#332 - Origins of the Wii


In 2001, Californian inventor Tom Quinn created a gyrometer-based motion control technology which was rudely rejected by both Microsoft and Sony, before ending up being bought by Nintendo. That was the patent from which the successful Wii was born.

SOURCE: http://web.archive.org/web/20121226051308/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/378029/features/revolution-the-story-of-wii

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