In what ways are games like God of War and Gran Turismo "borrowing" from Nintendo? Incorporating a disk? I thought Sony started that, and Nintendo rejected it. What about having a multimedia interface? Nope....Nintendo doesn't even have DVDs yet.

So how has Sony "borrowed" everything from Nintendo? The only thing Nintendo does is put out a new Mario every generation

Here's an example

5th Gen:

Nintendo:

Sony:

Sony - "HOLD ON GUIZ"

Sony:

See anything copied?

the nintendo article is posted already

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=58448

releasing console year earlier means that X360 will die 1 year earlier than Sony and N consoles.

Not necessarly. The Sega Genesis was released in 1988 and Sega ceased production in 2002 while the Super Nintendo was released in 1990 and Nintendo ceased production in 1999.

Since i commented the Nintendo list, i think i should comment this as well.

1. Let's start with the web browser.
Although XBL is somewhat standardized, it's something you have to pay for (although a great stream of revenue) and it still requires logging in, so that the experience isn't really seamless.
What really is the best online feature, is WiiConnect24.

2. I don't know about the interaction, but that's what Nintendos PR has done for years, it's just that nobody cares to listen.

3. Why?

4. Not bad at all, after the service is seen outside US. Nintendo has the TV channel and Fuji photo channel in Japan and PS3 has the Play TV (UK only?), so i guess that's not so awesome in comparision.

5. That's the way to go. Picking up one "relatively useless" feature in an update without naming anything on 360. You don't need a steady stream of firmware updates if the firmware isn't fucked up to begin with. Nintendos updates have been mostly channels and new menu feature, faster transfer to/from SD, clock to Wii Menu, adding the AOSS support. Some are quite relevant updates. PS3 has had a number of useful updates just aswell.

6. Or then just sell more of your consoles and make porting expensive. And all you have is exclusives.

7. And let the competition have the time to copy the features that edge your system from competition.

You're right. Nintendo NEVER creates new IPs. It's all Mario and Zelda. That's why the biggest Nintendo games over the past five years have been Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Nintendogs, and Brain Age.

1. Rubbish. M$ should implement friend codes. That would be awesome.

2. The community doesn't care about upcoming events and online contests and such.

3. Price cuts failed M$, they only increased European sales by %100 for the past 3 months.  There should be more of an increase.

4. Nobody uses Netflix on XBox, only about 2 of my friends are watching a Netflix movie at any given time(heres talking to you PBRoy).

5. Nobody cares about the 2 yearly updates that you do. Adding NXE, hard drive installs, additional supported resolutions, friends functionality increases, XNA, etc. And now, after NXE, you will be able to add more of these worthless features more frequently than before.

6. 360 owners could care less about Tekken, FF, DMC, or any of the others that you brought to your system. PC/360 games are never purchased by 360 owners because all you need is an average pc in order to get a better experience from the games.

7. I am sure developers do not take into account the console's current userbase size when making decisions on where to develop games. The extra time you had to build userbase is irrelevant to us gamers.

What? Thats stupid. You cant count a game which is sold together with console. Wii sports is together with wii in the box.And which character did you find the best in wii sports?  Wii fit is not a game, its a Nintendo's way to beat its gaming competitors without actuall games.

If sony and nintendo learned something from M$, they'd be making the biggest mistakes of their lives