SCEE president and CEO David Reeves insists that the motion sensing capabilities of the PS3 controller are not a last minute addition.
After the unveiling of the PlayStation 3 controller during Sony's pre-E3 conference in early May the market leader was bombarded with accusations of plagiarising the Wii controller. Since then Sony has remained absolute in its defence of the controller.
Speaking to MCV SCEE president David Reeves once again defended the controller, stating that "it's been planned for around two and a half years."
According to Reeves, the secret controller functionality was not revealed earlier, for fear that someone would file a patent to stop it, but did add that they have "already had some positive feedback on it from publishers."
No matter how resolute Sony is in regards to the origins of the PS3 motion sensing capabilities, the fact remains that to many gamers it will forever be seen as a copy of the Wii controller.
Opinion wrote at 05:31 on 06 June 2006
Copy of which?
Sorry folks, but this article is a sham. This fellow is letting his opinion control his journalism. The true mark of an amateur.
Hey, kid, just because features are similiar does not a copy make. Furthermore, just because Nintendo made it public first does not mean Sony didn't have the intentions (or a prototype for that matter).
Finally, the comment you should have made, is the 360 controller will always be seen as the system that didn't live up to gaming potential.
Counter Opinio wrote at 18:16 on 06 June 2006
Are you kidding?
Well its obvious the first reply is from a Sony fanboy. None of the PS3 developers have even heard/seen about the motion sensing in the PS3 controller until after e3. And these are the developers! You know, the guys that actually make the games!
So Sony had it in development for 2 - 3 years, and none of their developers have ever seen it? Face it, Sony bit the big one off of N because they are obviously frightened. Besides, their implementation is a sham. They can't even include the rumble feature because it interfers with the motion sensing.
You and all Sony die-hard lovers (ya know, the ones that can't admit when Sony is wrong) should just come to terms that they are bleeding you dry for their own gain and stepping on everyone along the road to selfishness and monopolism.