "owned" Nintendo? Good grief.

PC Engine dominated NES in the Japan market with over 70% of the market. Of course this was before the American market. Sega schooled Nintendo back then and PC Engine had stopped.

Source?