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Microsoft Sues UK's Datel Over Controllers
nathanielinbrazil writes "Microsoft has sued a British manufacturer over the infringement of four of its patents for Xbox game controllers. The suit was filed in Seattle, Washington, and Datel has yet to respond. Datel is a United Kingdom company with a US unit and has produced two specific controllers — the TurboFire and WildFire — that Microsoft wants stopped." The infringing patents are over "portions of a gaming controller" and "portion of a gaming input device having an illuminated region."
I think this patent thing is getting a little ridiculous... "portion of a gaming input device having an illuminated region"??? They have a patent on a controller with a LIGHT on it??!?!?!?!!?
Why don't open source zealots see piracy as an actual problem for games console manufacturers? A vast minority of people going for custom firmware are doing it strictly for homebrew purposes, most people are pirating games with their CFW enabled PSPs.
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
Why don't open source zealots see piracy as an actual problem for games console manufacturers?
Because the biggest pirates are also the biggest customers. I will not buy a platform until it is well and truly cracked. As long as DRM is intact, they get zero dollars from me. Once a platform is cracked, I can try all sorts of games and buy the ones I like. Then they get as much money as I can afford to spend on it. How is that a problem for anyone?
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Just because you pirate the living crap out of something doesn't mean you're going to buy the software.
It certainly doesn't. But it makes it much more likely that I will.
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