They obviously liked Xbox smartglass - http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/sony-announces-playstation-app-for-ios-android/

And they seem to think Kinect was a good idea - http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/PlayStation4-eye/

They obviously found much joy in a PC like architecture and development simplicity that Xbox always provided to devs.

Sure, why not?  Everyone takes a good idea if they see it.

Of course, the Playstation Eye came before Kinect, so you've got that one backwards, and I'm pretty sure the Xbox itself was a direct response to what Sony was doing with the PS1 and PS2.

So, yeah?

PSEye was released way before Kinect

copy and paste... is their way to work.

every mouse has a scroll wheel.
every fridge, a light
every car a radio

sich is the nature of consumer goods.
if you leave ur competition with all the upgrades, you're just playing to lose.

it's like when people pick handicapped fighters in games when the obviously better character is available.

@bold - Of course they did, Sony created it for the PS2.

pokoko nailed it

nice thread

I agree. However if you release it and dont do anything worthwhile or original with it, it ends up looking like a second rate product.

actually dreamcast invented the camera on a console. also not sure if you guys read the features this eyetoy has. I dont remember eye toy offering face recognition and voice control... even the article says its kinect like.

Don 't forget WiiU's Gamepad and Vita for PS4.