"It’s hard to buy a story where the beautiful woman just falls in the hero’s – sorry, anti-hero’s – arms for no good reason, let alone for gifts."

Yeah. That's a real stretch, alright.

I'll second that, Jaumpasama

My study has discovered that 90% of people who drive jacked-up pickup trucks are high school dropouts who drink too much.

Ergo, my study has now "linked" these traits to the ownership of jacked-up pickup trucks.

There is no story here. There is no science here.

"They actually spent some of their time trying to interest people in trying to potentially buy a product from them."

So has every lazy nimrod in the pub with an "invention."

Motiva's patent is for a physical therapy device they never actually built, and it was filed long after Nintendo designed the Wii controller. This is NOT a case of a big corporation taking advantage of a plucky independent visionary. It's a case of scuzzballs and lawyers trying to strike it rich on the back of a successful company's hard work and creativity. In other words, the very definition of a patent troll.

"it's basically nothing short of total affirmation regarding EA's inability to make quality games outside of their sports franchises"

No, RELEASING it would have been such an affirmation.
Kudos to EA for making a difficult decision and coming down on the side of their customers.