| Euphoria14 said: What does Dyack mean when he says Eternal Darkness IP onwership is "complicated"?
I know Nintendo owns a patent on something to do with the gameplay, but I am not sure it is a definite that they own the IP. |
It's complicated for 3 reasons. First Nintendo is the one who has the name "Eternal Darkness" trademarked. Meaning the property is actually a Nintendo property... for the most part. Second, Nintendo has the patent for the gameplay setup in the game... namely the sanity meter. Finally, Nintendo still owns a hefty amount of stock in Silicon Knight. Not a majority but definitely quite a strong share.
So it is complicated because to make a sequel Nintendo would have to be behind it. I'm not so sure Nintendo would want to continue the series considering the first sold poorly or maybe Silicon Knights doesn't want to continue it on Nintendo platforms. I have no idea what the actual trouble is but like Goldeneye 007 I can imagine it is quite complicated.
