Complaining about companies copying ideas just drives me crazy. That's how companies work; they take good ideas from other companies and then use it themselves. If they didn't only Sony would have disks instead of cartridges (I assume they were 1st), only Microsoft would have such a robust online, and only Nintendo would have handhelds, etc. If a company has a idea that enhances games and makes them better, but another company doesn't, then what's the problem with the 2nd company going with it? I don't see one. For example, If Kinect turns out to be an absolutely amazing feature that makes games much much better then Sony better come out with one of their own. I don't want to miss out on the possibilities of what Sony developers could do with it. Also, then 3rd parties would be more apt to make games that use it if they can make them for more than one system.
Does Sony copy ideas at times? Duh, all companies do. Some do a little more often than others. I think Sony is in a cycle where they don't want to spend too much money researching a completely new product (that is untested in the market) when what they have is working fine, and I'm ok with that. I'll enjoy playing games on a "boring, unoriginal" console any day of the week if the games are good.
As to the OP: completely unrelated. You can copy someone, and still be more successful than them. Or you can copy someone, and be less successful. Sales prove nothing in this case.
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