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PlayStation 2's "RealPlay" is Wii Sports copycat?

mistermostyn | August 17, 2007 | News | Playstation 2 Wii 
Considering the demographic-busting appeal of Nintendo's interactive Wii Sports it's perhaps only natural that someone else would try to filter that appeal down to a rival console. Meet RealPlay on the PlayStation 2.
Videogames developers are always copying ideas from one another. It’s happened since the birth of the industry and it's a trend that will continue - that's business - but rarely is it so blatantly obvious as in the case of IN2Games’ REALPLAY series, which was announced today for the PlayStation 2.

Even if it plays well, it's such an unashamed act of hopping on a bandwagon recently established in mainstream gaming that GamerSquad is inclined to feel a little bit of embarrassment for the firm – the type you feel when you know an idea is a complete rip off of someone else’s.

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  • 0 thumbs!
    Seeker X | August 17, 2007
    "Even if it plays well"?

    Well that's all PS2 owners need to know. If it's a ripoff, the only shame it would've been if it was a BAD ripoff, clearly not the case.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Final Blade | August 18, 2007
      So then what is it, good copy or bad.
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    black doom | August 17, 2007
    Wait, they are offering a controller collection right. Seems like far to much, one master controller is required for a full family sense of fun, and if that is not what is going to happen then they will die from being disregarded by the industry.
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    Gogetenks | August 18, 2007
    Each game is $50, with it's own wireless peripheral...

    The price of 5 of these games (the same amount of sports in Wii Sports), you can buy a Wii with only one main controller and a free game. No point paying $250 for 5 games and 5 peripherals when you can get a full next-gen console, with 5 games controlled by only one controller, for the same price.

    This is why third party peripherals tend to suck.
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    Duker Nuker | August 18, 2007
    What a copy, it has the same, but the Wii is more real, this one has better graphics though its the same as the Wii Sports.
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    BANDITO ATTACK | August 18, 2007
    Wii sports is terrible. Even if it IS just a free disc that comes with the system.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Final Blade | August 18, 2007
      Like you even know, you don't even have a wii.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Rinkydink | August 18, 2007
      Are you kidding BA? Wii Sports was a great starter game to show off the Wii controls, and surprisingly addictive even though it is so simple. Complaining about a free game which demonstrated the controls as well as that is a bit silly to be honest.

      To think that some are going to fork out all that cash to buy the 5 games.
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    JJBDude | August 19, 2007
    Does seem like a very sneaky move to grab attention of current PS2 owners and get them to opt for RealPlay instead of making the lunge to next gen on the Wii with WiiSports.
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    Theory of Chaos | August 19, 2007
    No way. Sony would never take Nintendo's ideas.

    Wait...

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