Merisa (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} merisa) wrote,@ 2006-06-02 14:16:00 |
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W/ii Sony
I'll admit it. I'm a Wii fan. Just the concept, at least, since no one without an inordinate amount of patience has actually touched the thing. But Sony, man.
Now Sony has come out swinging. In this week's edition of German magazine Der Spiegel, Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, aggressively denied his company appropriated the motion-sensing idea from Nintendo. "In a certain way, I understand why people would say (such things), but it is stupid, if you'll forgive me saying so," said Harrison.Harrison went on to say that the PS3's motion-sensitive controller had been in the works for some time. "We have already worked on it a long time, and Nintendo almost certainly has done likewise with something similar," he said. "It is perfectly naturally for two companies to work on (nearly) identical devices. It's like that with technology." He reiterated that the PS2's Dual Shock controller is the "de facto-industry standard for video games. ... We define the standard for the man-machine interface for playing games."
Yeah, right. I actually do believe that they had the idea.. at least, in concept, for a while. If this was a planned feature, why did they wait so long to announce it? Oh, because it had to be at the 'right time' or something, I'm sure. It couldn't be that Sony, seeing the enthusiasm around Nintendo's (then) Revolution, decided that maybe they should get on the trolley. No way.
Dual Shock? Please. It's the de facto standard because of the Playstation's popularity. Analog stick, eh? Wonder where that came from.. oh, Nintendo. Rumble? I wonder... oh, Nintendo again. Tilt sensitivity? Well, that must be original, right?
Listen, Sony... you're not an innovator. Never have been. You're good at refining other people's ideas. Well, you were good. Not so much now. You're overpriced and bloated.
"We believe that the PS3 will be the place where our users play games, watch films, browse the Web, and use other (home) computer functions," said Harrison. "The PlayStation 3 is a computer. We do not need the PC."
Yeah, ok. Did you invent the keyboard and stuff that in the controller too?
I'll admit it. I'm a Wii fan. Just the concept, at least, since no one without an inordinate amount of patience has actually touched the thing. But Sony, man.
Now Sony has come out swinging. In this week's edition of German magazine Der Spiegel, Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, aggressively denied his company appropriated the motion-sensing idea from Nintendo. "In a certain way, I understand why people would say (such things), but it is stupid, if you'll forgive me saying so," said Harrison.Harrison went on to say that the PS3's motion-sensitive controller had been in the works for some time. "We have already worked on it a long time, and Nintendo almost certainly has done likewise with something similar," he said. "It is perfectly naturally for two companies to work on (nearly) identical devices. It's like that with technology." He reiterated that the PS2's Dual Shock controller is the "de facto-industry standard for video games. ... We define the standard for the man-machine interface for playing games."
Yeah, right. I actually do believe that they had the idea.. at least, in concept, for a while. If this was a planned feature, why did they wait so long to announce it? Oh, because it had to be at the 'right time' or something, I'm sure. It couldn't be that Sony, seeing the enthusiasm around Nintendo's (then) Revolution, decided that maybe they should get on the trolley. No way.
Dual Shock? Please. It's the de facto standard because of the Playstation's popularity. Analog stick, eh? Wonder where that came from.. oh, Nintendo. Rumble? I wonder... oh, Nintendo again. Tilt sensitivity? Well, that must be original, right?
Listen, Sony... you're not an innovator. Never have been. You're good at refining other people's ideas. Well, you were good. Not so much now. You're overpriced and bloated.
"We believe that the PS3 will be the place where our users play games, watch films, browse the Web, and use other (home) computer functions," said Harrison. "The PlayStation 3 is a computer. We do not need the PC."
Yeah, ok. Did you invent the keyboard and stuff that in the controller too?
