Nintendo's UK general manager has sounded off about Sony's "copying" with the PS3 controller...

Speaking to MCV, Yarnton said he would 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?'", speaking of how Harrison had previously called the Wii-mote "gimmicky".

He also commented on the lack of rumble technology in the PS3 pad, saying that patenting issues were more than likely the reason - Sony have been involved in several lawsuits recently concerning this element of their controller.

"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," he continued. "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. With Nintendo, I'm trying to think of anything we've copied... but I can't."