Motion Control: Sony and MS have proven Nintendo right

[Soleron]

jetrii said:

Soleron said:

disolitude said:
Its seems so. Just want to mention that Sony seems to be ripping off nitnendo more so than Microsoft...

Yes, but Microsoft's isn't 1:1 and has a vague 2010 release date. And I've seen reports of a $200 price tag; is that right?

No, the 200 dollar price tag is an estimate of what it would cost a company to do this right now. We don't know what technology or advances Microsoft made. This is Wii Motion Plus with another name. There is 0 difference between this and the Wii Motion Plus.

OK then; I didn't see the conference firsthand. Well, that just confirms NIntendo was right all along. At last year's E3, they announced WM+ like they were fighting phantom enemies, mentioning "imitators". If Sony and MS had done this then then Nintendo would look better as they would have been responding to a genuine threat.

Nintendo's advantage is the ability to make games that use it due to a large first-party base. Sony and MS will have to persuade third parties for the most part, and get people to buy a whole new controller (not just an attachment). It's risky to challenge Nintendo now.