Sony denies stealing from Nintendo
May 12th, 2006 by Darren Stevens in E3, PlayStation 3, WiiWhen Sony revealed their “innovative” controller, many thought it was a clear rip off from the Nintendo Wii. Responding to the claims that Sony waited for Nintendo to reveal their controller before acting, Phil Harrison dismissed the claims, saying that Sony had thought about the idea for over 10 years now, but didn’t use it because the technology wasn’t sufficient enough.
“In reality you can’t make some of the ideas that we have because the technology is not available in sufficient quantity or at a low enough price, and you kind of have to wait for certain things to converge.”
He did admit that Sony didn’t invent anything, they just follow others in this situation:
Tags: E3, PlayStation 3, Wii“We didn’t start the wave, but we’ve kind of jumped onto that wave. “
December 9th, 2006 at 4:33 am
Thats not it all people… Get it right. Immersion Studios in America Sued Sony and Microsoft for using their controler shock technology. And the 360 still has vibrating contollers because microsoft setteled. But Sony thought it was their idea and tried to fight them in court. They LOST. Now they say they took out vibration because it interfeared with their motion sensing thech.. No way Nintendo has allready annouced a vibrating gun and sword so if its so bad why are they able to do it and sony can’t….. I think people need to realize that sony.. Just ain’t Number 1 hasn’t been since the PS1.