Weekly Debate 5#- Will others follow suit?

[bignds]

We've seen the Revolutions controller and its got the gaming industry a buzz after months of waiting.
But the very reason for the waiting is that the big N didnt want the competition copying their revolutionising idea, but now its out in the open will the others follow suit?
The current gen controller is all of Nintendos creation, but when the other companies added these features to their controller it wasnt a big deal, nor did it stick it out, it was more discreet because there really wasnt any other way of playing games at that time- or so people thought.
So which brings us to this weeks question- Will Sony and Microsoft follow Nintendos idea nex nex gen, but more discreatly or will they keep it as how things are now?

they'll probably try to come up with something crazier to compete with it or something

cause seriously they would get nailed if they tried to copy this idea, cause if a new xbox controller looks anything close to a remote, people are gonna say that they just copied nintendo.

[Neumie]

its definately a possibality. sony did copy the N64 controller alot and i see no reason why they wont copy this. however they may stick with a more conventional controller design and add motion sensors. Unfortunately itll be diffucult to enforce patents since Sony may find another way of doing the same thing. I hope they dont but definately a possability.

[Pilot_51]

They'll wait to see how successful it is first, since there's loads of people out there that think it's just a gimmick for the kids (TWiT 25 comes to mind). There's no doubt it's going through their minds though, especially Sony since they've been keeping the battle going since they broke up with Nintendo and created the PS1 (Nintendo had Sony helping them make the N64 with CD media, but Sony split and did it themselves probably taking a deal of Nintendo's ideas with them, at least that's what I've been told).

[ShadowMarth]

Yeah, the DD64... Anyway, I think that sony will definately do something to copy it, or try to impove on it like with the dual shock, but I wonder if microsoft will... I don't think so myself, though they might add a feature or two to their controller to compete.

[P4NC4K3Z]

they might add it to some other accessories or just completely ignore it...

[bignds]

You know what, i think that is a big possibility that they will release add ons/accessories for their consoles to rival the revolution.

[Darkmatter]

well whats funny here is that its nintendo stealing ideas for once, but instead of making crap knock offs they improved on it.

the rev contoller is just a reverse eye toy to become more a hand toy i think nintendo will havethis idea copyrighted to the bone, well hopefully

[17R3W]

a) The CD add on was for Super Nintendo (naturally) but the rest of story is accurate
(see here: http://www.consoledatabase.com/consoleinfo/snescdrom/)
b) This type of controller HAS been done before (see this article: http://touchds.com/index.php?name=PN...3e1cd34a4b6bb4 )
see also http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3132849
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3132850

So copyrighting will be tough to do.


Disclaimer::: before some twit jumps down my throat and says I'm wrong, a) actaully bother to follow the links
b) I'm not saying that Nintendo's controller isn't light years ahead of the ones listed, just that it isn't the first of it's kind.

[Euan]

Sony already have the Eyetoy (even though it's created god awful games), so they've got a bit of innovation. Microsoft don't have anything, but they do have a superb online service... I wonder...