Nintendo has been sued over the Switch’s detachable joy-con controller design

In this lawsuit, Gamevice seeks damages from Nintendo in the form of a share of revenue from Nintendo Switch sales as well as a ban on future Switch console sales.  

To say the least Nintendo’s design is very different from that of Gamevice’s, with Nintendo using a very different mounting mechanism and providing a very different function/reasoning for their detachability. The Switch is intended as a static/portable console hybrid, with the controller removability allowing a handheld console to work as a static TV-attached games console, while Gamevice’s design is to make a tablet into a gaming platform. 

 

 

To say the least, this is a flagrant act of patent trolling, especially given how popular tablet controller attachments have been over the past number of years. Gamevice’s concept is by no means unique, with both Madcatz and Razer creating tablet-controller designs and system in the past. 

The motive here is simple, Gamevice want to cause as much damage to Nintendo as possible, though the differences in controller design, aesthetic and function will likely have this case thrown out of court before long. 

 

You can join the discussion on Gamevice’s lawsuit against Nintendo on the OC3D Forums. 

  

In this lawsuit, Gamevice seeks damages from Nintendo in the form of a share of revenue from Nintendo Switch sales as well as a ban on future Switch console sales.  

To say the least Nintendo’s design is very different from that of Gamevice’s, with Nintendo using a very different mounting mechanism and providing a very different function/reasoning for their detachability. The Switch is intended as a static/portable console hybrid, with the controller removability allowing a handheld console to work as a static TV-attached games console, while Gamevice’s design is to make a tablet into a gaming platform. 

 

 

To say the least, this is a flagrant act of patent trolling, especially given how popular tablet controller attachments have been over the past number of years. Gamevice’s concept is by no means unique, with both Madcatz and Razer creating tablet-controller designs and system in the past. 

The motive here is simple, Gamevice want to cause as much damage to Nintendo as possible, though the differences in controller design, aesthetic and function will likely have this case thrown out of court before long. 

 

You can join the discussion on Gamevice’s lawsuit against Nintendo on the OC3D Forums.