BUY BUY BUY ! ! !

the_syco

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/22/2351247&from=rss

kryogen1x alerts us to coverage at 1up indicating that Nintendo controller may soon become scarce — Nintendo lost in court to Anascape over analog sticks in their Wii and GameCube controllers.This isn't the first time the big manufacturers have been targeted in lawsuits involving features in their controllers.

Buy them whilst you can, it yould seem. Seems the ban "doesn't include sales of the Nunchuck".

Niall0

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080723-nintendo-cant-fight-off-patent-metroids-faces-injunction.html


"Patently obvious

The patents Anascape says Nintendo and Microsoft violated are rather broad, as the suit lists twelve different patents being violated. Some of their names?

• Patent 6,135,886, "Variable Conductance Sensor with Elastomeric Dome Cap"
• Patent 6,208,271 "Remote Controller with Analog Button"
• Patent 6,222,525 "Image Controller with Sheet Connected Sensors"
• Patent 6,343, 991 "Game Control with Analog Pressure Sensor"
• Patent 6,344,791 "Variable Sensor with Tactile Feedback"
• Patent 6,347,997 "Analog Controls Housed with Electronic Displays"
• Patent 6,906,700 "3D Controller with Vibration""

Something seems a bit wrong about all this, i mean "Remote Controller with Analog Button" . Seems a little crazy.

This will only affect the classic controller i guess as you cant really buy GC controllers anymore.
What about 3rd party controllers should they sue them too?