We were looking around for official comment on the PlayStation 3 controller announcement from Nintendo executives who had been surprisingly quiet on the issue, and we came up with this gem from Nintendo presiedent Satoru Iwata.

As you’ll know, Sony tried to take a bite out of Nintendo’s giant pie of glory by adding functionality to its controller that the layman might mistake as comparable to that of the Wii.

“Actually before they made the announcement we already anticipated that they might do that, so I had to laugh. Even though I was laughing, it was with a grim face, I should add,” Iwata told the Seattle Times.

“Having said that, please know that putting the motion-sensor technology into the classic-style controller is one thing. Putting the motion-sensor technology into the Wii remote as well as the ‘nunchuck’ controller, where you can use both hands freely and independently, this is quite another thing.”

Of course, the actual functionality of the Wii and the PlayStation 3 controllers is a world apart.

The PlayStation 3 offers unexplained ‘motion-sensing’ technology, whereas the Wii boasts full recognition of the controllers movement, tilt, angle and placement.

Tags: PlayStation 3 controller, Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, Wii, Wii remote, nunchuck

    

i allso fell on the floor laffing, i then fell again as it hit me SONY ZEALOTS would acully try BIGGING THIS GBA TILTER UP as there exactly the laymans sorry morons iwata is talking about HOW DAM SILLY ARE PEOPLE GUNA LOOK PLAYING WAVEY WAVE WITH 2 HANDS ON A DUALSHOCK WITH NO RUMBLE ITS JUST PATHETIC….

simple list of wiis true motion sencing gyro abillitys
fishing
golf
guns
throing
rubbing
poking
stabbing
hand
hands
punching
painting
dancing
waving
spell casting
flying
wiimote
nunchuck
classic pad
gamecube pad
ds link up
simply unmatched wii shall rule

I guess that’s as innovative as Sony gets… too bad tilt sensing was done in the gameboy color game ‘Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble.’

I dont know anyone exited abvout the PS3/. but I know loads who cant wait for the Wii. Nintendo have really turned the console market on its head witrh this one.

wii.com soon to be