Im guessing the Sixaxis option is patented also? Basically no friggin idea what's happening, if anything is happening.
And dallas, no, because if you consider that long list of patents by Nintendo they have done alot of work securing an extensive list of variations in their idea. Not only have they patented the design and feel of the remote style controller, but they seem to have patented the very idea of communication between the operators movement on a remote ( secondary ) device and an electronic 3d environment on screen. Looks to me like they never actually needed to buy that gyro company to begin with.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
