Harrison: We didn't steal Nintendo's idea

***wraggster*** · May 31st, 2006, 14:59

Nintendo's UK boss David Yarnton recently lashed out at Sony's new motion-sensing PS3 controller, saying that - in regards to Nintendo's own unqiue Wii controller - Sony "didn't innovate, they copied."

However in an interview with Spiegel Online (a -shock, horror - German website), Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's Phil Harrison today struck back at the claims. Our CVG translation droid was duly warmed up and given a fresh dollop of oil and it reported the Sony boss said: "In a way I understand why people say [we stole Nintendo's idea], but it is a little stupid, if you forgive the remark."

When we brought the PlayStation to the market in 1994, we introduced real time 3-D graphics for the first time," he noted. "When Nintendo launched its N64 in 1996 it also had 3D graphics, did we say, "Nintendo stole our idea!"? Obviously not. Such innovations become possible because of a combination of technology, cost and manufacture capacities."

He continued: "We've been working on [motion-sensing technology] for a long time and Nintendo has certainly likewise already been working on something similar. The difference between our strategy and that of our competition is that our controller is still similar to the Dual Shock, the industry standard controller. I estimate that nearly 400 million Dual Shock controllers have been sold worldwide."

When asked how many PS3 games would use the motion-sensing function in its first year, Harrison said that he thinks "all games will use the function somehow." Harrison continued, "If you play a platform or soccer game now, you move the controller around," he added. "Now for the first time we can use both the primary input, executed by the analog sticks, and at the same time use the movements that the player makes as a secondary input. That is an important advantage, which only the PlayStation controller has."

So there you have it, according to Sony it was all a big coincidence and the conspiracy theories are all a load of rubbish. Now let's wait and see what Microsoft has to say about their online service...

Via CVG

***Darksaviour69*** · May 31st, 2006, 15:39

When we brought the PlayStation to the market in 1994, we introduced real time 3-D graphics for the first time

WTF.. what about the saturn, p.c. arcade, and even 32x

**Cooe14** · May 31st, 2006, 17:45

Originally Posted by Darksaviour69

WTF.. what about the saturn, p.c. arcade, and even 32x

Exactly Sony is a bunch of lying idiots. Do people really think that if the Wii used a normal controller that the PS3 would have had motion sensors? NO! Sony only put them in as a direct retaliation to the Wii's controller.

**Cap'n 1time** · May 31st, 2006, 18:07

Nintendo announces this controller, which will seperate it from every other console ever creator... 6 months later sony announces its going to try to pull the same $#@! with "every game" using it in some way? no they STOLE (in bold) the concept from nintendo.

As for the 3d graphics... its like sony saying they invented the doom engine. Also do note that nintendo's virtual boy offered sudo 3d graphics before the playstation.

**Cooe14** · May 31st, 2006, 18:27

Originally Posted by 1timeuser

Nintendo announces this controller, which will seperate it from every other console ever creator... 6 months later sony announces its going to try to pull the same $#@! with "every game" using it in some way? no they STOLE (in bold) the concept from nintendo.

As for the 3d graphics... its like sony saying they invented the doom engine. Also do note that nintendo's virtual boy offered sudo 3d graphics before the playstation.

Even if he meant in the console world Star Fox for the SNES had 3d graphics before the PlayStation was ever released.

**vettacossx** · May 31st, 2006, 21:04

well im cool with that i mean its not like sony is doing somthing new by working off nintendos ideas eather i mean the ps1 was GOING to be a ADDON for the snes so i gotta agree with cooe on that...lol...im not at all surprised...but maybe a lil exited .....the more nintendo and microsoft inovate ....the more scea will have to.... and god knows sony would love nothing more than to offer a LITTLE LESS and GET AWAY WITH IT ; )

**Shadowblind** · May 31st, 2006, 21:45

off topic up there

Sony may be copying, as they have about other matters before.

**bullhead** · June 1st, 2006, 00:47

Well one things for certain, it wont put me off buying one. I think its good when competitors feed off eachothers ideas and innovations... Makes things interesting! It will be interesting to see which console will incorportate the idea best.

**V3N0M** · June 1st, 2006, 00:57

I really could care less where they got the idea from. As long as the system is fun and has great games i don't care. Really don't understand why people are getting mad that they stole the idea. If it makes there system more fun, then why not? Now Nintendo can steel something from them now lol.