Microsoft patents drop-in split-screen

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FreeTalkLive said:

slowmo said:

FreeTalkLive said:
It doesn't matter slowmo. The patent wouldn't hold on, anyway. I'd be shocked if some European court didn't rule in favor of Sony or Nintendo if MS sued them. Heck, even when MS doesn't do anything wrong it loses cases in Europe.

So if it holds up in a US case but not in Europe does that then mean we'll see cut down versions of some games between regions.  I doubt anyone on here is qualified to say whether a patent can hold or not, my money is that its a specualtive effort that they hope will stick but you never know how these will pan out for sure.

MS would likely back down worldwide if it lost a related case in Europe.  After all, the US justice system has been very friendly to MS, to say the least.

 

Anyway, the whole patent just seems silly.  Maybe MS patented a certain way to program it or something but it is too similar to too many other things for me to take seriously.

"A squad-based shooter video game allows players to dynamically join and leave the game, while that game is in progress, without the players having to save and restart the game." That's pretty clear cut,....what exactly do you feel that is too similar too?

You don't have to take it seriously. Likewise, you are not the justice system of the US so your opinion that "it won't hold", is just that, your opinion.