pezus said:
SaviorX said:
pezus said:
SaviorX said:
badgenome said:
richardhutnik said:
Do you seriously think that SmartGlass would of been introduced if Nintendo didn't go second screen with the WiiU?
The reality is WIiU caused Microsoft and Sony to also add a second screen interface to their systems.
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Yes, because Smart Glass has nothing to do with Wii U and everything to do with AirPlay. I don't even know why you'd even bring up the fact that Sony lets you use a Vita to play LBP2. Merely mentioning it expends more energy than Sony spent in the concept and implementation of such a lazy idea (although one that I'm sure all 10 Vita owners will enjoy).
Do you seriously think that the great innovator Nintendo would have given their console a tablet controller if the iPad weren't setting the world on fire?
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The iPad did not release until 4/2010.
Nintendo was thinking about Wii U's tablet concept in 2008. Try again.
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Apple was thinking about it in 2006. Why is this easily brushed away while Sony thinking about Move almost ten years ago is not valid! Sony the copiez, Nintendo the innovatez
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Ok, I've heard a lot of bitching today. Sony copies what everyone is doing and improves it by a slight degree. They have been doing that for 15 years. There is absolutely no room for debate in that.
Now, Nintendo. Putting a tablet and APPLYING IT TO A VIDEOGAME console could be considered the innovation here; mainly because it has never been done before. But, before I confuse myself, lets define 'innovation'.
'Innovation differs from invention in that innovation refers to the use of better and , as a result, novel idea or method, whereas invention refers more directly to the creation of the idea or method itself.'
With that in mind, I guess Sony neither invented nor innovated. Maybe it is better to say Nintendo invented motion control with Wii, and invented tablet function in a console. Sony thought about Move and did not act on it for 10 years until Nintendo grew a pair of balls and risked it all first by having motion as the premier incentive for their console.
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Based on that description Sony innovated with a lot of things. I dunno, being the first VIDEOGAME CONSOLE to have a DVD player/Blu-Ray player is one but I'm sure that doesn't count.
The fact that Sony massively expanded the industry probably doesn't count for leadership either.
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Let's look at since the Wii came out, which is what I was discussing here. What you describe is Sony picking up the pieces from a failed deal with Nintendo to get a disk-based system out there, and developing things. They did get the lion's share. But since the Wii came out, exactly what leadership and innovation is Sony showing? They have followed the same strategy they did with the PS2, trying to ride a bigger disk format, and said standard for watching movies, to get people to buy their console. They are third-place for this. On the leadership angle, if you want to talk expanding the industry, they haven't done this, but Nintendo had.
