2012-06-02, 03:23 PM
Hey, look! It's people overreacting en masse.
Probably should link them to this article and tell them to read number 4.
Then, I should elaborate a bit.
See, it seems to me that most of the people in this thread don't have any idea how patents work.
They are created to legally protect an idea. That doesn't mean that that idea will ever be put to use in any or all of the ways it has been defined.
Sony isn't made of stupid. They realize that ad sales are only valuable as long as those ads will be seen.
In other words, they aren't going to piss off all of their consumers and just say "Well, pineapple ya'll."
Will they get away with disrupting some games that have no business being disrupted? Definitely.
History says that the vast majority of customers will shrug and bend over for things they interpret as a minor inconvenience.
But there will always be a hard line that even the most placid buyer will not allow to be crossed.
EDIT: Omg, I just had the best idea for Nexon to reap more money from Maplestory. Turn all the backgrounds of the ship-rides into advertising clips.
Damn, someone should make me an executive.
The primary goal of any corporation is to see the the bottom-line improves every year.
This will remain a fact no matter how many times you burn down and rebuild any industry.
Probably should link them to this article and tell them to read number 4.
Then, I should elaborate a bit.
See, it seems to me that most of the people in this thread don't have any idea how patents work.
They are created to legally protect an idea. That doesn't mean that that idea will ever be put to use in any or all of the ways it has been defined.
Sony isn't made of stupid. They realize that ad sales are only valuable as long as those ads will be seen.
In other words, they aren't going to piss off all of their consumers and just say "Well, pineapple ya'll."
Will they get away with disrupting some games that have no business being disrupted? Definitely.
History says that the vast majority of customers will shrug and bend over for things they interpret as a minor inconvenience.
But there will always be a hard line that even the most placid buyer will not allow to be crossed.
EDIT: Omg, I just had the best idea for Nexon to reap more money from Maplestory. Turn all the backgrounds of the ship-rides into advertising clips.
Damn, someone should make me an executive.
Justin Wrote:It's amazing how much of insane money grubbers these Companies are now. I kinda hope this industry burns to the ground within the next 5 years so it can be remade from the ground up. Without these stupid ass money schemes.This reads to me as, "I've just faced evidence that business executives live for profits, but my mind is going to pretend it's a new thing."
The primary goal of any corporation is to see the the bottom-line improves every year.
This will remain a fact no matter how many times you burn down and rebuild any industry.