Screw it, I'm bored enough to make counter points. Maybe it will lead to conversation. That's not boring, right?
Anyway...1. Technically, Sony launched a rumble controller the exact same month Nintendo launched the rumble pak. Unfortunately (maybe fortunately), they only released it in Japan since they wanted to perfect the tech before releasing it elsewhere. That lead to the Dual Shock.
2. Nintendo did release one of the first analog thumbsticks to market (there were a couple of others in the golden age of gaming). However, the tech and design of their stick was inferior and less accurate. Sony used the same potentiometer tech used in their flight stick, which launched a couple of months prior to the N64. This is the same tech everyone, including Nintendo, uses in their thumbsticks today.
3. Sony was a gamble for 3rd parties, as they hadn't proved themselves in the gaming market, but it was a gamble that paid off. The PS1 was a HUGE hit and helped push gaming into the mainstream. It sold more than both Nintendo and Sega sold the gen prior combined. Speaking of which, regardless of who came out with the tech first, it was Sony, not Nintendo, who popularized rumble and analog thumbsticks. Even their controller design changed gaming controllers as we knew them.
4. While the Move is completely different tech-wise and was in development before the Wii was announced, I will admit it was the success of the Wii that inspired them to finally perfect it and push it out the door. It was also where they found inspiration for the Navi.
5. Well, this is where you got me. After hours upon hours of research, I have concluded that Sony has never been, nor is currently, Nintendo. Oh well, can't win them all. 
