| NintendoPie said: Sony will always be the copy and paster's, Nintendo will always have duct-tape ready, and MS are the devil. These are the big 3. Deal with it! |
Wah, strong words from NinPie! You guys had better get back in line!
He's right, though, this back and forth over who copied what is childish. NO ONE in gaming is above borrowing a successful approach, just like in any other industry. Every single one of them has done it. Even Nintendo, which has the most original ideas, is trying to catch up in areas like online gaming. This is a good thing for the consumer.
Even then, some of things people label as 'copying' really aren't. What Sony is doing with the Vita and the PS4 was likely planned even before the Vita was released, so it's unlikely that it copied Nintendo's gamepad. Given the timing, it's also highly unlikely that Sony copied Microsoft's Smartglass idea, as it's doubtful they'd have anything in a polished enough state to tout. It's not like it's even that crazy of a concept, as people have been working on getting devices to communicate for years. The PS4 wasn't thrown together last week, I'm pretty sure.
Regardless, people need to get over innovations being adopted by the rest of the industry. It's not just smart business, it's the absolute best thing for gaming and gamers.
