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more about #datel Stealth_chill: I thought people stopped using memory cards since the PS2..... more » samson7point1: I hope Datel takes them to the pirate ship and drops the soap. There is no excuse for charging $150 for a 120GB HDD that is manufactured identically ... more » AOClaus: How can you sue a company for having a monopoly on its own hardware? What's Datel going to do next? Sue MS because they have a monopoly on making the ... more » WhiteMåge is in fact a boy, damnit: Isn't it technically like the R4 guys suing nintendo? If you want your card to be supported, don't blatantly support cheating with expandable cards. ... more » Rastervision: Too bad this isn't a class action suit. If it was, the same lawyer could go after Apple for killing off non-official A/V cables. more » robinandtami: I can see both sides to this arguement. On the one side... yes... proprietary, overpriced peripereals are a royal pain in the ass. On the other side... more » Ken: I want laws allowing organizations like IEEE to pass standards that are enforceable against the use of proprietary connections, ports, and memory card... more » Teancum: But don't most people use those to download savegames and boost gamerscore? Not that it's worth Microsoft even remotely worrying about. Gamerscore i... more » pubisboy: I wish Datel all luck and hope they win and make way for third-party hardrives to the 360. more » xxnike629xx: i think microsoft should just drop out of the console industry and stick with just games and windows operating systems... they've been getting so muc... more » danthetaliban: I don't understand some of the arguments going round here. This is definitely a frustrating move by MS. You can argue that it's in order to protect ... more » shufflemoomin: From what I understood, MS said they were allowing the use of both 1st party and approved 3rd party memory cards, so it's not just about selling their... more » GusTavToo: It will be interesting to see what the result is of this. A Spanish case just cleared R4 type devices under Spanish Criminal Law (see www.gamepolitics... more » FriarLawrenceIII: I just wish Datel had taken Nintendo to court over blocking the freeloader (which coincided pretty much with the UK SSBB release, which most people bo... more » NeVeRMoRe666: To be fair, the xbox 360 is Microsoft's platform, and thus their property. They can do whatever they want with it- including cutting off unauthorized ... more » mobetta: Didn't realize we have some mad M$ lovers in here that support proprietary stuff. more » SacGamer: Datel clearly doesn't employ any gamers if they think this is harmful to them. Less cheaters = good. more » Numanoid: I'm on Datel's side here- MS' monopoly is completely disrespecting their userbase and raping its collective wallet. The ridiculous prices on trivial t... more » balls187: I'm torn on this. On one hand, Datel is doing us a good deed by providing alternatives to more costly MSFT cards, and MSFT is exploiting the lock the... more » BarfHappy: Achievements killed the amateur code exploring, like unlocking the levels disabled at the last time, searching for unused sprites or textures, etc. I... more » -
#legal
Microsoft Sued Over Memory Card Crackdown
You know Datel? I like Datel, mostly because they made the Freeloader for the GameCube/Wii. Well, Datel are in the process of taking Microsoft to court over Xbox 360 memory cards. More » -
#psp
Sony Sue Over Hacker-Friendly PSP Battery
Datel - makers of the Wii's Freeloader, amongst other things - were working on a third-party PSP battery that would have made it easier to hack the PSP-3000. That is, until Sony sued. More »
