minus-squarenUbee@lemmy.worldtoGames@lemmy.world•Eternal Darkness' infamous sanity system patent has expired - so can anyone now copy it?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 day agoSo Nintendo filed the patent, and paid the maintenance fees over the years. Did they even do anything with it beyond that one game? How much money did they think they gained just by preventing others from implementing a similar mechanic? linkfedilink
So Nintendo filed the patent, and paid the maintenance fees over the years. Did they even do anything with it beyond that one game? How much money did they think they gained just by preventing others from implementing a similar mechanic?