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Soundwave on 15 May 2016
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SonytendoAmiibo said:
Soundwave said:

Most devs wouldn't bother with the console I don't think. Why pay a licensing fee when you don't have to. Any company could make a controller too, third parties could basically just copy the Nintendo design and have their own, so that would likely be a problem too, it's an easy idea to copy if it has any success.

And that is exactly what Nintendo said. And that is why they don't want to show it yet. The controller will be patented for years, but will need revisions to keep those patents in force.

I don't think you can patent a controller for an iPhone/Android device. There's already dozens out there, they're all just ridiculously over priced and there's no singular one that's brought unity to the ecosystem.

Say Apple wanted to make an official controller seeing Nintendo making good money off theirs ... what are you going to do? Sue Apple for making a controller for their own phone?

It could work in the sense that Nintendo could lock their own games to their own controller, and as such more people would probably be apt to buy that one. But they can't really stop others from making a controller, I don't think that would work out.