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Azzanation on 02 March 2022
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PotentHerbs said:
Azzanation said:

But Sony didn't push the controller forward, it is doing exactly what Nintendo did years before they did it. Why should Sony get the credit? Because a few games use the DS? What about the few games on Switch which used HD Rumble? what about all the positive reviews HD Rumble received? If you give credit to Sony in this case, you might as well try to give Credit for the PS Move over the Wii Remotes. Sony improved upon the idea and pushed it into VR gaming etc but Nintendo also did it first and more importantly, Nintendo did it right first.

Would you give Sony credit for pushing gaming subscriptions forward with PS Now? How about giving Sony credit for popularizing BR games with MAG? Or perhaps giving Sony credit for the metaverse with PS Home? Maybe we should give Sony credit for AAA games being bigger and more ambitious because they pushed Blu-ray on the industry, and without the increased GB space, games would have been limited in scope.

They did it first in all these instances yet no one will give Sony credit for popularizing any of them except for Blu-ray. It's the same reason Sony gets credit with the Dualsense, because like Fortnite did to the multiplayer space, the Dualsense improved and revolutionized an existing formula, and popularized new controls within the industry and towards the mass audience. Also, saying only a few games use Dualsense features is massively underselling how many games use it. Games that don't have any Dualsense functionality are in the minority. 

Its not who does it first, its who does it right. In this case, Nintendo hit the nail on the head with HD Rumble and because they did it right, Sony usually follow shortly after. Analog Sticks, Rumble, Motion etc. Sony would have not adopted an accessory that wasnt successful, their history is very rich with following others and advancing the tech rather than creating the tech.

All your previous examples of what Sony did first doesnt add anything to the debate because those innovations werent done right, they were just done.