@mrfinalfantasy1 You obviously didn't read the article...one man sued them...NOT Sony. Also, if Nintendo really wanted to, I'm sure they could figure out all kinds of ways to make that money back ten fold. There are several game companies that have "borrowed" from Nintendo over the years, but you do see them crying about it do you?
@Thanatos2k He innovated from console to console. There are many ways to play with Mario and I'm sorry that you're out of touch with your nostalgia so much, that you can't sit down and enjoy a quality game for what it is. Mario Galaxy 2 took everything that was great about the first and made it better. Are you a fan of 2k games? How much have they innovated over the past 10 years? You still haven't proven me wrong with your response and you won't be able to prove me wrong. My argument above your pointless reply had to do with innovation from CONSOLE to CONSOLE...notice how I left the Gamecube out...unless you want to consider a water powered jetpack innovation. Also, I argued that he has innovated more than any other IP....prove both of those wrong in your next post and we'll talk more about how wrong I am.
@Thanatos2k Nintendo has been around longer as a game company than Sony has...so by your logic, Sony has pretty much borrowed from Nintendo from the get go.
I own all systems, and will buy the Xbone and PS4 because I support innovation and diversity of game experiences. You should try it sometime, and if you can't afford it, you should try buying the one that appeals most to you. All tech companies borrow ideas from one another...some get away with it and others don't. Steve Jobs stole pretty much everything that makes Apple what it is today and he made over 20 billion dollars off of it. Creating something requires marketing, and if you don't have deep enough pockets to cleverly market your product someone else will.
@Thanatos2k You speak as if you know for a fact that they stole the idea from this guy. Patents are retarded. They are yet another lame excuse for some poor schmuck to make a quick buck in a lawsuit. Apple has mastered the technique and quite frankly, it hurts innovation. Imagine if Video Game devs sued each other on "patents." How many games have you played that are cheap knock-offs of one of your favorites? Patents ruin the tech industry, and America is the land of the lawsuits, where you can make money off of anything that "displeases" you, even if your own stupidity caused it to happen in the first place.
But I'll give you the benefit of a doubt. Let's say this individual beat Nintendo to the punch and they never saw "his" idea to begin with. Do you think he would have the finances on his own to take this product to a level where it sells millions of dollars? The answer is no, he wouldn't and that is why he doesn't deserve the millions that he was awarded in this case..its ludicrous.
yeah...because Mario didn't innovate from the NES to the SNES...he didn't innovate from the SNES to the N64..and he sure as hell didn't Innovate from the N64 to the Wii...please...Mario, even with its same old rehashed story, has innovated more than any other IP out there.
"Tomita originally sued Nintendo in 2011. He claimed last month that he was entitled to $9.80 for every 3DS sold, meaning the $30.2 million in compensatory damages are just a fraction of what he could (BE BEEN) awarded."
A professional journalist who rushes out Nintendo bashing articles is what is unfortunate.
@teknic1200 @RPG_Fan_I_Am This goes to show that no matter what a game dev does, they can't please everyone. Try a new mechanic and someone is bound to miss the old one, perhaps because it isn't optional.
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