No Man Sky in trouble? Developers may have a patent problem.

[IkePoR]

hershel_layton said:

IkePoR said:

Everyone's calling these guys scum for doing what any of us would do in a situation like this.

Beside that, apparently Genicap is actually using this patent - you know that thing they got on their idea so no one can take it. They also have tried speaking to Hello Games and gotten no response.

http://www.pcgamer.com/company-claims-no-mans-sky-uses-its-patented-equation-without-permission/

Why are people so quick to jump to negative conclusions when their favorite thing is called out?

The man could've done so a long time ago. I wonder why he's making issues now.

Well it says they attempted to reach out to Hello Games and haven't gotten a response.  It's important to note that there's no timetable for this - they could have contacted them ages ago and still haven't heard anything.

If I'd been trying to contact you over something I owned and knew you were plagiarizing to make profit and you ignored me, I'd make noise around the same time Genicap is.  Just before you could make a red cent off my patent.  Right now there's no way to tell if this is the case but if it is, it makes a lot of sense.