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 Nintendo Life | News Comments http://www.nintendolife.com/feeds/comments en-GB Copyright (c) 2006-2008 NintendoLife.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:38:38 GMT http://www.nintendolife.com/feeds ccms/0.1.0 help@nintendolife.com (Nintendo Life) 30 http://www.wiiware-world.com/themes/base/images/icons/icon_h26.png Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:55:45 GMT Re: Sony Patents Wii Remote Style Device If its a good idea, copy it (obviously within reason). At the end of the day gamers will benefit from the added R&D poured into motion sensing games.

Nintendo will always be the ones that got there first though ;)

By Nanaki

]]> http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment45773c6156c53 http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment45773c6156c53 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:48:03 GMT Re: Sony Patents Wii Remote Style Device Patent wording is often very mysterious, just remember that Microsoft managed to patent the software on a "portable music player" that allows you to select songs! I'm no expert on laws but these guys always try to cover as many ideas as possible in one patent, of course without being vauge.

But what this DOES tell you is that Sony are seriously considering doing something similar to Wii.

By pHaT-aNt_

]]> http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment45772c839e3f9 http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment45772c839e3f9 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:00:14 GMT Re: Sony Patents Wii Remote Style Device Can I just state - I posted this "news" with a hint of tongue in cheek.

By get2sammyb

]]> http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment4577214e6e6f9 http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment4577214e6e6f9 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:29:25 GMT Re: Sony Patents Wii Remote Style Device That's nothing like the Wii's system, in fact it's completely inferior to the Wii.

The Wii's sensor bar isn't a sensing unit, it's a pair of lights which allow the remote to triangulate it's position. The name sensor bar is a misnomer, the remote does all the sensing. Hence you can use candles instead of the sensor bar.

The PS3 system sounds really dodgey. Since it requires multiple sensors the target area of light emited from the PS3's remote will be pretty big. This also implies that any reflective objects nearby could have a nasty effect on the accuracy.

By Ned

]]> http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment45771a15502cf http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment45771a15502cf Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:54:09 GMT Re: Sony Patents Wii Remote Style Device Wow that does sound exactly like the wii. I thought they would have at least changed it in some way. I can't believe the blatant copying but it does show what they think of the Wii and motion sensing is the future so its good to move forward with all consoles.

By Masterless

]]> http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment4576bd7187abc http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment4576bd7187abc Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:36:54 GMT Re: Sony Patents Wii Remote Style Device Just because they've submitted a patent doesn't really mean anything, Nintendo always submit patents for their products, I'm sure they would of done so for the sensor bar a year or so ago.

Getting a patent approved is a whole new ball game.

By pHaT-aNt_

]]> http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment4576b9665158a http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2006/12/sony_patents_wii_remote_style_device#comment4576b9665158a