Sony Didn’t Steal Nintendo’s Idea

Sony boss Phil Harrison sure has a way with words. Kotaku has quoted Mr. Harrison as saying “it is a little stupid” to think Sony copied Nintendo’s new Wiitroller. This follows up comments from Sony’s UK boss that said that company’s loyal install base would gobble up 5 million PS3s at launch, regardless of price even without a single game.

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.