| Kage848 said: Hey I'm not jumping all over Sony for coping others, mainly Nintendo. But when we bring up the power glove, Wii mote and Move, these are popular well know items. Le Stick, or whatever and things like that were not popular so they dont matter in this descussion. Let me put it this way. If Sony had the move day one, like the Wii, I would respect it a lot more. They did not take the risk, like Nintendo. They waited for the Wii to blow up and now they want a piece of the pie. Did Nintendo invtent motion controls? Of course not. They just brought it to the masses and made it very popular. The D-pad, analog stock, rumble pad, diamond shaped 4-button layout, shoulder buttons, motion controls, ect. These were all made popular by Nintendo, even if not invented by them, eventough a lot of them were. It's kinda funny because it shows where Nintendo focus really is, game control. Its what they do best. |
I think it's kinda ridiculous to dismiss tech just because it wasn't "popular." Also, I wouldn't call the Power Glove popular. Maybe popular to mock at how inaccurate it was, but it was a commercial failure. Not to mention it was made by Mattel, not Nintendo. Also, how can you say Nintendo popularized the analog stick and rumble? First, the stick in the N64 was digital, not analog. Second, rumble came out at the exact same time on both (being internal on the PS1, like all vibration functions since). Third, and most important, the PS1 sold over 3 times as many units as the N64. Which means it was much more popular, and therefore popularized the ideas of both. Just like the Eyetoy may have been a financial success, selling over 10 mil units, but it was the Wii with its over 70 mil sales that made motion control popular.
Something tells me if Sony came out with a Virtual Man, and it was a huge success (unlike the Virtual Boy), you wouldn't be here defending them. You would probably accuse them of copying.
