Comments on: Sony Patented a WiiU-style Controller

By: Panicbox

Panicbox — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:26:28 +0000

considering Sony and Nintendo were in cahoots back in 93 and Nintendo got rid of the partnership making Sony look the fool, i’d say they have reason to still be pissed off but they target two very different audiences. These ideas go back a fair way sony had the pocketstation, sega’s dreamcast memory card with controller window, gamecube with the gba etc. probably goes back further too.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:51:23 +0000

If Sony patented this in 2010, then I’m willing to bet THEY copied Nintendo.. again… … .. The WiiU was REVEALED in 2011, but the idea would have be patented a year or 2 after the Wii launch, well, certainly LONG before 2010… Sony always copy Nintendo, it’s all they know how to do.

By: Jessey

Jessey — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:45:26 +0000

Sony and Nintendo have the same basic ideas but they come from different areas. The psp could remote play the ps3 so its kinda building off that, but even that builds off what nintendo did with the gamecube and gba so a lot of borrowed ideas going around. And also lets face it, the wii u really started by nintendo trying to market a ds emulator to sell their vast library of ds games on their wii store but somehow evolved it into a full fledged console instead of just another peripheral.

By: Imatablerumble8

Imatablerumble8 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:15:58 +0000

uh NO

By: Grim Joker

Grim Joker — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:30:41 +0000

The article is kind of misleading. It implies that Sony is doing something similar to Nintendo, when in actuality, all that we know is that they had a similar idea before the Wii-U was even announced. If anything, Nintendo copied Sony.

By: Mugenite

Mugenite — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:34:03 +0000

Not to sound like a fan boy, but what Sony, Nintendo, and MS know is on a different level of what the gen. public know. Sony may have found out about Nintendo’s plans long before the announcement. However, whether or not Sony did copy Nintendo, it doesn’t matter. Ignoring the rotten “core gamers,” motion controlled gaming is innovative and sweet. I only purchase core games, but even I know that there needs to be competition in the market. If MS and Sony didn’t follow Nintendo in this motion control war, there would be no competition. Sony is just keeping things interesting. Can’t wait to see what this turns out to be in the future.

By: Ewarrior

Ewarrior — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:11 +0000

Sounds like Nintendo is copying Sony cause sony submitted the patent in 2010 and the wii u was anounced last year. Either way the concept is cool

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:07:13 +0000

Did anyone actually read the original article? The patent was filed in 2010, long before Sony could have known about the Wii U

By: Weirdos

Weirdos — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:28:28 +0000

Ffs read it properly noobs!! For all you know they had the patent before the WiiU was released…….especially as the article actually says that the WiiU is similar rather than the patent is similar to the WiiU.
Look before you leap, fanboys.

By: Alfax

Alfax — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:28:57 +0000

Sony copies Nintendo… AGAIN. God damn it Sony, be original for once, will ya?

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:22 +0000

Sony needs to fucking stop this shit, all they do is copy nintendo.