If Nintendo demo'd the execution of Reggie at E3, would Microsoft off Ballmer within a year?

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maxnyc said:

endimion said:
lol at everyone wanking on nintendo r&d ms blows about any software company out of the water when it comes to r&d they have stuff in the pipeline for the next 20 years.... give me a break

I guess that's why microsoft basically bought the technology & idea for Kinect from the Israeli developer PrimeSense. I wouldn't exactly call that internal r&d.

Microsoft has almost 600 patents related to Kinect.  You're saying they didn't do any R&D to get those patents?  As for the licensing of technology the Wii/PS3/360 and countless other hardware all license patents from other companies.  Sometimes is makes more sense to license someone else's solution rather than trying to come up with a your own.   There's always the risk of spending a lot more money in research or getting sued and still having to license the patent in the end.