bardicverse on 09 July 2008
| megaman79 said: It appears that they covered quite a bit in their patent protection. This judging from the extensive details provided. http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220070049374%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070049374&RS=DN/20070049374 How could a company replicating the idea not infringe on the patent. Despite Nintendo not owning the company it bought the licence from, it doesn't seem as though the idea could be re used in any capacity. The second question would be how did sony use a product that infringes on that list of patented specifications without causing trouble. They can't be bothered chasing it up, or its coming eventually. Have Microsoft seriously got any hope in replicating 'the concept' of the wiimote? Doesn't appear so. |
Exactly what I was getting at. I think that because of the housing of the Sixaxis, Sony skirted around the issue without causing waves, or Nintendo caring much. However, another "remote-control" looking controller would be directly stepping on their toes. MS is smarter than this, which is why this whole Newton/X-Mote thing will likely not look anything close to the Wii-mote. A lot of people don't want to hear it though, because it is the end of the argument, and VGChartz without fanboy arguments is.. well, a respectable industry site. =)
