Lawsuit filed against Nintendo over Switch’s detachable controllers

[Azuren]

CaptainExplosion said:

Azuren said:

And if the company says "I don't want your royalties", then poof-

 

No more Switch.

Which is why Nintendo can't let Gamevice get away with this extortion.

Unless, of course, Nintendo has actually infringed on something and has cost Gamevice money by giving them the image of a Switch imitator. Then it's not extortion by Gamevice, it's bullying by Nintendo. Let's not just assume that Nintendo is in the right here. Just because you like a company doesn't mean it can do no wrong.

 

fatslob-:O said:

Azuren said:

And if the company says "I don't want your royalties", then poof-

 

No more Switch.

No more Switch in america ... (doesn't mean Nintendo can't sell Switch's in other territories providing they didn't infringe patents in those territories either) 

Besides paying royalties is a relatively small price for Nintendo's size and they could design the Switch without detachable joy-cons to get around the patent issue ...

Fair enough, it could only be patented in America... It could also be patented elsewhere. We'll have to file that under "Known Unknowns".

 

And that would still be a massive undertaking to recall shipped-but-not-sold Switches to redesign them. Enough to put most companies off the idea of trying again.