No wonder Nintendo is secretive

KillerGremlin · 03-13-2005, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Crash

Microsoft and sony are damn theives....

first microsoft steals nintendo's handle... now sony steals microsofts complete online plan

here's microsofts plan: http://www.gametavern.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11119

this is an exact copy of microsofts plan with microsoft having custom downloadable music (and rumored xpod) online market place where users can sell user made stuff, blah blah blah...

GameMaster · 03-13-2005, 03:24 PM

Practices like this aren't exclusive to the video game industry unfortunatley. It happens everywhere in business. Since you can't stop it, the only way to combat it is to offer something better. It actually forces companies to make great products, deals, etc. If they don't, they'll go under.

The worst cases are when a company doesn't even change a name that much. Like Microsoft's rumored XPod. I mean, if you're going to rip something, at least try not to make it blatantly obvious. It matters not, iPod will devour XPod.

KillerGremlin · 03-13-2005, 03:29 PM

Companies steal products all the time. I though people got over that fact ages ago.

thatmariolover · 03-13-2005, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Companies steal products all the time. I though people got over that fact ages ago.

You don't get over it, it's wrong. And getting desensitized to it simply because it happens all the time is even more wrong.

That picture was way out of line.

Null · 03-13-2005, 04:09 PM

its not worng, thats how it works, new ideas become standard, and more new ideas are made after that. otherwise we'd never get anything better because there would be no reason to improve apon stuff if only one company could use it.

thatmariolover · 03-13-2005, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

its not worng, thats how it works, new ideas become standard, and more new ideas are made after that. otherwise we'd never get anything better because there would be no reason to improve apon stuff if only one company could use it.

Competition is good, emulation is stagnating.

Null · 03-13-2005, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by thatmariolover

Competition is good, emulation is stagnating.

well i'd hate to be playin games today if no ideas where ever copied and used by others and improved apon, that would be a very sad day indeed.

KillerGremlin · 03-13-2005, 04:21 PM

Right. I'd just like to point out that Microsoft and Sony went online already, and Nintendo hasn't.

And was my picture really that all uncalled for?

I got just about as much out of this thread as if someone just made a post that said,

"LOOK SONY AND MICROSOFT ARE DOING THINGS SIMILAR TO THEIR COMPETITION OMG!!!!WTFWHYWOULDTHEYDOTHATOMG>AALKJGD:SKJGD:K"