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[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4387045.stm[/URL]
I would make that a non-automatic link, but why bother?
I would make that a non-automatic link, but why bother?
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Stridman wrote:
> Oh and does this mean that Sony will have to make a new controller?
Yep, and about 10 years too late for my liking.
> Oh and does this mean that Sony will have to make a new controller?
Yep, and about 10 years too late for my liking.
Stridman wrote:
> Hedfix wrote:
> No, but if your PS2 breaks you're stuffed.
>
> I'm not stuffed, the americans are, right?
Yes.
Grix is allowed to kick me now. :)
> Hedfix wrote:
> No, but if your PS2 breaks you're stuffed.
>
> I'm not stuffed, the americans are, right?
Yes.
Grix is allowed to kick me now. :)
Oh and does this mean that Sony will have to make a new controller?
Hedfix wrote:
> No, but if your PS2 breaks you're stuffed.
I'm not stuffed, the americans are, right?
> No, but if your PS2 breaks you're stuffed.
I'm not stuffed, the americans are, right?
Ok, the only bit I don't get, is why the console would be banned. Surely it would just be the controllers which should be banned? Also where do third party controllers stand, as these must surely use the same technology???
:( That hurt.
No, but if your PS2 breaks you're stuffed.
Good for European imports though. :)
(although a lot of americans wouldn't think to order something out of their own country - there once was an american fax machine that couldn't send faxes out of the country because the manufacturers hadn't considered that people might actually want to do that)
Good for European imports though. :)
(although a lot of americans wouldn't think to order something out of their own country - there once was an american fax machine that couldn't send faxes out of the country because the manufacturers hadn't considered that people might actually want to do that)
You all know TOO much.
Anyway does this mean Sony aren't allowed to release any games in the US if their console is banned?
And does this mean there will be less american retards online?
Anyway does this mean Sony aren't allowed to release any games in the US if their console is banned?
And does this mean there will be less american retards online?
and you jumped to conclusions assuming that I actually understood your unclear post the first time around, fool.
Perhaps if you explained yourself in an intelligent manner you wouldn't turn a good discussion in something rather poor.
Perhaps if you explained yourself in an intelligent manner you wouldn't turn a good discussion in something rather poor.
Found this:
"Oddly enough, Nintendo was never named in the suit, even though they have rumble technology in their GameCube controllers, and are not openly named as a licensee of Immersion's patents. This could stem to some agreement between Nintendo and Immersion, because Nintendo had patented the Rumble Pack for the Nintendo 64 a year before Immersion was granted their patent. One theory is that should Immersion try to sue Nintendo on the issue, Nintendo could pull their trump card of a previous patent against Immersion and force Immersion to lose their patent. Either that, or somehow Nintendo's GameCube controller uses their own technology that stems from their Rumble Pack patent, and thus would not infringe upon Immersion's patents."
Both theories are out there really, I still think it's more to do with the former than the latter, but it's possible.
"Oddly enough, Nintendo was never named in the suit, even though they have rumble technology in their GameCube controllers, and are not openly named as a licensee of Immersion's patents. This could stem to some agreement between Nintendo and Immersion, because Nintendo had patented the Rumble Pack for the Nintendo 64 a year before Immersion was granted their patent. One theory is that should Immersion try to sue Nintendo on the issue, Nintendo could pull their trump card of a previous patent against Immersion and force Immersion to lose their patent. Either that, or somehow Nintendo's GameCube controller uses their own technology that stems from their Rumble Pack patent, and thus would not infringe upon Immersion's patents."
Both theories are out there really, I still think it's more to do with the former than the latter, but it's possible.
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