Nintendo Loses Controller Patent Lawsuit

[Reizo_PR]

Originally Posted by Da Ill One

Did you ever think that maybe it's espensive to sue someone, especially THREE different companies at once...maybe they had to make money and hire a lawyer team...I dont' know why they hated but it really doesn't matter the reason they did...at that matters is Thier hard work was Stolen from them by Nintendo, Sony, and MS and they rightfully made these companies pay...

Wow I`ve been reading your posts and I must say you really know your facts. You really come prepared.us

[Jeanp]

Originally Posted by Da Ill One

I'm almost positive Nintendo knew there was a patent for this already...BIG companies have really overpriced Lawyers that go search for this stuff before they make it...nintendo either figured thier technology was different enough that it wasn't a copy...or that this company wouldn't have the balls to sue a big bad corporation...

in the end, do you think that Nintendo will do as raulpena2 said, to either make a new analog stick or to use the nunchuk one ?

[taco31]

Originally Posted by Da Ill One

Did you ever think that maybe it's espensive to sue someone, especially THREE different companies at once...maybe they had to make money and hire a lawyer team...I dont' know why they hated but it really doesn't matter the reason they did...at that matters is Thier hard work was Stolen from them by Nintendo, Sony, and MS and they rightfully made these companies pay...

Look I didn't say that Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft were right they are not. I just think that there is more to the story. Even as expensive as it is to hire a lawyer team wouldn't Anascape have money from being hired to build and design the controllers or parts of them from all three of these companies? And if the parts were truly infringed and at which Anascape clearly had valid evidence against these companies what more do you need then the cold hard facts? I'm not denying that Anascape worked hard at this lawsuit they did and rightfully so they followed through in the court of law.

Another point even if they did not have the money to go through the lawsuit couldn't they have let the info leak (or just give) to big news sites like IGN, Gamespt, 1UP, or Kotaku? I find it hard to imagine that they would let news like that pass right by them and imagine how much attention Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft would pay attention to them then.

[Da Ill One]

Originally Posted by taco31

Look I didn't say that Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft were right they are not. I just think that there is more to the story. Even as expensive as it is to hire a lawyer team wouldn't Anascape have money from being hired to build and design the controllers or parts of them from all three of these companies? And if the parts were truly infringed and at which Anascape clearly had valid evidence against these companies what more do you need then the cold hard facts? I'm not denying that Anascape worked hard at this lawsuit they did and rightfully so they followed through in the court of law.

Another point even if they did not have the money to go through the lawsuit couldn't they have let the info leak (or just give) to big news sites like IGN, Gamespt, 1UP, or Kotaku? I find it hard to imagine that they would let news like that pass right by them and imagine how much attention Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft would pay attention to them then.

Ok let me give you a scenario...let's say Anascape did wait till Nintendo "made it big" to get more money, what's wrong with that...

If you were going to rob a store...would you rather rob a gas station and get a couple hundred dollars maybe a thousand and be set for a day or two...or would you rather rob a bank and get 40 - 50 thousand and be set for a couple months or a year....exactly Anascape robbed the bank instead of the gas station...more power to them....

[taco31]

Originally Posted by Da Ill One

Ok let me give you a scenario...let's say Anascape did wait till Nintendo "made it big" to get more money, what's wrong with that...

If you were going to rob a store...would you rather rob a gas station and get a couple hundred dollars maybe a thousand and be set for a day or two...or would you rather rob a bank and get 40 - 50 thousand and be set for a couple months or a year....exactly Anascape robbed the bank instead of the gas station...more power to them....

Isn't there something wrong with robbing in the first place? And lets say that Anascape did wait till Nintendo "made it big" to get more money "from the bank" so you're going to tell me that it's right for them to get money off of someone else's success which in the gaming business is primarily based around software and consoles? Did Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft infringe? Yes, but does that make it any more right for Anascape to wait till the bank is full? I know I can't be realistic when I say this but It's cases like this that make me hope that the motive is not simpily money but because of the whole principle that this case is supposed to be centered around in the first place and thats copyright infringement and even more more important the law. Something in here tells me that two wrongs don't make a right.

[Shreder108]

That loss burnt a hole in nintendos wallet

[Waterworld]

Originally Posted by taco31

Isn't there something wrong with robbing in the first place? And lets say that Anascape did wait till Nintendo "made it big" to get more money "from the bank" so you're going to tell me that it's right for them to get money off of someone else's success which in the gaming business is primarily based around software and consoles? Did Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft infringe? Yes, but does that make it any more right for Anascape to wait till the bank is full? I know I can't be realistic when I say this but It's cases like this that make me hope that the motive is not simpily money but because of the whole principle that this case is supposed to be centered around in the first place and thats copyright infringement and even more more important the law. Something in here tells me that two wrongs don't make a right.

Yeah two wrongs dont make a right. I agree its not right to wait until they made it big

However that is business. Thus it is not right, in my book Da Ill One, to say shame on nintendo and more power to Anascape. Sure they did wrong, I agree, but if Anascape waited for nintendo to make it big before taking there money that makes them just as dirty. because that means they didnt even care that nintendo took the idea in the first place until they started making money off of it, and that is what it looks like to me. LIke Taco said, its all about the money and I hate that it has to be that way. Gamecube, no law suit (lets face it the gamecube didnt do so well), then the wii comes along, sells like hot cakes, boom! Law suit.

Is nintendo right for doing it, no. However I feel Anascape is a dirty little company that could not come up with an idea for there own product (if it is indeed theres) so they went after others money. And by the way I do not just feel bad for nintendo on this one. I feel bad for Sony and MS that got stuck in the same scam, im sorry "business plan"

I am not trying to go after anyone here, just having a friendly chat about different views on a subject. I just dont feel like it was right the way this thing went down, and no I do not support what nintendo did, but I dont support what Anascape did either. If you are going to take someone to court, take them to court, dont wait years (and we are talking years here) to do it.

I think both sides of the story has some good points