▲ 2 ▼ Switch 2 hinted for an early 2024 launch (gamerant.com) submitted 3 years ago by anarchyrabbit@discuss.tchncs.de to c/nintendo@lemmy.world 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Birchoff@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) I wish for all controller manufactures to use that magnetic joystick instead permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StarServal@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Hall Effect Joysticks! I think the copyright for that technology is, well…copyrighted. So Nintendo would need to pay a licensing fee to use it in their Joycons (as would any gaming company for their joysticks). That would add significant cost to the controllers. Same reason we haven’t seen back buttons adopted into controllers as a standard yet despite being the next logical evolution in controller design. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 1 point 3 years ago @StarServal, you mean patents (not copyright), since it is about inventions. And there is at least one hall effect controller patent that already expired. It is from 1988, so hall effect joysticks are not a new thing at all. https://patents.google.com/patent/US4825157A/ @anarchyrabbit @Yondu_the_Ravager @Birchoff permalink fedilink source parent [–] 4am@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago I think it would need to be a patent, not a copyright. Also, Hall effect sensors were in use before someone decided to put them into a joystick. I would hope that “use the thing for which it was designed” isn’t patentable but, knowing the USPTO when it comes to technology… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StarServal@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Hall Effect Joysticks! I think the copyright for that technology is, well…copyrighted. So Nintendo would need to pay a licensing fee to use it in their Joycons (as would any gaming company for their joysticks). That would add significant cost to the controllers. Same reason we haven’t seen back buttons adopted into controllers as a standard yet despite being the next logical evolution in controller design. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 1 point 3 years ago @StarServal, you mean patents (not copyright), since it is about inventions. And there is at least one hall effect controller patent that already expired. It is from 1988, so hall effect joysticks are not a new thing at all. https://patents.google.com/patent/US4825157A/ @anarchyrabbit @Yondu_the_Ravager @Birchoff permalink fedilink source parent [–] 4am@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago I think it would need to be a patent, not a copyright. Also, Hall effect sensors were in use before someone decided to put them into a joystick. I would hope that “use the thing for which it was designed” isn’t patentable but, knowing the USPTO when it comes to technology… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hook@toot.si 1 point 3 years ago @StarServal, you mean patents (not copyright), since it is about inventions. And there is at least one hall effect controller patent that already expired. It is from 1988, so hall effect joysticks are not a new thing at all. https://patents.google.com/patent/US4825157A/ @anarchyrabbit @Yondu_the_Ravager @Birchoff permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 4am@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago I think it would need to be a patent, not a copyright. Also, Hall effect sensors were in use before someone decided to put them into a joystick. I would hope that “use the thing for which it was designed” isn’t patentable but, knowing the USPTO when it comes to technology… permalink fedilink source parent