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dante said:
people overate all 3 companies when it comes to innovation its usaully just a bunch of small steps forward these days, but nintendo is doing a lot more than the other 2.

also Microsoft didn't copy the dream cast with online since they developed it together (look on the side of a dream cast and u will see the Microsoft label) and Microsoft invested in it and for console online Microsoft has easily done way more than sony

non of them even come up with these technologies they just market them

 MS didn't work on the DC's online function, the provided a version of Windows CE for game development.



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Actually, the PSX had a Home button first, as it was the first system to use the XMB. :P



selnor said:
sailordude said:
i love how you say that sony "copyed" all of those things from microsoft and nintendo because they came out earlier. do you honestly think that the 360 came out and sony was like oh shit we need a home button, lets throw that on there? the ps3 was a full machine way before the 360 release, last year was for R&D and making bluray cheaper. if you can prove to me with quotes or dates of whatever that sony could have copyed these things i will prove i was wrong but im pretty sure your pulling these "facts" out of thin air.
Well for starters it is common knowledge that the boomerang was scrapped after the 360's release. And guess what no Home button.

 


Um....it had the same Home button the Sixaxis and DS3 have. 

As others have pointed out, the Home button has been on Sony consoles as long as the XMB has (starting with the psx).



Ok, I can understand some buttons being worth debating but a home button?



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Well more or less the "home" concept. The ability to take you back to your main display is worth noting, that's what makes these systems primarily media hubs after all lol.

@Cheebee, I have no idea what your talking about, "Fact"? Well how about this for a few quick "Facts"

I did a controlled study of one person such as you did I'm assuming (myself) Let's see the results yah?

Nintendo controller = uncomfortable, lets talk ergonomics yah?

SNES controller = entirely too thin, uncomfortable to hold, back on the ergonomics :D

N64 = badass controller, useless D-pad, No second analog stick, camera control with C buttons for the loss.

Gamecube = Cramping on my fingers, useless replacement for R1 (z button?), useless D-pad, useless second analog stick, X and Y buttons... wtf?, shoulder triggers entirely too move-able.

Wiimote = Uncomfortable to hold, useless to use on it's side, when holding to hit the trigger, most if not all buttons become uncomfortable for pressing, back to the ergonomics board for this one.

Nunchuck = decent.

Holy crap look at the results of that study! Interestingly enough my facts differ drastically from yours! In my results Nintendo controllers suck ass! Strange how that works huh? I guess the study proves that my fact's suck, and that yours suck 5x worse. At least Sony stuck with a controller that everyone "got used to" and didn't make you switch to some wonky ass control scheme each time. Nintendo is eventually going to figure out a way to control they're system without a controller at all, and you know the sad truth, Ninty will still find a way to make it uncomfortable.



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My god, why are we still talking about this? Everyone copies everyone! Without doing this, we'll still be stuck with an Atari. You need people to copy and improve, or you'll be stuck with sub par technology forever! You should be happy Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft are all copy cats, because if they weren't we'll be seeing the same stuff over and over again. And that's just hopeless lol.