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Nintendo 'rejected' rivals' choice of technology

By Robin Harding and Chris Nuttall in Los Angeles

Published: June 4 2009 22:32 | Last updated: June 4 2009 22:32

Nintendo tried and rejected the motion-sensing technology that Sony and Microsoft are counting on to catch up in the video game wars, the company's president told the Financial Times.

Satoru Iwata said his company had made experimental games controlled by camera-based sensors, but got better results with the accelerometers it eventually chose to use for its Wii console.

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