Posts Tagged ‘Nintendo Wavebird’
Not Copying…Waving
May 26th, 2008 | 
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They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery, unless it’s that weird guy from the mailroom who suddenly started dressing exactly the same as me, starts talking like me in the staff lunchroom and insists that everyone else in the office refers to him as Twinsy Jez…but the less said about that the better. Where was I? Ah yes, imitation. There’s been a lot of discussion about Microsoft’s up-coming new motion sensing controller. It’s an echo of the debate that raged when Sony debuted the Sixaxis. To the Nintendo fanboys, Microsoft’s motion sensing controller is a clear sign that, the team at Redmond has lost its imagination, and at worst, that the company has lost its way altogether and simply copied a competitor’s good idea.
Which is not really surprising. Fanboys (and girls I presume) show an intense blind loyalty to their console of choice that makes Ford and Holden supporters look positively disloyal, and religious fanatics look like they’re wavering by comparison.
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