Yes around May 2005 AFAIK, five moths before the announcement of the wiimote. In fact its on engadget site somewhere, as th patent was pending until it was granted recently.
Actually, Nintendo was developing tilt sensitive controllers back in the day of N64. In actuality, Nintendo has Sony beat both in patent dates and device creation.
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CT A @ Jan 8th 2007 2:16PM
Didn't Sony patent a motion controller way before Nintendo announced the Wii controller?
I'm just saying.
Tausif @ Jan 10th 2007 2:38PM
Yes around May 2005 AFAIK, five moths before the announcement of the wiimote. In fact its on engadget site somewhere, as th patent was pending until it was granted recently.
FutileIssue @ Jan 8th 2007 2:37PM
Actually, Nintendo was developing tilt sensitive controllers back in the day of N64. In actuality, Nintendo has Sony beat both in patent dates and device creation.