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gebx on 12 May 2008
Edouble24 said:
Gamerace said:

Actually, I can't see how Nintendo could stop that. A sensor bar is nothing at all, just two uv lights. And if a 360 game registers a wiimote (they might need a doogle?) then that's not breaking any patent laws.

The advertising would be tricky as they couldn't use any Nintendo trademarks, owned names, etc. But it too could be done.

Fact is there are programs out now that allow you to use your wii-mote on PC - how is this different?

Edit: The challenge would be Nintendo wouldn't share any development kits/know-how.  MS would basically have to 'hack' the wii-mote programing and figure it out from scratch but that's not terribly hard either.

The difference is that MS is a competitor to Nintendo. Nintendo has to allow them to do this, they can sue over it.

 


Thats what I don't get... sue them for what?

As long has MS doesn't break any patent laws with building the sensor bar then I don't see how its a problem.

The only valid point so far on this thread is what parokki said.. Most companies would want you to buy their own remote and not competitors. But if MS is targeting Wii users and trying to woo them then this would be the best way to do it.

What if the sensor bar was compatible with the Newton/X-mote and the Wiimote? New users who don't own a Wii can purchase the Xmote, the ones who already do can stick to their wiimotes.



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gebx on 12 May 2008
montrealsoon said:
I don't think the 360 has BLUETOOTH built in.

Edite: Ah, I didn't understand

Good point!

 



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elgefe02 on 12 May 2008

I dont think that is possible...



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Red*Pokemon*Trainer on 12 May 2008

I thought that the theory would be more of that since Banjo is a platformer that would greatly appeal to the Nintendo audience,Microsoft secretly had it engineered to be compatible with the wiimote thus bringing a great deal of Nintendo's audience to Microsoft's platform.lol



azrm2k on 12 May 2008

MS could make a sensor bar without breaking any patents. I can make a sensor bar legally. All you need is a pair of candles!

The sensor bar is nothing but a strip of LEDs that the IR camera in the wiimote looks for. The cord from the sensor bar sends zero information to the Wii itself so the 360 would have to communicate with the wiimote itself using bluetooth (which the 360 doesn't have I don't think) not its own sensor bar and that isn't going to happen as Nintendo would be all over them.



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Grampy on 12 May 2008

I think MS would be making a HUGE mistake in basically endorsing the Wii concept as the way to go. I think more people would be convinced to buy a real "Wii" rather than a johnny-come-lately Wii wannabee. Especially given that so many people have a negative or questionable attitude towards Microsoft.



gebx on 12 May 2008
azrm2k said:
MS could make a sensor bar without breaking any patents. I can make a sensor bar legally. All you need is a pair of candles!

The sensor bar is nothing but a strip of LEDs that the IR camera in the wiimote looks for. The cord from the sensor bar sends zero information to the Wii itself so the 360 would have to communicate with the wiimote itself using bluetooth (which the 360 doesn't have I don't think) not its own sensor bar and that isn't going to happen as Nintendo would be all over them.

Oh.. now that bluetooth comment makes sense..  Sorry montrealsoon!

 

 



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Falcon095 on 12 May 2008

lol.. that could be interesting..
but i don't think it's possible, Nintendo would be over them if so.



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endimion on 12 May 2008

well i don't see where nintendo can do anything about it.... as long as crosoft develops their own drivers they can't do a thing legally against them... hell you can even hook up your PSP to the XBox

what i do agree with it's that usually they prefer to sell their own accessories it's on what they have the biggest margins... but who knows it could be a great tactic too.... but I don't see it happening



Gamerace on 12 May 2008
gebx said:
azrm2k said:
MS could make a sensor bar without breaking any patents. I can make a sensor bar legally. All you need is a pair of candles!

The sensor bar is nothing but a strip of LEDs that the IR camera in the wiimote looks for. The cord from the sensor bar sends zero information to the Wii itself so the 360 would have to communicate with the wiimote itself using bluetooth (which the 360 doesn't have I don't think) not its own sensor bar and that isn't going to happen as Nintendo would be all over them.

Oh.. now that bluetooth comment makes sense..  Sorry montrealsoon!

 

 


That's why I state they'd need a doggle (like PS3 Guitar Hero) which plugs into a controller jack and does bluetooth.  It's been done already, and certainly wouldn't break any patents so that's not an issue either.