Oh I agree, I have just seen a couple claiming Sony did it first.

Nintendo obviously.
- Motion Controls (WiiMote, the perfected version of the infamous Power Glove)
- Gamepad Controller
- GameCube Controller (Best controller ever created)

Yeah MS get my vote; revolutionized online gaming and started achievements with Sony the imitated with trophies so i must them for that.

Microsoft is responsible for achievements as far as online goes. Steam and Sega are responsible for everything else. I will give them credit for Kinect though.

Sony did literally nothing. They had the laser button which confuses the crap out of everybody... They had the blu-ray player, which was just them trying to force their product into use. The cell processor was just them putting unstable technology onto the market to make themselves look good. The PS3 was more comparable to the Atari Jaguar than anything.

Nintendo did motion controls, and they practically started the smartphone crazy with the DS. Balance board, wii motion plus, 3D in a portable (I'll admit their implementation of this was rather sketchy),

last decade would probably go to microsoft because of the online push. Motion controls had a big impact and nintendo gets credit for that, but online is much bigger for gaming.

*looks at comments, most people saying microsoft*
*looks at poll, microsoft in last place*

figures...

That there's even a 3 way choice is an insult, no matter what there's only one right answer

maybe because others voting for N realize it should be obvious and don't bother spelling it out...

Sony > Nintendo > Microsoft

-Playstation Eye is a limited version of the Wii/PS Move
-Singstar released in 2004.
-PSP remote play since the launch of the PS3 extending to every game on the PS4 with the use of the Vita.
-Cross buy. Buy one version of a game, get the other version free. Not for all games, but several games across PS3/Vita or PS4/Vita.
-Playstation Plus. $50 a year for five games every month that are playable anytime in the future so long as you're a member during their release and during the time you want to play them. Content for PS Vita, PSP, PS3, and PS4.

Innovation through Microsoft.

-Kinect. This is the Playstation Eye with voice recognition and can work in the dark.
-Achievements.
-Online infrastructure with friends list, messages, voice chat.

Innovation through Nintendo.

-Wii. The Power Glove was an add on for the NES. The Wii is the Power Glove idea being sold with a console. Both use infrared to detect range and tilt. Not really innovative when you just rehash one of your old ideas.
-DS. Top screen image and bottom screen with touch controls.
-Wii U. This is just a consolized version of the DS. The TV is the top screen while the gamepad is the bottom screen. Where's the innovation?  They do offer off tv play, which is like the PSP/Vita's remote play.
-3DS. The DS with glasses free 3D.

well, if something works, everyone with common sense will do the same (or better). Nintendo dont, and thats why people seems to label Nintendo as the savior of the industry, cuz innovation > everything else (innovation = being different in ths industry). Thats why online gaming means nothing when it comes to innovation (cuz ps3 have psn), same with blu-ray  and probably with VR cuz every console will be able to use this tecnology (except for wii u, which is a plus).

Also, a piece of hardware is way more prominent than features in the human psique, so of course most people gonna vote for a piece of plastic