Ever since Sony announced at its media briefing that the PS3 controller would incorporate motion-sensing technology, people have speculated that Sony stole the idea from Nintendo. After all, Nintendo has been responsible for most of the major controller innovations of the last 20 years—D-pad, analog stick, etc.

It's easy to point out that the "Wiimote" and PS3 controller are entirely different, that the Nintendo system is built entirely around a motion tracking freehand controller, but that doesn't seem to matter to some. Speaking with trade publication MCV, Nintendo U.K. boss David Yarnton had some choice words for Sony and their new controller. He even called out SCE Worldwide president Phil Harrison.

"I'd love to dig up some old Phil Harrison comments and say 'hang on a second - six months ago when we launched our controller you said one thing, and now why are you doing this?'" said Yarnton. "I don't know what their decision making process is but I think if you look back, any innovation that has come in gameplay has come from us."

Yarnton continued by intimating that Sony not only copied Nintendo, but that they also copied the force feedback functionality from Immersion Corp.

"Historically we're always developing new things. We know Sony have had a lot of issues with their rumble feature and they've had to withdraw it - because they didn't innovate, they copied," he said. "With Nintendo, I'm trying to think of anything we've copied... but I can't."