Philips wants to ban Wii and Wii U in America

[the_randomizer]

There is the concept of death by a thousand cuts.

More to the point we do deal in news on patents, especially when they concern game consoles. Sucks that it has to come to us by way of the Dutch equivalent of the Huffington post but hey.

Nintendo had better hire some seriously tough lawyers for this.

 

[FAST6191]

the_randomizer have you been getting your drink on or something? That looks like some classic drunk foruming.

 

[Fishaman P]

The first claim (ways to follow a person's body) is dubious.
The second claim (camera motion tracking) is so absurd that it'll probably get the first claim thrown out too.

 

[CeeDee]

Hah! Banning Wii? You know how many people have those?
Wii U though, that'd be easy.

 

[Judas18]

I just don't understand why they left it so long to do anything about it. It really does seem a little desperate. Is it because there are so many better alternatives to their products at a similar price and now they're just being bitches?

 

[the_randomizer]

Hah! Banning Wii? You know how many people have those?
Wii U though, that'd be easy.

No console should be banned for a bunch of pussies desperate for a cash grab. The claim is so vague is can apply to most anything.

 

[ResleyZ]

Lol, nu.nl as source XD That's weak haha

A man's gotta work with what he has
It was the first site I saw it on, so I just went with it.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Philips might as well sue Sony and try to ban PS Move.

 

[GHANMI]

Philips might as well sue Sony and try to ban PS Move.

In fact the second patent (tracking someone's body in a virtual reality, aka every ir sensor ever) doesn't even apply to the Wii, but would for the PS Move and Kinect.

 

[pwsincd]

Closing the stable door after the horse has bolted ..... go get em philips ... lmfao

 

[Arras]

In fact the second patent (tracking someone's body in a virtual reality, aka every ir sensor ever) doesn't even apply to the Wii, but would for the PS Move and Kinect.

That's the first patent, not the second. Although the Wiimote mostly tracks it's own position in space and not necessarily the user's.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Philips might as well sue Sony and try to ban PS Move.

or kinect that has a camera in it i even think my air conditioner has a camera in it they better sue them too!

 

[WiiCube_2013]

They waited about 6-7 years to do this and what about Kinect and Move? Bugger off Philips.

CD-i and the Mario/Zelda games shouldn't even exist.

Edit: This reminds me of Zenimax trying to sue Facebook to get that sweet ass money as "compensation" from Oculus Rift.

 

[Flame]

Philips are fucking dumb.. they should try to get a share of the profit.....



they will have enough cash in the end to buy milk from they local supermarket...

 

[Gahars]

Philips are fucking dumb.. they should try to get a share of the profit.....

What profit?

*Rimshot*

 

[the_randomizer]

FAST6191 - Nah, but thanks for asking. I haven't had booze money for a while, I was busy having private conversations, but that didn't go anywhere really. This lawsuit from Phillips, yeah, that's not gonna hold up in court at all, too vague if ya ask me.

 

[tbgtbg]

Philips might as well sue Sony and try to ban PS Move.

Oh man, Mattel is probably in trouble as this could very well mean the Power Glove is infringing the patent.

 

[Yepi69]

Philips made games for the CD-i with Nintendo characters, the ball is in Nintendo's field, Philips is just trespassing on its area.

 

[mkdms14]

The original Wii has been out for several years and the WiiU is approaching its 2 year come this november. Why is it we are now hearing about this? If Philips really thought this was important they should of brought this up during the Wii's life cycle and not the start of the WiiU. Next question why would nintendo allow something like this to happen?

 

[Yepi69]

The original Wii has been out for several years and the WiiU is approaching its 2 year come this november. Why is it we are now hearing about this? If Philips really thought this was important they should of brought this up during the Wii's life cycle and not the start of the WiiU. Next question why would nintendo allow something like this to happen?

No response from Nintendo, they are just out of fucks to give.