Reports are trickling through this evening that Sony has indeed lost its patent case against Immersion technologies and will be forced to halt sales of its PS2 console.
Immersion last year sued Sony for infringing on its patents. Immersion claims that it owns the technology that powers the rumble in Sony's Dual Shock controllers. It also sued Microsoft for its rumble features in the Xbox, but the boys from Redmond settled out of court.
Sony fought on, and lost a case last year. However, it's been allowed to continue selling the PS2 pending appeal. If the latest reports are verified, it's lost that appeal today.
This means that Sony not only has to pony up and awful lot of cash to Immersion Technologies, but it has to stop infringing on the patent - that means stop selling kit which includes Dual Shock technology, and that means pulling the PS2 off the shelf.
Commentators are wondering if this case is the reason for the PS3 controller redesign that we've seen - it's possible the horrendous boomerang monstrosity doesn't infringe on patents.
Interestingly, Immersion is owned in part by Nintendo. The next-generation battle just took another twist...
Adios a la PS2
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Posted 20 March 2006 - 09:10 AM
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Posted 20 March 2006 - 10:37 AM
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Posted 20 March 2006 - 01:04 PM
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Posted 20 March 2006 - 01:16 PM
Eso le habria hecho daño al poco de salir
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Posted 20 March 2006 - 03:54 PM
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Posted 20 March 2006 - 04:02 PM
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Posted 20 March 2006 - 04:06 PM
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Posted 21 March 2006 - 04:49 PM
prefiero que la dejen de fabricar en su momento, pero una cosa es alargar su vida hasta el infinito sin salir ya juegos (ps1) y otra cosa es dejar de fabricarla con todavia toda su ultima hornada por salir al mercado.ya puede tener sony unas buenas reservas en stock.
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Posted 21 March 2006 - 06:37 PM
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Posted 21 March 2006 - 11:51 PM
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Posted 22 March 2006 - 03:42 PM
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Posted 01 April 2006 - 03:05 AM
*lee lo de dentro* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*lee q no se hacen mas play 2* gjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj *muerto*
ES IMPOSIBLE, DE Q IBA ESE JUICIO, X Q NO ME HICIERON DECLARAR A FAVOR TOT??????
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Posted 01 April 2006 - 03:56 PM
Si es que la justicia es muy leeenta ¬¬
QUE CRACK!!! XDXDXD
beno, voy a cambairme de calzoncillos :oops:
Eso no me lo esperaba de tí. Y no me refiero a los calzoncillos XD
Eso de que no se hacen más PS2 es algo muy ilógico. Primero, ya se ha hecho suficientes y tiene que haber suficientes por el mercado Xd. Pero de todas formas, podrían cambiar la consola y volver a fabricarla con un hardware distinto y compatible y van que se matan. De todas formas esa noticia es para esperar y ver qué es cierto. Ahora la PS2 está en su mejor momento de juegos
¿Cuándo salía el PSU?
Editado por FvG, 24 de noviembre 3400 A.C. - 06:20 PM.
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