That's the trouble with patents. Although it encourages innovation by protecting the financial interests of inventors it also slows down innovation by preventing the use a patented technology in other inventions. If the engineers at Nintendo spent more time checking if they were violation patents rather than designing a innovative game machine like the Nintendo Wii we'd probably still be stuck with an analog stick. Had Nintendo asked permission first, I'm sure they'd be at weaker bargaining position. Now that the Wii is out making money, they'll have a bigger budget for their legal department and enough reserves in case they lose these cases which in the end I think Nintendo will end up buying these patents.
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EA should fire the guy with the Wii-360 theory.
Yay
"We haven't seen that since prior to PlayStation 1."
Wasn't Nintendo's console also the dominant game machine of that era? It only shows how appealing Nintendo's game designs are plus they've got Mario.
That's the trouble with patents. Although it encourages innovation by protecting the financial interests of inventors it also slows down innovation by preventing the use a patented technology in other inventions. If the engineers at Nintendo spent more time checking if they were violation patents rather than designing a innovative game machine like the Nintendo Wii we'd probably still be stuck with an analog stick. Had Nintendo asked permission first, I'm sure they'd be at weaker bargaining position. Now that the Wii is out making money, they'll have a bigger budget for their legal department and enough reserves in case they lose these cases which in the end I think Nintendo will end up buying these patents.
Somebody should check it Konami stock prices went up after this teaser. A multi-platform Metal Gear would most probably increase its unit sales.
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