Sony answers to Xbox Live

[Oni]

You could say Nintendo ripped it off some company, and that company ripped it offf another company, etc. Most things these days are unoriginal. Everytime you see a new car advert on TV, do you think to yourself 'omg that's terrible, so and so made the first care like 80 years ago'?

No....Lets just say N64 DD

[Axel]

Yes, but you can upgrade car engines and stuff. Just saying Nintendo wouldn't have been the first to have online avatars, considering there's Habbo, Second Life, stuff like that. And Wii's haven't been that long, I don't think Sony would have bought a Wii, seen Mii's and produced their own copy of it in so little time unless Sony have a spy team.

[Oni]

Yes, but you can upgrade car engines and stuff. Just saying Nintendo wouldn't have been the first to have online avatars, considering there's Habbo, Second Life, stuff like that. And Wii's haven't been that long, I don't think Sony would have bought a Wii, seen Mii's and produced their own copy of it in so little time unless Sony have a spy team.

Im sure they have and as i said n64 DD [Japan only] had a system like the miis where you put yourself in the games and that was in like 2000

[Pyroka]

Don't compare Consoles and Cars.

Hmm lets see..

- You get ****** off with cars as well as consoles
- Consoles crash and so do cars
- Cars run on engines, games run on engines
- Consoles have lights on and so do cars
- You can chuck a car off a cliff (like you can do to a PS3 ^.^)

They do have quite a bit in common.. This idea of avatars is a complete copy of the MMOCC market in my opinion and Sony/Nintendo are in fact, using it for their consoles as they've identified that more people are going on computers to play MMOCCs such as Habbo Hotel & Second Life, leaving their Wiis and PS3s to wither away.

[Oni]

Hmm lets see..

- You get ****** off with cars as well as consoles
- Consoles crash and so do cars
- Cars run on engines, games run on engines
- Consoles have lights on and so do cars
- You can chuck a car off a cliff (like you can do to a PS3 ^.^)

They do have quite a bit in common.. This idea of avatars is a complete copy of the MMOCC market in my opinion and Sony/Nintendo are in fact, using it for their consoles as they've identified that more people are going on computers to play MMOCCs such as Habbo Hotel & Second Life, leaving their Wiis and PS3s to wither away.

As we have said it is a copy of second life but also the wii and their miis if nintendo hadnt done it, niether would sony.

[GommeInc]

Hmmm, when I last noticed, you don't actually have to buy a product off another company to understand how it works. You can be told a concept of something like this, and design your own. If Sony did copy, which I'm not sure about, they don't need to buy, or even see Miis in action. They could just hear from somewhere that Nintendo have an avatar feature.

Apple probably did this with Creative when they stole the Zen technology for scrolling.

[Oni]

Hmmm, when I last noticed, you don't actually have to buy a product off another company to understand how it works. You can be told a concept of something like this, and design your own. If Sony did copy, which I'm not sure about, they don't need to buy, or even see Miis in action. They could just hear from somewhere that Nintendo have an avatar feature.

Apple probably did this with Creative when they stole the Zen technology for scrolling.

True but i bet sony have a fair few wiis for research.

[alexxxxx]

True but i bet sony have a fair few wiis for research.

&360s.

[TFerg006]

May Get one, not to sure, probably not at that rediculous price tbh.

I like the Wii and 360. TBH Id rather have 2 Consoles rather than 1 **** one.

[Oni]

&360s.

Yep, to do their favirote hobby...stealing.