Sony patents method to add Trophies to games without Trophy support.

[kain_kusanagi]

Somini said:

kain_kusanagi said:
First I want to say that it's a great idea to add trophies to old games. Not only does it give a new reason to play a classic but it also gets people to buy the game just for the trophies. It's good for gamers and business.

But what I really want to point out is how you really shouldn't be able to patent an idea like this. It's like putting a hat on a donkey and saying nobody else can do it because you thought of it first. Patents are for inventions and adding trophies to old games is not an invention. HD collections have added trophies and Konami recently patched MGS4 with trophies. So it's not even the first time trophies have been added to a game that didn't have them originally.

Great idea, bad patent.

By your logic, all Apple patents would have to be considerd bad!

Yep, and I hated the bullshit jury decision against Samsung. Apple thinks it can patent "look & feel". They lost it when they went up against MS in the 80s, but dumb ass jurors today think Apple invented everything so they must deserve patents on it all. I'm going to stop because I've ranted about Apple's bogus patents enough in the past. Sony's isn't as bad, but I still don't like it. Adding trophies or achievements to games isn't new and it's not a patentable idea. Unfortunately the US patent office doesn't have time of funding to care so they just approve anything that hasn't already gotten a patent and expect later for lawsuits sort it out.