Miyamoto calls Move and Natal copies

In a recent interview Shigeru Miyamoto described the rush into

In a recent interview Shigeru Miyamoto described the rush into the motion controller market by Sony and Microsoft a threatening behavior. Though he didn't stop there, he also wanted to clarify that motion controlled gaming was something that Nintendo created.

“Whenever something we have created and presented is followed by copies, we always feel it is threatening,” said the dev legend.

“More than that, we’re concerned that others are trying to do something similar for the sake of it. It’s not encouraging to Nintendo.” - EDGE

By William Schwartz on June 3, 2010

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17 COMMENTS

SpliceDaddy
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Makes no sense. From what I have heard Sony was developing Move technology long before Nintendo Wii was even made. Plus Sony had the Eye Toy a long time ago. Nintendo just made motion control extremely popular, they didn’t create it.
- Ares
  Dude, in the world of business the company that creates first, invents first. Anyone can say, “well we started it before you,” or “I invented that,” but if I didn’t bring it out on the market or display it to the public then I look like a liar. Nintendo invented motion control before anyone else. There should be no argument on this as it is quite obvious. Miyamoto has a right to call them copycats too. Remember when Sony and Microsoft were calling this whole idea nothing but a gimmick? And most of YOU were too, don’t forget that. Think about it.
extermin8or
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haha, not to mention all the things that nintendo have taken from other consoles? oh is that a disc based format i see there? oh well then they must be copying sony as that was 1st use in a games console on the ps1 if I remember…
- bman
  1) the saturn was released before the Ps1 and it used CD’s. In fact the Sega CD add on for the Genisis came before the saturn even.
  2) Nintendo outsourced development of a CD based add on for the SNES, which went on to become the playstation….
originaljohn
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Generally all of Nintendo’s controller innovations have been copied by their competitors. D-pad, Annalog stick, standard wireless controll pad and now motion controlls. Nintendo have always said they pionner in control interfaces as opposed to console technology, thats why they use discs. Look at the companies history in console manufacturing every second system is a evolution of the one preivous. SNES evolution form NES, GameCube evolution from N64. I’m refiring to their controller input for these respected systems, not the systems themselves.
LBrize
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Also, keep in mind that Nintendo was the first to really do 3D gaming (not stereoscopic) with SM64, and they also invented rumble. :0)
john
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Nintendo and their horse shit again! They just put a wand on the console market, they didnt invent it!! And @LBrtize………. they DID NOT invent rumble!! But neither did sony! EVERYONE copies off everyone from the caveman who modified his fire who he learned to make from his neighbour, Bill Gates with his windows GUI he copied from Apple. But the nintendo dude does make a point………….. loads of shit has been copied from them! But they should have taken Sony up on their offer when they were presented with a disc based format, silly twats thought cartridges were still the way to go! But thank GOD they didnt, or we wouldnt have games like GTA!!
kr155
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Eye toy was released before wii was announced. Nintendo didnt invent motion controls as a concept. Nor did they bring them to market first. Moves design was obvioulsy taken from the wiimote. But natal is nothing like a wii mote and is much closer to eyetoy
Chris
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Some of you have no idea what you are talking about. The gamecube/PS1 stole the disc idea from the dreamcast. And the Eyetoy came way before Natal and the Wiimote. Move has been in development since the wii was announced…They are not copycats as much as they are improvements
tarbis
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Chris:
Playstation 1 came first before the Dreamcast. And if you like to know who have the first CD-based console, that would be the TurboGrafx-16, then later Sega made the Sega CD to compete with it. Of course we all know what happened to the Sega CD. Sony is the first one to come up with a very successful CD-based console. Does that make them the inventor of CD based console due to popularity? To the majority that is a YES due to IGNORANCE!
I hope none of you guys follow that trend. Do you homework before you spout any fanboyish nonsense.
Miyamoto is trying to sell his products so he can dish out all the nonsense he can as long he can turn that into money, he won’t care if he’s telling the truth or not. Business is business. Morality is non-existent in it.
Tim
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Uhh…The EyeToy is a different interface than the Wiimote. Microsoft copied the EyeToy and imporved it, and Sony copied Nintendo’s design and improved it. Even if Sony was developing their own motion control tech, they didn’t get it out until 4 years after Nintendo released the Wii. How do you know that Nintendo didn’t start working on this before Sony? Nintendo always says that they begin working on the next console when they release the current one. Nintendo could have been working for years before Sony started on what would become Move. You guys need to see both sides. *puts up Sony fanboy flameshield*
Chris
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Nintendo first had motion control with the Game Boy Camera I beleive.
john
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@Tim – Microsoft did not copy or improve the eye toy. They went out and BOUGHT a device that can do what the eyetoy can. Natal is not a device developed or improved by M$, they went searching around for something and found Natal. They bought it off an Israeli tech company, cuz we all know when it comes to hardware they dont have a bloody clue! And who knows or cares who started working on motion controls, but what we DO know is motion control is nothing new, its been around for ages, nintendo were just the 1st ones to bring it in commercially with a wand! And it was STILL shit! Give me a controller any day.
zav
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Nintendo brings the evolution sense the first nintendo consol. psx x box and all 3d games are copies from nintendo
zav
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Nintendo es evolucion todos formas que tu tanto disfrutas jugar tus consolas es gracias ha NINTENDO.Me explico: El primer juego en plataforma 2d fue SUPER MARIO BROTHERS. El control introdujo selec boton El SNES introdujo en el control los botones L,R,Y,X,a,b,selec y start boton.[Luego el control de la competencia lo copia. El nintendo 64 evoluciono las graficas de la industria de los vidio juegos. Con el nintendo 64 llegaron los primeros juegos en coop de 4 personas.primer juego 3d game mario 64. El game boy primer juego portatil introdujo la camara en un juego port. no podemos olvidarnos nds con 2 pantallas un lapiz y una pantalla tactil.Con eso nadamas tienen.Si hablo del wii los aplsata nintendo por q los demas son copias con poca maginacion
NFND
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Nintendo = INNOVATION
Sony, Microsoft = Me too!!!!
Nintendo brought you the
D-pad
Analog Stick
Shoulder/Trigger button
Force feedback (rumble pack)
Motion controller
Next time you take a look at you Sony or Microsoft controller just remember where it originated from
show a little respect for the True innovator.
NFND
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Im not saying they invented any of these feature but they were the first to bring them to home consoles.
Also Nintendo is the only one that seems to understand Gameplay is the number one priority. Way before graphics, by a mile, its not even close.