he isnt, because we all know analog sticks came from arcade machines and older consoles. the DVD came from Sony's stand alone DVD players, and the network came from the military. 

Well, analog sticks weren't invented by Sony, so I fail to see how Nintendo could steal it from Sony.

DVD technology is mainly the fruit of Toshiba's labor with super density discs (when Sony was still toying around with Philips with their own format), but all things related to DVD are managed by the DVD consortium. I also fail to see how this is Nintendo stealing from Sony.

If the network comes from the military, then I fail to see how Nintendo ripped off Sony, unless Sony has some sort of paramilitary force business unit that was responsible for the ARPANET. 

 OMGeverybody stole analog controls from Atari! I'm so pissed I have proof now! http://www.axess.com/twilight/console/

But seriously QFT... 

Umm actually Atari had an analog controller long before it was ever dreamed up at Nintendo.  And strangely enough Sony released a dual analog flightstick a year before Nintendo introduced it's Nintendo 64 controller. 

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_stick

History

"Many, if not most, 70s consoles featured an Analog Stick, see under, the VC 4000 (1978) for more info. In 1982 Atari released the first controller with a potentiometer-based analog stick [2] for their Atari 5200 home console. However, the non-centering joystick design proved to be ungainly and unreliable, alienating many consumers at the time. During that same year, General Consumer Electronics introduced the Vectrex, a vector graphics based system which used a self-centering analog stick, obviously a precursor to the modern design.

For many years, consoles ignored analog technology, instead using the digital D-pad. It wasn't until the emergence of 3D gameplay that the analog stick was brought back for widespread use.

In 1995, Sony (realizing that analog technology could be useful) created a potentiometer-based analog joystick for use in Flight-Simulation games. The Sony Dual Analog FlightStick featured twin analog sticks and was used in games such as "Descent" to provide a much greater degree of freedom than the typical digital joysticks of the day.

In 1996 Nintendo introduced a modern analog stick called a control stick on their Nintendo 64 controller. Unlike the D-pad, the control stick allowed for varying levels of pressure and 360-degree control, translating into more precise movements in games such as Super Mario 64. (Incidentally, Super Mario 64 DS was criticized by some for imprecise control due to lack of an analog stick on the Nintendo DS.)

During this same period of time, Sony was also creating a similar analog stick, based off the same potentiometer technology that was used in the larger Dual Analog Flightstick. Released in November 1996, the Sony Dual Analog controller featured three modes of analog (Flightstick, Full Analog and Analog-Off), and dual plastic concave thumbsticks, while Nintendo's controller only had a single stick."

...which only means neither Nintendo, nor Sony, and certainly NOT Microsoft came up with that idea.

Which leads me to the following question: Your point being? 

OMG Sony stole the gamer stat idea....

Are you serious?

Your posts for the last couple weeks about Sony have gone from totally ignoring anything Sony to finding any excuse to bash them.

Sony hasnt stole crud, or nintendo or microsoft.

I might care more but Microsoft charges and Sony doesn't so Sony can do whatever the hell they want.

Legend, I'm starting to get the sneaking suspicion that you're just a troll.

I'm not even going to participate in this. The fanboys will give their predictable answers, and everyone will continue to ignore my Random Facts thread. Woe is me.

Everyone steals form everyone its what drvies us to grow and succeed. The PS2 had a spot for a HDD so i guess Microsoft sole that idea. The PS2 was the first to have two analog sticks, they were the first to have a DVD payer in their console, they were the first to have more then two shoulder buttons, they were the first to have HDMI for a console, they were the first to bring consoles to the masses, with the PS1 and follow it up with the PS2. I'm pretty sure they were the first to have true pressure sensitive buttons on their controllers. Plus so much more.