Nintendo UK responds to PS3 controller

I like that they\'re attacking Sony, but I don\'t like the last line, and I don\'t like that he puts Sony\'s controller up as a copy of the Wii remote, when it is in fact, vastly inferior (regarding the motion sensitivity).
 

Nintendo UK Attacks Sony
5/19/2006, 10:54am Eastern Time
 
Nintendo fans let out a collective sigh of "What else is new?" when Sony showed their tilt sensitive PlayStation 3 controller. Nintendo has remained mostly quiet about the situation, until now.
Nintendo UK\'s David Yarnton said Sony is just doing what they always do. "I don’t know what their decision making process is," said Yarnton. "But I think if you look back, any innovation that has come in gameplay has come from us."
Yarnton attacked Sony\'s apparent change in attitude over motion sensitive controllers. He says Sony\'s Worldwide Studios president Phil Harrison had plenty of negative comments when Nintendo announced the Wii controller at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show. "I’d love to dig up some old Phil Harrison comments and say ‘hang on a second--six months ago when we launched our controller you said one thing, and now why are you doing this?\'"
Yarnton also said that regardless of the reasons Sony may give, the lack of rumble technology in the PS3 controller is because that technology didn\'t belong to Sony.
"Historically we’re always developing new things," said Yarnton. "We know Sony has had a lot of issues with their rumble feature and they’ve had to withdraw it--because they didn’t innovate, they copied. With Nintendo, I’m trying to think of anything we’ve copied...but I can’t."
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Nintendo needs to grow a set and take shots at these guys, so even though it\'s not the most sound logic, it\'s a start. This sort of mud-slinging is exactly how Sega and later Sony changed Nintendo\'s public perception (plus the MK1 thing).
 
-Dan

Ugh.. Yarnton is full of it.

In an gamesindustry.biz interview he constantly denied a DS redesign. We all know what happened soon afterwards...

[Jumpman]

Sony putting motion sensors on its controller (albeit inferior) is such a cheap gimmick.

And don\'t say the Wii controller is a gimmick, mm.

nintendo was also reported as saying:

sticking with cartridges was a bad idea

then also a transcript from sega to nintendo surfaced

guys, we tried giving the console away for practially nothing, look where we are

I think that guy is pissed and scared

He\'s more just outspoken. Nintendo has "the company line" and more and more often, the guys in UK break it and say the weirdest shit.

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I think that guy is pissed and scared

Scared? Of what?

It\'s not even the same demographic audience.
He is just saying what people have been saying all along, Sony has ripped Nintendo off countless times. Now I\'m not here to make a big deal out of that, but come on, only the blind don\'t realize that Sony rips off what Nintendo does.

so nintendo had dual analog sticks before sony?
i must have miss that console.  was it before N64 or after?

vibrating controllers?
PC had them way before both parties

pray tell,  what else did sony ripped off of nintendo exactly that never existed before anywhere?

honestly, the (insert name here) stole ideas from (insert name here) argument is lame.

last i checked, nintendo wasnt using carts anymore

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so nintendo had dual analog sticks before sony?
i must have miss that console.  was it before N64 or after?

vibrating controllers?
PC had them way before both parties

pray tell,  what else did sony ripped off of nintendo exactly that never existed before anywhere?

honestly, the (insert name here) stole ideas from (insert name here) argument is lame.

last i checked, nintendo wasnt using carts anymore

I don\'t see your problem with it. Sony has always copied other companies, that is just how they do it - is that a problem? No. I was just pointing out that Nintendo, as far as the console industry goes, has been the one who takes risks, which often don\'t pay off - but still, they set the way and other companies, like Sony follow.

Nintendo started the analog movement  - Sony simply one upped with the dual  stick.

Nintendo done a rumble pack - Sony just added shock  to the dual stick.

Nintendo makes tilt cartridges then a motion sensative controller, Sony goes back to drawing board and makes a tilt controller.

Does it matter? No.

nintendo invented the tilt controller?
started the analog movement?

try this on for size.....:rolleyes:

or should i bring out the megarolleyes one?
just let me know

ask sega about "risks" sometime

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nintendo invented the tilt controller?
started the analog movement?

try this on for size.....:rolleyes:

or should i bring out the megarolleyes one?
just let me know

ask sega about "risks" sometime

Did I say "invented"? No.
I said .........

"I was just pointing out that Nintendo, as far as the console industry goes, has been the one who takes risks, which often don\'t pay off - but still, they set the way and other companies, like Sony follow."


Nowhere did I say invented. I know you can read, so why even make things up like that? I never said "invented".

As for "ask sega about "Risks" sometime...

What do you suggest? No company take risks and we all just play countless sequels with no innovation over and over? I\'m all for sequels and original franchises, but I need a new take on them. I can\'t stomach another generic FPS game or fighting game.

but controlling a fat plumber in a "different" way is ok?

sure, run with that

and started = invented
don\'t have to argue semantics with me

i don\'t see you naming any other companies, just nintendo makes, and sony copies

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Started does not mean invented.

STARTED means they brought analog movement into the console market. Nowhere does that say they invented analog. You are reading what you want to read.

I only mention Sony because they are the most obvious ones who are doin\' this \'one up\' nonsense. Would you like me to mention Sega? I can, I mean they did do an analog stick and rumble pack for the Dreamcast.


And yes, yes controlling a "fat plumber" in a different way is okay - at least it\'s different.

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i think it\'s safe to say that all companies copy or improvise on each others ideas...just look at the car industry,..i think chrysler was the first car co. to invent the caravan,..since then ford, chevy, nissan, and countless others have spawned their own versions of mini-vans...same is true in the video game industry...

what\'s next then?  a VR helmet?

virtual boy was "different" also right?