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    Image of daytown daytown
    08/25/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Nutso Football Controller Patent
    i desperately want to play this game and break all the furniture in my living room while doing so.

    man, if they had problems w/ people breaking their tvs while wii bowling, wii football is going to wreak absolute havoc!
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    08/25/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Nutso Football Controller Patent
    So Nintendo made a patent for a controller that looks like an object you throw, for a console that is infamous for people letting go of their controllers and ruining their TVs.

    Sounds like a winner.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    08/25/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Nutso Football Controller Patent
    You know I wouldn't be surprised if they were just parking these ridiculous Wiimote accessories just so no one else makes them.
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    08/25/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Nutso Football Controller Patent
    You Fools! Nintendo has Patented this to use, But to Save us all from this ever becoming Reality!

    Now they can Patent Troll the idea and prevent the likes of EA from ever making such an Abomination!
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    Showmeyomoves! promoted this comment Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) was starred Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) was unstarred
    Image of inthepit inthepit
    08/25/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Nutso Football Controller Patent
    just because its patented doesnt necessarily mean that they will use it right??? just more so that someone else can steal their idea... certainly they wouldnt use this terrible of a controller...
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    Odin promoted this comment inthepit was starred inthepit was unstarred
    Image of Stompy1 Stompy1
    08/25/09

    @inthepit: You are 100% spot on. Companies like Nintendo do this all the time, just to stop others from doing it. Anyone making snide comments just does not know of this common tactic.
     Reply
    Odin promoted this comment Stompy1 was starred Stompy1 was unstarred
    Image of zixaphir zixaphir
    08/25/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Nutso Football Controller Patent
    Have any of these controller [shells] actually come to production yet?

    I wonder if Nintendo is filing all these patents to deter 3rd party manufactures from littering the market with cruddy peripherals.
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    Image of chronomasakari chronomasakari
    08/25/09

    @zixaphir (lawl): "I wonder if Nintendo is filing all these patents to deter 3rd party manufactures from littering the market with cruddy peripherals."

    Too late.
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    Odin promoted this comment chronomasakari was starred chronomasakari was unstarred
    Image of Rompehamster Rompehamster
    08/25/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Nutso Football Controller Patent
    Wow, if your willing to go this far to play a football game, why not just play an actual game of football?

    I can understand virtual golf and bowling, but a full-contact sport like football?
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    Image of RAVENKam RAVENKam
    08/25/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Nutso Football Controller Patent
    Na, you can't surprise me with this shit anymore Nintendo, seen it all...
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    ThursdayNext promoted this comment RAVENKam was starred RAVENKam was unstarred
    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    08/25/09

    @RAVENKam: That's because you haven't seen their EyePet killer. It looks like a Guinea Pig, you stick the Wii mote up its arse with the nunchuck hanging out the back like it just shat out its own liver...probably.
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    Image of Neiten Neiten
    08/17/09

    In reply to Sony Files Patent for PS3 Laughter Detection
    Maybe this would be useful if Final Fantasy X ever got remade.
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    RyuuzakiBjorn promoted this comment Neiten was starred Neiten was unstarred
    Image of Felch Felch
    08/17/09

    In reply to Sony Files Patent for PS3 Laughter Detection
    Sorry PC, 360 and Wii owners, you're now not allowed to laugh into your microphones. What next? A patent for brething whilst playing games? People being arrested by he breth police for breath piracy? Breth mod chips that disguise your brething as wind?
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    bobtheduck promoted this comment Felch was starred Felch was unstarred
    Image of bobtheduck in Korea bobtheduck in Korea
    08/17/09

    @Felch: You don't really believe that mess you just posted, do you? Sarcasm is oh-so-difficult to portray on the internet.

    Felching Heck.
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    Image of dracosummoner dracosummoner
    08/17/09

    @Felch:

    I think you miss the point. These sensors are *specially set up* to detect laughter (somehow). PC, 360, and Wii (and DS, which you forgot) microphones aren't set up like this -- but apparently the people making games for those platforms aren't interested in such a "mechanic."
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    Image of bigman88zz bigman88zz
    08/16/09

    In reply to Sony Files Patent for PS3 Laughter Detection

    from the desk of neogaf.
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    Image of lineypi lineypi
    08/16/09

    In reply to Sony Files Patent for PS3 Laughter Detection
    What is with that butt-kicking machine.... Is anyone else being as weirdly creeped out by it as I am? o_O
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    Image of bigman88zz bigman88zz
    08/16/09

    @lineypi: creeped out? its insanely hilarious! wish i had an ass kicking machine to torture people with
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    bobtheduck promoted this comment bigman88zz was starred bigman88zz was unstarred
    Image of bobtheduck in Korea bobtheduck in Korea
    08/16/09

    @bigman88zz: I read only the first line.

    "creeped out? its insanely hilarious! wish i had an ass"
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    Image of BlingOnMyWrist BlingOnMyWrist
    08/17/09

    @bobtheduck: hahah
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    bobtheduck promoted this comment BlingOnMyWrist was starred BlingOnMyWrist was unstarred
    Image of RiotControl RiotControl
    08/16/09

    In reply to Sony Files Patent for PS3 Laughter Detection
    I can probably count on my fingers the number of times I've laughed out loud at a single-player video game in the 23 years of my life.
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    bobtheduck promoted this comment RiotControl was starred RiotControl was unstarred
    Image of bobtheduck in Korea bobtheduck in Korea
    08/16/09

    @RiotControl: really? Wow. I've laughed in every Metal Gear solid game. I've laughed at Super Paper Mario. I've Laughed at Mario RPG. I've laughed at Chrono Trigger and Radical Dreamers and I think a bit at Chrono Cross. I've laughed at Final Fantasy 5-10, and I think maybe even once at 12. I laughed at Conker and Uncharted and I may be mistaken, but I think there had to be at least one moment I laughed in Eternal Sonata...

    I've laughed at lot at games. You're just too stoic.
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    Image of RyuuzakiBjorn RyuuzakiBjorn
    08/16/09

    In reply to Sony Files Patent for PS3 Laughter Detection
    Can it detect how much I'm laughing at such a fail of an idea this will turn out to be, or is it cross-platform? Will it be able to translate the laughter generated from the Vitality Sensor? Or how about the ads appearing on the Xbox Live Marketplace, which gets around £40 x Millons every year?

    /Rant over.
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    Image of GenerealBison GenerealBison
    08/16/09

    In reply to Sony Files Patent for PS3 Laughter Detection
    If implemented correctly, this could be useful to garner user feedback, similar to gauging user interest by trophies or download numbers.

    The effectiveness though lies in the setup -- will this device be on at all times as long as the PS Eye is connected, or do users have to manually activate it? Do developers have to implement it on a title by title basis, or is it an all-encompassing firmware installment? Any activation barriers will render this device useless and a waste of money should Sony really pursue it.
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    exion promoted this comment GenerealBison was starred GenerealBison was unstarred
    Image of exion exion
    08/16/09

    @GenerealBison: though if it's a firmware update for a pre-existing and readily capable device (ala the PSeye) then there's a lesser risk.

    All joking aside, this looks like it could be a particularly annoying cock-block for some of Microsoft's Natal capabilities...
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