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SegataSanshiro on 02 November 2017
vivster said:
SegataSanshiro said:
Nintendo took the idea from Morpheus. Nintendo also took the Wii idea from Xavix Port. Analog from Vectrex. Nintendo much like Apple will often take existing ideas and just make them better..tho Nintendo has legit invented the D-pad and shoulder buttons.

Which were then taken and made better by other companies. The circle of life^^

Genesis & Saturn still have the best D-pad ever.



SegataSanshiro on 02 November 2017
Lawlight said:
SegataSanshiro said:
Nintendo took the idea from Morpheus. Nintendo also took the Wii idea from Xavix Port. Analog from Vectrex. Nintendo much like Apple will often take existing ideas and just make them better..tho Nintendo has legit invented the D-pad and shoulder buttons.

According to wikipedia, Nintendo did not invent the dpad.

They did. Gunpei did for Game & Watch. They hel a patent that no one could copy it so every D-pad out there functioned differently until 2005 that expired so now anyone can make a similar D-pad.



S.Peelman on 02 November 2017
potato_hamster said:
SegataSanshiro said:
Nintendo took the idea from Morpheus. Nintendo also took the Wii idea from Xavix Port. Analog from Vectrex. Nintendo much like Apple will often take existing ideas and just make them better..tho Nintendo has legit invented the D-pad and shoulder buttons.

The XE-1AP from 1989 would like a word about the shoulder buttons

 

Lol. There's always something.

If you look hard enough I wouldn't be surprised if you can find something even older. That's why I'm always careful with statements like that, because I've found there's always some obscure Atari peripheral that already did something.



DonFerrari on 02 November 2017
S.Peelman said:
potato_hamster said:

The XE-1AP from 1989 would like a word about the shoulder buttons

 

Lol. There's always something.

If you look hard enough I wouldn't be surprised if you can find something even older. That's why I'm always careful with statements like that, because I've found there's always some obscure Atari peripheral that already did something.

That is why it is silly to debate who invented something. The discussion is more on who implemented better or had success first with it. But we know that this discussion was more to prove Sony is a copycat company and Nintendo is the inovator.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Cubedramirez on 02 November 2017

I can't imagine living in a country where everything you can be excited about was stolen from a idea/product that recently laughed.



Cubedramirez on 02 November 2017

The Apollo lake chips are laughable to say the least.



DonFerrari on 02 November 2017
Cubedramirez said:
The Apollo lake chips are laughable to say the least.

Never heard of it. Is it a low power thing?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Thespiralmatrix on 02 November 2017

I'm pretty sure Nintendo was sued over the switch designs. I don't see them suing over the design they were sued over.



Conina on 02 November 2017

Apollo lake N4200... meh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym45s25vUR8



Cubedramirez on 03 November 2017
DonFerrari said:
Cubedramirez said:
The Apollo lake chips are laughable to say the least.

Never heard of it. Is it a low power thing?

It's a newer manufacturing process however it doesn't hold a candle to the Tegra X1 in terms of ability and power. The Apollo Lake chipsets are the last breath of the failed Atom line.  They are designed for entry level devices like economy laptops, and tablets. Their whole selling point is low power consumption and that's it.