Philips threatens to block U.S. Wii U sales through a patent infringement lawsuit

It's almost tiring to read about big companies slapping copyright shit around all the time. Copyright systems are in place to protect the work created by somebody/companies. No to make as many super vague copyright patents as possible to later try and f*ck over other people/companies to make a quick buck ...

@Whatthefnu I think they "lost" one but the two parts made a compromise so I guess it was technically a draw

Let me just jot down "Philips" for never going to buy another one of your products ever again.

"Hmmmm...How can WE help?" "It is written, Only Nintendo can defeat Phillips..."

Philips is just bitter because Mario's Wacky Worlds got cancelled :P

WHY YOU -stream of invective directed at Philips- LAY OFF mah Nintendo! You bloodsucking money hungry hippos!

What Nintendo needs to do is stop fucking around and fuckong sue Philips for some large amount of money, teaching other people not to fuck with them unless they really have a case. They haven't lost a case regarding the Wii U yet.

I really hope the big N counter sues somehow to scare away future law suits

@Sanji I find it ironically hilarious that the biggest defender of the Wii U is this thread has a Kratos icon.

@SanjiSasuke Indeed. They technically are infringing as well, and therefore cannot have an exception be made. Seriously, this is the solution to the whole patent issue going on lately! Just drag every other company that has a product fitting the extremely vague premise into the debate against whomever is laying the claim to infringement, Philips in this case.

@Puck, that was pretty funny for the morning. I suppose I could say it has better capabilities than the PS3 then. I personally prefer the community features (personally it goes Wii U>PSN>XBL, which I never really liked) especially since it is the only console now where you don't need to cough up subscription cash for online play. The browser is easily the best ever in a console. And with the games I've played so far I've enjoyed it very thoroughly.

But to be more relevant, this patent is nonsense. The PSMove is a copycat of the Wii, the Kinect is motion tracking, heck even the Oculus is a "user interface based on a pointer system". I'd like to see Phillips go up against Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and Facebook.

So, since that statement is so vague, I suggest Nintendo inform other parties like Microsoft, Sony, and others of this patent sue. See how Philips likes to try and bear down on ALL of them, since they technically have hardware that falls under the same categorization to be threatened with withdrawal. Especially Microsoft. Go ahead, Philips. Try it. Sue Microsoft.

I'm pretty sure "User Interface system based on a pointing device" is any TV remote? Plus, "virtual body control" surely applies more to Kinect than the Wii U? Certainly more than the Wii U, there isn't any mention of the GamePad here. This just seems to be a personal attack committed for the purpose of pure greed.

@Sanji: Thats a really, really low bar. My phone has better hardware, online capabilities and overall "Fullness" than the Wii. Heck, after the surgery I had, I'm pretty sure my spine has better hardware and online capabilities than the Wii (thought I doubt its going to be winning many awards on fullness, if you get my drift).

Sorry crud, but I like my Wii U quite a bit. It is a very, very solid console that is vastly superior to the Wii's hardware, online capabilities and overall "fullness". The internet browser was good enough to allow me to work seamlessly when I lost my laptop for awhile (including many flash videos and Cookie Clicker of all things). Oh, and it makes a darn good game console for the games I've played.

@ilikegamesandcrud1012 The Wii U being garbage is an opinion not a fact. If you think it's garbage then fine. I don't agree but whatever. Also you can't predict the future anymore then I can so don't go saying the Wii U will be discontinued like it's the factual truth. Also the entire reason I called you out in the first place was because you want the law to get corrupted so a console that you don't like gets canned. That fact that you hate a video game console that much is about as pathetic as your moral standards. "It's fine if people involved in law act corrupt as long as something I don't like but others do gets discontinued". Seriously dude?

@psb123 the Wi u i garbage and everyone knows that.. besides you i guess.. the Wii u is going to be discontinued even if massive nintendo fanboys like you don't want to admit it..

This is some class A BS, I'm reading through this and the technology they are claiming is so vague it can be used to claim any game systems motion control, plus this claim was made when the Wii was out the door and Wii U was around the corner. Also There human-computer interaction (“HCI”) technology as they called could be applied to the NES's light gun or the Virtual Boy .

Im with you caboose I really hate seeing these kinds of cases. Besides the wii u not selling well now all these god damn frivolouse lawsuits are hurting Nintendo financially and a former business partner doing this to nintendo is just plain wrong whether your a nintendo fan or not. I mean hell the entire gaming community is going threw an online multiplayer apocalypse and nintendo doesnt need more bull crap on their plate then they all ready do

@ilikegamesandcrud1012 You want a company to win a faulty lawsuit that would have to be won by corrupted law just so Nintendo can make a different console then there current one? Which by the way isn't even a bad console you just personally don't like it. You seriously want that? Normally I don't like to call people out for disliking consoles that I like but seriously dude, sort out your priorities.