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makingmusic476 on 11 September 2008

Just like Sony was working on the Sixaxis long before Nintendo created the Wiimote, right?



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ultraslick on 12 September 2008

Really pathetic, even if true... why do the avatars look so incredibly similar to the mii's then?

God I hate those avatars.. No loyalty to anything or anyone. They're Just a bunch of Snakes. Microsoft need a hard slap for this one.

Honestly who here denies it?
Just my opinion.



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raiin on 12 September 2008

hahaha




mike_intellivision on 12 September 2008

This reminds me of someone whose name escapes me trying to say that Miyamoto "borrowed" his concept of spherical worlds.

Then it is shown that Miyamoto had been working on them much much longer.

Some people just don't know when to be quiet.

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heruamon on 12 September 2008
ultraslick said:
Really pathetic, even if true... why do the avatars look so incredibly similar to the mii's then?

God I hate those avatars.. No loyalty to anything or anyone. They're Just a bunch of Snakes. Microsoft need a hard slap for this one.

Honestly who here denies it?
Just my opinion.

so says the person with the msot blatant rip-off in gaming history...trophies.



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|_emmiwinks on 12 September 2008
deathgod33 said:
one reason i love nintendo, they are original.

 

yep, no one did avatars before Nintendo.

Its not like they were in Gary Gygax's Dungeons and Dragons in the late 70s...

oops..



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Squilliam on 12 September 2008

Well so long as its not a blatent ripoff and actually takes the concept further its fine by me.



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GhaudePhaede010 on 12 September 2008
|_emmiwinks said:
deathgod33 said:
one reason i love nintendo, they are original.

 

yep, no one did avatars before Nintendo.

Its not like they were in Gary Gygax's Dungeons and Dragons in the late 70s...

oops..

Original is also how an idea is used. Some call it innovating. Just because games used them does not mean a system used them in the manner Wii does. The way Wii uses them could be considered original. Unless there is another system that used them in a similar manner and I somehow forgot about it.



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Lafiel on 12 September 2008
heruamon said:

so says the person with the msot blatant rip-off in gaming history...trophies.

 

the difference is, that Sony never denied, that trophies are a rip-off of achivements



Vasot on 12 September 2008
heruamon said:

Doesn't matter really, imho...image is king, and the perception was that Miis came first, and M$ is simply copying Nintendo.

Sony Home = "Second life" ripoff

So lets not talk about copies because Sony has copied from others many times too

 

Skeeuk said:
i disagree with heru, psn is a better and more stable service and free

And i disagree with you...PSN is amateur crap for me

but everyone has a personal opinion



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