Nintendo responds to PS3 Home

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Following Sony’s announcement of its new online community software, PS Home, Nintendo has gone on the offensive, deeming the service “an example of Sony’s ‘Mii-too’ approach.”

When asked of the company’s thoughts on Sony’s online plans, Nintendo told CVG: “This is an example of Sony’s “Mii-too” approach. But as Mr. Miyamoto states, Nintendo years ago considered and rejected the type of approach Sony is now taking”, presumably referring to creating a virtual online world.

Just in case you missed it, PS3 Home allows players to create their own character, like a 3D avatar, and take it into a realistic online virtual world to interact with PS3 gamers from around the globe.

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Nintendo’s equivalent avatar system, the Mii Channel, lets gamers make simple cartoon-style characters and save them onto the Wii’s internal memory. These Miis can then be imported into games for gameplay, or sent to other Wii consoles via the internet.

Nintendo has clearly opted for a simpler approach – although some say the lack of customisation options make it a bit too basic.

But Nintendo is pleased with it’s avatar system, saying: “Miis have become a cultural phenomenon in their own right, appealing well beyond the traditional core gamer audience, and the process of populating them across the Wii universe is just beginning.”

3D avatars and real time interaction could become a huge aspect of gaming with the current generation of consoles. But will Microsoft join the party with their own PS3 Home or Mii equivalent?

Via CVG



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  • Dor Dadush

    omg.. first it was the motion , that PS3 “thought of it” yeah .. sure.. now its this ! Sony is desperate and jealous in the same time , and not to mention the “all-i-want-for-xmas-is-a-psp” which was a desperate and so lame move .

    Sony is LAME

  • Dor Dadush

    omg.. first it was the motion , that PS3 “thought of it” yeah .. sure.. now its this ! Sony is desperate and jealous in the same time , and not to mention the “all-i-want-for-xmas-is-a-psp” which was a desperate and so lame move .

    Sony is LAME

  • SgtBob

    Sony’s gonna crash.

    Well, that’s also what people said about Nintendo after the Gamecube, but look at them now.

  • SgtBob

    Sony’s gonna crash.

    Well, that’s also what people said about Nintendo after the Gamecube, but look at them now.

  • Stephen

    You have to REALLY be a Nintendo fanboy to consider Sony’s Home a rip-off of Miis. It’s like Mii x 1,000. I spent an hour or so playing with my Mii when I first got the system and since then have barely thought about it.

    If anything it’s a mash-up of Second Life, Miis, and Xbox Achievements.

  • Stephen

    You have to REALLY be a Nintendo fanboy to consider Sony’s Home a rip-off of Miis. It’s like Mii x 1,000. I spent an hour or so playing with my Mii when I first got the system and since then have barely thought about it.

    If anything it’s a mash-up of Second Life, Miis, and Xbox Achievements.

  • Stephen

    You have to REALLY be a Nintendo fanboy to consider Sony’s Home a rip-off of Miis. It’s like Mii x 1,000. I spent an hour or so playing with my Mii when I first got the system and since then have barely thought about it.

    If anything it’s a mash-up of Second Life, Miis, and Xbox Achievements.

  • Lewis

    good analysis stephen, i agree. mii’s dont do or have crap and friend codes suck. im waiting for some online interactivity but nintendo is killing me with the wait. man, friend codes suck! but i love my wii & ds

  • Lewis

    good analysis stephen, i agree. mii’s dont do or have crap and friend codes suck. im waiting for some online interactivity but nintendo is killing me with the wait. man, friend codes suck! but i love my wii & ds

  • Lewis

    good analysis stephen, i agree. mii’s dont do or have crap and friend codes suck. im waiting for some online interactivity but nintendo is killing me with the wait. man, friend codes suck! but i love my wii & ds