::shrug:: People get too sensitive about who came up with what first. I doubt that when it comes to anything original that's a success in the market, that the company/person who was behind it was the VERY first person/company to have that idea. As one of my instructors said pertaining to games, "Sure, we've all got great game ideas, but a publisher will not hire you for simply having a great game idea. You have to have the ability and the skill to bring that idea into realization." Nintendo was the one to do that.
But, at the same time, just as Nintendo might have been inspired by other previously done ideas, Microsoft and Sony have the right to be inspired by what Nintendo successfully brought to the market and expand on that idea with their own ideas and skills.
Tag: Hawk - Reluctant Dark Messiah (provided by fkusumot)
