When will people understand this?

I have been reading Nintendo fans saying that M$ riped off the Mii's. M$ fans point to Sony taking Live and bastardizing it. Sony fans just can't stand when games like GTA   or FF appear on other systems. Oh and by the way, M$ is apparently stealing from Home too.

Guess what people, M$ didn't invent online gaming. Nintendo didn't create  the avatar. Sony didn't invent the idea of a virtual world (in fact, I have seen no proof they will ever have one :) ).

Point is, everyone steals from everyone else. If there wasn't "The Godfather" there would be no "Goodfellas" or GTA. If there wasn't a superman, we wouldn't have X-Men or Spiderman. It's what makes the world go round. It's a smart move to incorporate something successful into your product.

Would you say that Live is just a Xband rip off? Is the Wii just a souped up Magnavox Odyssey? No, then everyone needs to get over it.

Hypocrisy is one of the foundations of fanboyism. Don't expect it to stop anytime soon.

They do indeed, good ideas are still good ideas regardless of where they come from. When the big three take ideas from each other all that happens is that the audience of that platform get a better experience, so its all good. Like the FF13 announcement, it'll allow a hell of a lot more people to experience the joy (hopefully) of a great game.

people think they have the right to have something better sometimes.

Hypocrites are apart of life. I think I am the only one who thinks that every console should have most every game. No one own online gaming. No one own avatars. All companies are entitled to these products. 

Word. I hate it when these kids at school are like "Microsoft is STEALING this idea"

I wanna punch them in the face several times until they are in an ICU

Im so fed up with console war, that if every fanboy I ever came across were in front of me, my head would explode from rage

What's with the whole M$ thing?

Yeah, i have no allegiance to any one console and i think it'd be great if they borrowed even more ideas. Nothing can really improve if they only look at what they made. Plus i'm too poor to afford more then one or two consoles :/

i chose Microsoft as my "alliance" but only cause i play on it most

That's fanboys for you, though I have to admit I love seeing them fight each other, its very entertaining. Also the M$ thing is pretty stupid since all companies want to make as much money as they can, just like $ony, and Nintendo (can't find a way to put the dollar sign in).

Topic is true, but it's the way of the fanboy.

Thats what a business does, and there is nothing fanboys can do about it. The sooner they realize this, the sooner they can stop complaining. But who am I kidding, that will never happen.

"That's fanboys for you, though I have to admit I love seeing them fight each other, its very entertaining. Also the M$ thing is pretty stupid since all companies want to make as much money as they can, just like $ony, and Nintendo (can't find a way to put the dollar sign in).
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Well said. It's idiotic to bash a company for "copying" unless it is complete rip-off.

Like most before me said this is primarily fanboyism. Evolution is a way of life. Without incorporating the ideas of others, the industry wouldn't be thriving like it is today. Accept it and enjoy what the nature of competition does for us gamers. It doesn't hinder it only helps.

In the game industry, everyone copies everyone else.

"What's with the whole M$ thing?
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Yeah, everyone does steal from everyone else.

True

Microsoft/Nintendo/Sony junkies will always point at their console's competitors before they look at their own console's problems.

LOL, this has uber fanboy written all over it. So sad.

"LOL, this has uber fanboy written all over it. So sad.
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