dont forget to mention SNES used Sony's chip

All companies copy each other & try to improve on the idea and there is nothing wrong with that.

I'm not just talking about game companies.

When talking about Nintendo and Atari I meant that Nintendo's NES controlles was so different from Atari's that they surely didn't copy the controller. I wasn't talking about the concept of gaming consoles itself. As I said I could be wrong here but I remember my neighbour saying the NES controller felt weird because it had a D-Pad (instead of a Joystick). The foundation for all current controllers (besides the Wii remote maybe) is the NES controller. The Dual Shock surely's got some twists on its own (as I said Dual analog sticks where quite an idea) but basically it's a NES controller with added features.

And Dual Shocks do look similar to NES controllers. You just think they don't because most controllers look exactly the same

And it doesn't matter if there are videos from 2003 or 1890 or even earlier. Sony tested some ways to control games and they thought it wasn't worth it. Nintendo developed the Wii remote and built a console around it and when Sony saw that it worked they made their own motion controller. You can pretty much tell Move was inspired by the Wii remote because it looks almost exactly the same (don't compare those tiny things that are different on the Move controller. Compare Move and Wiimote and then compare Move and a Dual Shock - which was the source of inspiration? )

But I don't think inspiration from other companies is bad anyways. As long as you improve on the existing concept I highly appreciate it. I just think it's silly to say Sony wasn't inspired by the Wii Remote - sure they were! It's pretty obvious. But that's not bad. Some (do I dare to say "most"?) of the very best pieces of art, literature, music, etc. were inspired by others. That's how civilization works. Imagine the guy who inventend the wheel killing everyone else because they were "copying" him

Nope, AFAIK Wavebird was first with a RF controlled first party controller.

There were 3rd party IR controller but tended to be crap due to the limitations of IR tech (keeping the controller in line of sight of the sensor).

Wavebird was the first using radio waves instead of infrared and thus the first practical wireless controller.

As it was made by Nintendo it was also the first official wireless controller.

The 360 can claim the first _standard_ wireless controller though it could be disputed as the cheapest 360's came with wired controllers at launch (don't know about now).

As for other people's posts mentioning the new Nintendo controller looking like a dualshock; that controller is what happens when a SNES controller has some freaky 3-way sex with two N64 controllers: Basic SNES face with 2 N64-like analog sticks (octogone lined and centering unlike most (all?) 80's era analog sticks) and wings and an extra shoulder buttons added as a standard evolution just like the SNES added a couple extra face buttons over the NES controller.

As for the wings I do believe the PS1 was the first with fully formed wings as the Genesis and Saturn only had stubby wings. Still, seems more like a natural evolution of those controller's ergonomics than a radical departure like the analog stick or the Wii's brand of motion control.

Well, the NES had the first bowser 

This whole thread was one big troll attempt, but whatever...

Nintendo, ColecoVision, Atari, SEGA all had slim models.

Avatar = Mii's

i m happy you get my point. :P

though he reply if u add something "innovating" isn't copying.

ohoh the ps3 was the first black home console this gen!