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How can you have a patent for that?!
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kel25 posted...

This is bad news. Level 5 is a small company and this could put them out of business or severely hurt the company. They are one of the few companies left that I actually enjoy.

According to the article they are suing because...

“A mechanism to manipulate the characters by touching the screen with your finger or pen.” Sega is claiming that “two patents acquired by the company has been compromised”.

So why isn't Sega suing every single smart phone game and a large number of DS, 3DS, and Vita game developers?

I want to know this as well. Though non are coming to mind, aren't there numerous games that use the control a character with the touch feature on the DS

SEGA are pathetically desperate for cash. They already had to fire a lot of people and cancel several unannounced games because of money issues. Most of their recent games have been sloppy, rushed and have flopped.

SEGA will never win this case. They're just wasting any last money that they don't have. Trying to sue over a universal touch/control mechanic is like one media company trying to sue another over them also having a square symbol as the stop button on their DVD players. lol

There's obviously a lot more detail in the lawsuit then what that's showing.

A Patent to just control your character movement with a finger or pen isn't enough. There's definitely a lot more detail to it then that, just we won't know unless we see the actual lawsuit papers ourselves. After all I HIGHLY Doubt that patent would even be accepted if it was just that.

I can't wait till Sega goes under, Nintendo always wins, baby.
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