Nintendo gets sued over Wii Fit!

[Joelcool7]

MasterVG71782 said:

Seece said:
It's unfair for small tiny companies to sit on these patents when it's obvious they'll never be able to bring it to the market like MS and Nintendo.

It's also funny they take so long to admit this ... just being greedy, and I doubt they'll get anywhere with either case.

It's almost always the case with companies nowadays being sued over their tech. They wait until they see it's a success, then they pull out the sue card.

It does make sense, the small company couldn't possibly turn their product into a success. So watch and wait for the bigger corporation to make it a huge success, then sue them for the profits. Usually the company will try to settle and they want a big chunk of change. In this case however apparently the company wants to stop Kinect from being sold altogether and likely Wii's Balance Board as well.

So what can this small company benefit if Kinect and the balance board are both taken off the market? Its not like their sports entertainment product could compete or replace Kinect or the Balance Board. My bet is they are trying to hold MS and Nintendo hostage they want to milk all the developers dry and then likely take a huge cut in the futures of Kinect or Wii's Balance board. Looking for royalties in the future and a share of all future and past profits.

These guys could have made a success of their product by pitching it to Nintendo or Sony or Microsoft. They probably knew that if they pitched it that the company would either turn them down or would demand more control greater profits. But if the company can pull successful products off the shelves then they can demand anything they want and MS/Nintendo would have very little choice. Either comply or leave their product off shelves.

In the end I think these guys have one of the best cases out of the lunatic companies who have tried suing Nintendo , MS and Sony recently. But I doubt they will win, these big gaming companies are going to bury them either winning directly or bleading their opponent dry in legal fees and making pursuit so difficult it isn't worth them keeping after Nintendo or MS or third parties.