Sony sues Tencent for allegedly ripping off Horizon with upcoming game Light of Motiram

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VAMatt said:

As I've said elsewhere, the whole notion that one can own ideas and prevent others from using those ideas in their own works is nonsensical. Copyright and patent law is bullshit. It is antithetical to human progress.

Agreed. This is no different than the whole Palworld fiasco (in terms of what is deemed “justifiable” for these businesses to target/“shoot down”). Tencent came to Sony with a proposed HZ game, Sony declined, and so Tencent decided to sell their product without Sony’s backing under a different IP. Sony should have no grounds to stand on here. Maybe this is a stretch…but that’d be like if Nintendo sued Sony for releasing the PlayStation after talks fell through during the early-90s.