Sony Denies Copying Nintendo Controller

Upon the announcement of the Sony PS3 Controller, it wasn’t surprising that Nintendo fanboys are vehemently arguing that Sony stole the idea from Nintendo. So with that, Worldwide Studios President Phil Harrison has declared that Sony first began brewing the idea for the controller more than a decade ago.

He further added that Sony had been thinking about this idea since 1994 and he said “in reality you can’t make some of the ideas that we have because the technology is not available in sufficient quantity or at a low enough price, and you kind of have to wait for certain things to converge.” Apparently, the Sony people already have plans to show it as early as last year but Harrison said that “we didn’t show it last year, because we weren’t ready to.”

He also said that  they were not  influenced by the positive reception that the Nintendo controller received since they have their own research about it, in other words, they were heavily influenced by their extensive research and not by the public’s reception of the Ninty controller.

But it seems that Mr. Harrison is contradicting his own statements because he went on to say that “We (Sony) didn’t start the wave, but we’ve kind of jumped onto that wave.” So what is the real score then?!

Upon the announcement of the Sony PS3 Controller, it wasn’t surprising that Nintendo fanboys are vehemently arguing that Sony stole the idea from Nintendo. So with that, Worldwide Studios President Phil Harrison has declared that Sony first began brewing the idea for the controller more than a decade ago.

He further added that Sony had been thinking about this idea since 1994 and he said “in reality you can’t make some of the ideas that we have because the technology is not available in sufficient quantity or at a low enough price, and you kind of have to wait for certain things to converge.” Apparently, the Sony people already have plans to show it as early as last year but Harrison said that “we didn’t show it last year, because we weren’t ready to.”

He also said that  they were not  influenced by the positive reception that the Nintendo controller received since they have their own research about it, in other words, they were heavily influenced by their extensive research and not by the public’s reception of the Ninty controller.

But it seems that Mr. Harrison is contradicting his own statements because he went on to say that “We (Sony) didn’t start the wave, but we’ve kind of jumped onto that wave.” So what is the real score then?!