"Nintendo will make the change at the time but could Microsoft and Sony be too proud to implement this game changing technology?"

..This made me laugh. :p Come on. Has Sony ever been too proud to implement any innovation Nintendo came up with? D-pad? Analogue Stick? Shoulder buttons? Rumble feature? Handheld-connectivity? Sony will definitely copy Nintendo (it already has in some way with the sixaxis), not sure about Microsoft though. Depends on how this generation plays out. If it does as things go now, then yes, I think MS'll use motion-sensing too. Could become a new industry standard like most of the aforementioned innovations by Nintendo.

did nintendo invent the d pad? and didnt the concept of a analogue stick begin way back with like the joysticks n stuff on atari ect? corect me if im wrong but i think some people are giving nintendo a bit to much cred

@rol

Nintendo did not start analog controls. Also If the ps1 was released BEFORE N64 how da F did they copy analog controls?

 So you're finally wising up eh? 

some?

ha yea right.

Nintendo copied and so did sony, you cant say EVERYONE COPIES OF NINTENDO CUZ THEYZZ DAZ GODSZZ. Nintendo copied online gaming, and dvd drive, and using s disc for games, and several other things, as did sony copying nintendo in motion controls, and micro$oft copying basicly everyone..

every one is copying every one else, my original statement about sony and ms being to proud to accept this completly new way of playing games is based on their statements regarding motion controles as not being next gen and so not having a place in this generation of gaming. Sony and microsoft will now have to say that they were wrong and that motion controles are next gen and make some kind of implementation of this technology in their future consoles. (sony will have to do it properly this time) I think a change like that is a little bit bigger then copying a button placement on a controler.

@ leo-j
ok just talking about Nintendo and controllers

the d pad
shoulder buttons
erganomic design
the analogue stick
Rumble
wireless pads
empathic design
motion controls
positional controls

seriously mate, credit where credit's due

Oh yes, didnt they also invent the controll pad

the erganomic design u speak of is used in alot of things, nintendo didnt invent this design that perfetly fits in ur hand. cooking items are shaped with curved handles, electric razors, tools, infact most comfortable thing that you hold feature a similar shape to the handls on a n64, gc and wii nunchuck, nintendo just put this design feature to use in the controler

Your definatly giving nintendo to much cred as far as design is concerned, they just looked to the world for what worked and put it in the shape of the controlers handles

As far as D-pad I hated it and was so thankful when consoles turn to PC's analogue stick. IBM PC was the first I ever used a analogue stick.