Exactly :P

They aren't copying Nintendo, they think they're copying them.

Did Konami copy EA by doing Pro Evolution Soccer? You can't 'copy' something so general as doing a sports game or a set of mini game... I don't think either Microsoft or Sony copied Nintendo by doing an Archery or gladiator game... In fact... Wii sports only has boxing as a fighting game... it's a generic wiggle your fists game. The gladiator(from what I've seen in the demo) game gives you the ability to use shields and swords and fight a real sword fight. 

@Shoestar

Copy might be not a right word, but are you implying there's absolutely no connection between the amount of success Wii Sports is enjoying and Microsoft and Sony decision to make Sports game compilation all of a sudden and market it heavily? Absoulutely there's a connection, they copied business decision to go after audience Nintendo captured. That's what they copied.

You people stealin' my words! I'll get you for this!

I don't think it's that SONY and MS looked at Nintendo and said we need to copy motion controls. They realized what games were selling and decided to create a product for that market. You could say they listened to the gaming audience.

Also both products have something extra and distinct from Nintedo. MS has ESPN and controller-less controls for moving through menus. This is for a new audience that current Wii doesn't capture.

SONY, while creating a supply of 'Wii Sports' type games hasn't forgotten hardcore gamers making the move a differnet option for action games (RE5 Socom4) despite those type of game not selling well on the Wii. In this case they're not only going after a new audience for the PS3, but also trying to attract current users to adopt motion controls.

It's true that both SONY and MS did not have motion controls before, but their new products are not simply copies of NIntendo's controls with Nintendo like games.

More often than not, the short, to the point explanation is the real one while the longer, convoluted one is the spin.

So I'd rather go for:

"Saying they did "market research" and are providing consumers with a new gameplay experience on console of their choise, as well as an HD option for motion controls is just a bunch of spin propoganda bull@#$%.

They are copying."

Really, Move has more excuses even if the device itself is closer, but just look at the Knectic line up they showed yesterday: It's Wii Sports (with a few different games, mostly the same), Nintendogs, Wii Fit, Mario Kart, Just Dance and a Mini-game collection. And that's pretty much it. How can you say they weren't simply trying to cover the casual oriented games the Wii has by mainly looking at them and making they own, pretty close, version of each. Nothing original there. It's obvious they're aiming for a Wii image there. There's nothing original there.

Sure, they had ESPN, menu navigation and that chat thing, but those aren't even game-related. When it comes to games, they just tried to emulate the Wii experience, I find it hard to believe someone would disagree. They aven't even come up with something truly new along those lines.

of course they are copying Nintendo, and they are trying to sell something that more or less, already exists....FAIL!!

Why they didn't listem to them in the first place then? There's obviously Nintendo involved somewhere =)

Wii Kinect Sports is a completely original concept.

Well.... just look at what they are showing. Look at the games the show for Kinect... and tell me if there is a relation between the games that came out on the wii