Microsoft Avatars vs. Sony Home?

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S.T.A.G.E. on 28 April 2009

Carl2291 said:
For me the Avatars are rubbish.

Rip off of Miis.

PSHome wins out of the 2, although 1vs100 could change that.

1 vs 100 is going to own. You are can win cash prizes on it!

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naznatips on 28 April 2009

dsister44 said:
avatars came first, they were patented before the miis. but ms didnt see the need to release them .

Source?

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sethnintendo on 28 April 2009

naznatips said:

dsister44 said:
avatars came first, they were patented before the miis. but ms didnt see the need to release them .

Source?

Some stupid old game that I think MS produced (late 90s I think) which you can barely says resembles avatars. Pretty much anyone can bring up another game that came out before that game. Saw a thread posted about it on here a long time ago.

http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=34096 (found one of the threads but there was one that had more replies that I saw)

"We're not claiming to have invented avatars," Schappert said at some point, "but at the same time, it's a logical extension of our gamer card, of our gamer tag…"
Suddenly Schappert was interrupted.

"I'm claiming to have invented avatars!" Mattrick shouted.

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dsister44 on 28 April 2009

naznatips said:

dsister44 said:
avatars came first, they were patented before the miis. but ms didnt see the need to release them .

Source?

http://mundorare.com/news/2008/09/avatars-before-miis-were-part-of-gaming-scene/

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/689181/Rare_Came_Up_With_Avatars_For_Xbox_360_Before_Nintendo_Launched_Miis.html

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naznatips on 28 April 2009

dsister44 said:

naznatips said:

dsister44 said:
avatars came first, they were patented before the miis. but ms didnt see the need to release them .

Source?

http://mundorare.com/news/2008/09/avatars-before-miis-were-part-of-gaming-scene/

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/689181/Rare_Came_Up_With_Avatars_For_Xbox_360_Before_Nintendo_Launched_Miis.html

Really? The person who copied the Miis says they didn't copy it? Will wonders never cease.

You said it was a pattented idea before Miis. This is not what your links say. Your links are Rare saying "Nuh-uh! It was our idea! So there!"

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TruckOSaurus on 28 April 2009

dsister44 said:

naznatips said:

dsister44 said:
avatars came first, they were patented before the miis. but ms didnt see the need to release them .

Source?

http://mundorare.com/news/2008/09/avatars-before-miis-were-part-of-gaming-scene/

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/689181/Rare_Came_Up_With_Avatars_For_Xbox_360_Before_Nintendo_Launched_Miis.html

I see your links and raise you with this :

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sethnintendo on 28 April 2009

"It was an idea we had, even before Miis were part of the gaming scene, of putting these characters that you have an affinity with, not necessarily as part of the Xbox dash, but somewhere in the Xbox that you would play multiple games with, that you would have multiple experiences with that same character."

what that sentence didn't totally convince you naz? lol.......

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JaggedSac on 28 April 2009

I am quite sure that the idea for an avatar to represent a gamer through multiple games was not a new idea even before Nintendo implemented it. What IS somewhat suspect, however, is the visual resemblance to Miis that Live Avatars have.