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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: GmanJoe on March 28, 2005, 11:55:21 AM

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: GmanJoe on March 28, 2005, 11:55:21 AM

They gotta pay up 90 million dollars to Immersion (10% owned by MS).

That is all. Good bye.

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: JBean on March 28, 2005, 12:08:12 PM

immersion also sued MS but MS was smart and settled out of court.. for a LOT less money.

If sony would have done this they could have done the same.

Nintendo was the only smart one and paid for the license to use the rumble feature from the get-go

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: Lord Nicon on March 28, 2005, 05:34:02 PM

http://www.psxextreme.com/scripts/news2/new.asp?newID=3225 (http://www.psxextreme.com/scripts/news2/new.asp?newID=3225)

So f***ing gay. Why cant they just give those guys a percentage of the sales? I dont know if sony did it on purpose but this just f***s us up, more or less. Its not like *sissy voice* Immersion *sissy voice* is going places.

F*ckers.

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: QuDDus on March 29, 2005, 01:30:21 AM

while 90million. This whole trial has cost them so much.

MS paid, Nintendo paid I have no idea why sony would screw themselves.

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: Titan on March 29, 2005, 07:47:28 PM

90 million is nothing for sony. They probably make billions a day.

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: Black Samurai on March 30, 2005, 01:03:49 AM

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Originally posted by Titan
They probably make billions a day.

heh. Doubtful

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: Evi on March 30, 2005, 06:58:14 PM

They didn\'t just sue for the Dual Shock technology. The court is also making them stop sales on various games that use the technology, which is 100% f^cking B.S.

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: Lord Nicon on March 30, 2005, 07:01:18 PM

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Originally posted by EviscerationX
They didn\'t just sue for the Dual Shock technology. The court is also making them stop sales on various games that use the technology, which is 100% f^cking B.S.

Fully agreed

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: Evi on March 30, 2005, 07:20:56 PM

Well, there\'s no use in hurting the sales of game companies that used the vibration function for their games. It\'s not their damn fault. Stupid ass court system...

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: unknown on March 30, 2005, 08:34:51 PM

this will blow over and it wont make a difference. we wont even see it affect sales or sony for that matter.

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: Titan on March 31, 2005, 08:15:16 PM

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Originally posted by Black Samurai
heh. Doubtful

My point was that they make so much money that 90 million is probably nothing to them.

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: Evi on April 01, 2005, 10:00:21 PM

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Originally posted by Titan
My point was that they make so much money that 90 million is probably nothing to them.

Seeing as they\'re a multi-billion dollar a year corporation, I think it\'s safe to say you\'re right.

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: Samwise on April 01, 2005, 11:41:50 PM

Why don\'t they just buy Immersion... hehe.

Title: Sony sued for its patent infringment found in Dual Shock controllers.
Post by: Lord Nicon on April 02, 2005, 07:57:57 AM

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Originally posted by Samwise
Why don\'t they just buy Immersion... hehe.

There you go. Thats how to do it.