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Forums - Gaming - Will Onlive get sued by Microsoft? (Onlive controller vs 360 controller)

Megadude on 02 April 2009
NJ5 said:
@Megadude: I suppose you have point with showing a radically different controller than the other two, but I'm not really getting it :P

The only similarity I see between that controller and the other two is the disposition of the four buttons. The rest isn't even close.

 

 Look at the color. Can ninteno sue MS for using the same color buttons? Can Nintendo sue MS for using L/R triggers? Can nintendo sue MS for having analog sticks? Rumble? The answer is no. The answer to the entire thread is no.



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NJ5 on 02 April 2009
Megadude said:
NJ5 said:
@Megadude: I suppose you have point with showing a radically different controller than the other two, but I'm not really getting it :P

The only similarity I see between that controller and the other two is the disposition of the four buttons. The rest isn't even close.

 

 Look at the color. Can ninteno sue MS for using the same color buttons? Can Nintendo sue MS for using L/R triggers? Can nintendo sue MS for having analog sticks? Rumble? The answer is no. The answer to the entire thread is no.

I wouldn't be surprised if the answer to the thread is no, but not for the reason you say. There's a big difference between using the same colors and copying almost the whole shape and button layout of a controller.

 



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wfz on 02 April 2009

I don't know why, but I have some unexplained bias against Onlive. I really really hate it and want it to fail.

I don't understand why I feel this way yet, since I haven't delved into thought much, but I just have this unexplained hatred of the service.

The way I reacted to the blatant 360 controller ripoff made me realize this. Instead of thinking, "They're copying from my favorite traditional controller? Sweet," I thought, "I hope they get their asses kicked to the gutters and Marcus Fenix comes along to curbstomp their asses."

Yup.



SnesTea on 02 April 2009

wtf is onlive?



Demotruk on 02 April 2009
Snesboy said:
wtf is onlive?

 

 

Gaming on a remote supercomputer using your crappy laptop or a little 'dongle' attached to your TV.



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SnesTea on 02 April 2009

^Sweet. 'cept my PC is sweet.



Phrancheyez on 02 April 2009

OMG!!!! They labeled the shoulder buttons L1, L2, R1, R2!!!! GO GET EM SONY! THAT'S SUCH A BLATANT RIPOFF!

People..people..*facepalm*..people..are we that bored?



richardhutnik on 02 April 2009
Megadude said:
NJ5 said:
Carl2291 said:
Why would they?

Just because the left analogue is above the d-pad?

Nahh.

More like because it's exactly the same with a different skin on top and some added buttons.

Granted I don't know much about how these laws work, but I heard that Microsoft's atrocious d-pad design is due to not being able to copy other controllers, so maybe Microsoft does have some grounds to sue?

 

 

 

Nope

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Super_Famicom_Controller.jpg

Wow, even down to the colors of the buttons.  Looks like Microsoft was at least inspired by it, and changed just enough to not get sued.

 



Dallinor on 02 April 2009

I think they're more likely to be sued by Sony.

L1, L2, R1, R2?

I mean at least MS went with LB, LT, RB, RT.

It would be amusing if, due to a slight oversight, they got hit with a crippling lawsuit that saw the product pulled from the market.



 

Slimebeast on 02 April 2009

I think the X360 controller is the best controller in gaming history.