Nintendo patents handheld emulation software

[SunnyD]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/36218.html

Wow, they are granted a patent for which there is a ton of prior art for. And immediatly start requesting royalties. Go NinnyT

 

[ElFenix]

i think the patent office should be closed

 

[Warthog912]

what cha expect, IMO Xbox and PS2 are killing them-

(Still a very loyal Nintendo Fan though 🙂)
But this is not the way to make money-

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i think the patent office should be closed

:beer:

Hey, we need a 😀onut; emoticon. It's go great with :beer:.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i think the patent office should be closed

Why can't they think about it before they give out a patent. I think I should patent "1"s and "0"s.

 

[TitanDiddly]

I'm going to patent the sandwich.

 

[rgwalt]

If you read the article, it appears that Nintendo has patented the emulation of handheld gaming software. This is to stop people from using an emulator and ROMS to play gameboy games on a pocketPC.

The patent office wouldn't be stupid enough to let them patent handheld gaming devices...

R

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: rgwalt
If you read the article, it appears that Nintendo has patented the emulation of handheld gaming software. This is to stop people from using an emulator and ROMS to play gameboy games on a pocketPC.

The patent office wouldn't be stupid enough to let them patent handheld gaming devices...

R

No, not yet.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Warthog912
what cha expect, IMO Xbox and PS2 are killing them-

(Still a very loyal Nintendo Fan though 🙂)
But this is not the way to make money-

Since when?

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: Warthog912
what cha expect, IMO Xbox and PS2 are killing them-

(Still a very loyal Nintendo Fan though 🙂)
But this is not the way to make money-

Since when?

The bitch is right. (I've always wanted to say that legitimately).

When it comes to handheld gaming platforms, Nintendo is pretty much the only vendor with #1 marketshare (well over 70%). That is, at least until the PSP comes out.

But doesn't this patent have challenge just by the Playstation 2 anyway? Does it not play PS1 games via software emulation?