We've talked about Microsoft's supposed plan to rip off the Wii remote that Nintendo basically put all their research and development for their "next gen" console. We've discussed Sony's "innovation" with the SIXAXIS using accelerometers after Nintendo announced their gaming design. It's the same stuff happening over and over again.

Of course, everyone thought that Sony was the lame cat in the bag on this ordeal back in the day, and we should point fingers and scoff at them. Yet if the recent rumors are correct, maybe we've been wrong all this time. Maybe it's time to apologize and make amends.

Because now, we have someone else to laugh at. Microsoft looks as though they're going to reveal their newest controller, similar to the Wii remote, sometime next week. Not only reveal it, but reveal how it works with the title it's been "specifically" made for, Banjo Kazooie 3.

And to think, I cheered Microsoft for sticking with the typical controller layout. For shame.

Kotaku