BigPotato@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Palworld maker vows to fight Nintendo lawsuit on behalf of fans and indie developersEnglish
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3 hours agoImagine if you had a hammer and decided to use it to hit a nail and then someone came along and said “I see you’re using my method to build a house! Pay up!”
Well, you can’t patent something like that!
Imagine you open up a game engine, any engine, and decide you need to point to an objective so you decide to use an arrow. A game company says “You’re using our method to identify objectives! Pay up!” and that one is a unique mechanic?
How long has humanity been using arrows to point to things? How can you patent it just because it’s a digital arrow?
Yeah, controller is really the only exciting thing.