Koffdrop, You Have My Attention
For those who don't know, he's a blog user who replied to my "Just Like Old Times" post, and owns koffdrop.com.
Well Koffdrop, 15 years of industry experience? That'll make it seem even worse when you are cut down by a 16 year old kid... sir.
Vibrating controls came around in the arcade - mainly by Sega . Taking another idea and claiming it as new by screaming it really loudly and patenting it doesn't mean you innovated it.
That is precisely what Sony does to Nintendo. Heard of the Nintendo Gameye? Guess not, cause after it was shown at Spaceworld, Sony takes the idea and invents eye toy months afterwards, and hype their new device so most people believe it was Sony's creation.
Nintendo implemented "vibrating controls" into handheld controllers for home systems. Sure they have been available in arcade games previously, but it was Nintendo who took the step to make the feature available for home gamers.
Nintendogs is based on a 20 year old idea from 8-bit home computers.
Well if you put it that way, basically EVERY game that exist is based on the idea of another. How many FPS games are there, dozens on the Gamecube/PS2/Xbox alone. Who came up with the idea of employing the use of a gun in a 3D game? Would that take away its innovation in future FPS titles? Does it MATTER, if one game on an 8 bit computer 20 years ago, somehow resembles the gameplay of Nintendogs?
If you still believe that is a copy, look at Baitohel 2000 on the PSP. It is basically Warioware, with retarded looking Nintendo characters. Would you say that is Sony's INNOVATION? Nintendogs is fun, interactive, makes good use of the DSs' functionality, and is different to any handheld console game in the past, isn't that innovative enough?
Nintendo have very VERY rarely innovated but they frequently claim the prize for themselves by way of patents and licensing.
I believe you are referring to Sony and the Playstation. Why don't you name ONE feature on the PS1/PS2/PSP which is unique and innovative? Nintendo takes exisiting technology and implements it into gaming consoles. Sure they've been used elsewhere (like on 20 year old computers as you've stated), but Ninty are the ones to use the idea in a home/portable gaming system.
Well, that is all from your replies, I shall reply to the views you have provided in the article on your website next.
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Thanks for the publicity :)
However, you miss the point of what I'm saying when you attempt to counter every single point I make with another point in favour of Nintendo or against Sony.
I know of the Gameeye, I know the the GBC camera. I know a (rather disturbing) amount of industry and culture history.
I'm no fanboy of any system - they're all just a box of circuits and, make no mistake, the manufacturers are after your wallet, not your heart.
To appreciate what I say and why I say it you need to be remain objective. Whilst you clearly sit inside the Nintendo camp you can't help but see my posts as an attack on your beloved Nintendo. If you have the inclination I suggest you place yourself OUTSIDE of any allegiance of bias and see the facts and history of the industry as they are rather than as a die-hard Nintendo fan.
lol, you sure are philosopical when it comes to video games.
I have visited your site read some of your articles, and what I owuld really like to know is:
Why do you insist on putting down Nintendo, while praising Sony's Playstation, when all you use against Ninty, could also be applied to the Playstation? I mean, you claim Ninty to not be innovative, while on the other hand Sony's greatest achievement is the eye-toy (idea taken from Gameye).
You want facts?
Well then, just last week in Japan, the DS outsold PSP and PS2 combined. The GB Micro outsold PS2, and together with the SP, outsold PSP. The Gamecube sold about 10 times as much as the Xbox, the original GBA sold about 4 times as much.
Other facts: There was a positive reaction to the controller unveiling at the TGS. Even MS hasa words of praise for Nintendo (although they are probably being sarcastic, since the unveiling stole the light from the 360's first appearance in Japan). Every comment on the controller found on IGN is positive. Obviously most other people have different views on Nintendo than you do.
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