Is the PS-Move a Wii-mote ripoff/knockoff?

[CommonMan]

Andysw said:

Doobie_wop said:
Everytime some one mentions how the Move is a copy of the Wiimote, it just makes them look silly BECAUSE IT OBVIOUSLY IS. Just like how Nintendo copied Phillips and Sony when it came to choosing a disk based format for the Gamecube.

Every company seeks guidance from older ideas, it's then up to them to improve the idea.

Thats something I never understand. Because the concept of motion control gameplay has been done before with the eyetoy. They even showed the wand back then but in a form of a stick with a big ball on top.

 

Non sarcastically this time. I think there are 2 schools of thought here: 1 is the "who came up with the idea first?" school of thought. In this case I don't know if we could ever really find out who came up with it first. The second is is Sony doing this to "cash in" in the Wii's success an try to make a grab at those customers, and the answer to that is a resounding "Hell Yes!"

The final thought on top of this is: Is it a bad/unethical thing? Of course not, just like Natal, anaolog sticks, bumper buttons, disk based games and any other thing before it; one company makes something popular then someone comes along and tweaks it to make it better. It's how the industry progresses and we should be damned thankful that they do it.