Nintendo is Like Apple and Sony is Like Microsoft

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FunFan said:

DucksUnlimited said:
The premise of this thread is pretty amusing when you consider the fact that Sony was one of Steve Jobs' biggest inspirations.

When it comes to the PlayStation, is obvious Sony's biggest inspiration was Nintendo. And Microsoft nowadays, given how much the PS4 (and 3) borrow from the original Xbox (and 360).

No, no, and no. Sony's biggest inspiration was Sega, not Nintendo. It was Sega that created a "mature" console industry. They're the ones who came up with the idea to market and sell games to everyone, not just kids. Sony pretty much copied everything Sega did during their Genesis run (mature looking console, attack style commercials, mature software) and totally perfected it. 

Atari was Nintendo's inspiration, Nintendo was Sega's inspiration and Sega was Sony's inspiration.