iBotModz_Bot Posted September 6, 2010 Report Posted September 6, 2010 From nexus404.com:Ever wonder why Sony and Microsoft don't have the 'traditional' D-pads on their consoles? Microsoft has (had) the infamous disc and Sony has just the four buttons arranged like a D-Pad. Nintendo actually has the traditional cross-shaped D-Pad patented. (See US Patent 4,687,200). That's why Nintendo products use it and others don't. So, everybody hates the "disc" D-Pad that the Xbox 360 controller uses. And video game hardware is such a low-margin segment of the industry to begin with, so licensing the patent from Nintendo is out of the question. So they come up with this brilliant rotating disc thing that lets you use a "traditional" D-Pad without infringing on the Nintendo patent. Major Nelson confirmed in his online YouTube video that Microsoft has this "hybrid" D-Pad patented, so don't expect others to use it. Full Story: nexus404.comhttp://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ENudgLJwgRcChvL4EOOuuaXXH4Y/0/dihttp://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ENudgLJwgRcChvL4EOOuuaXXH4Y/1/di View the full article
gruntmods Posted September 7, 2010 Report Posted September 7, 2010 smart move!ya, nintendo made a good choice. M$ decided to follow it second time around. Then again, M$ patents everything.
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