Staude said:
I disagree.
Anyways. One example is the analogue which was used prior to nintendos use of it but which they seem to get the credit for all the time. Eye toy was pretty mainstream known and it had motion controls. Sony expanded the userbase first. the D-pad was also invented and used on video game systems prior to nintendos usage of it... they've finally switched to a cd based system, which they weren't exacly the first to do either... erm what else ? I'm sure theres more. online.. Although friend codes.. those they can keep :p My point is just that nintendo very often get credit for doing things other did before them. They simply improved the idea, which is the same that sonyh as been doing with some the same ideas. |
There's barely anything that is new under the sun. Nintendo are a videogame company not a technology company so they are not going to be inventing things that have never ever been seen on earth. The reason they are credited with things is cause they are the ones that generally first implement something successfully into console gaming. For example:
- Atari if I recall used a joy stick but NES used a D-Pad. When Sega released their console what kind of controller did it have? One with a D-Pad.
- SNES had shoulder buttons. When PS released what did it have? You guessed it shoulder buttons.
- The N64 had a 3-d joystick the PS did not. Further down the line what did Sony do? It changed the PS controlles to have joystiks.
- The N64 had a rumble pack. What do controllers now have (which Sony claimed was last gen)? Rumble technology.
- The Wii has motion controls. What are Sony and Microsoft falling over themselves to make a big part of their consoles? Motion controls.
There are many more similar examples I can't be bothered to think of now.
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