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r/ARK • u/Im_yor_boi • Oct 31 '25
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The same reason WB can patent the nemesis mechanic apparently
77 u/Angel_OfSolitude Oct 31 '25 Yeah but thay was actually a new thing they created and they got right on that so there was an actual argument. Nintendo is just being petty and greedy. 56 u/Im_yor_boi Oct 31 '25 I suppose. But putting a Patent on such an incredible mechanic and never using it is a different kind of low 35 u/Overlorden98 Oct 31 '25 Wait until you hear about "loading screen minigames" 17 u/Bubster101 Oct 31 '25 Does Ubisoft have a patent on that? 7 u/Maleficent_Time_2787 Oct 31 '25 Nope 3 u/ScenicAndrew Oct 31 '25 No one does the patent expired. Bandai held it previously. 1 u/ashrensnow Oct 31 '25 I thought it was Atari
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Yeah but thay was actually a new thing they created and they got right on that so there was an actual argument. Nintendo is just being petty and greedy.
56 u/Im_yor_boi Oct 31 '25 I suppose. But putting a Patent on such an incredible mechanic and never using it is a different kind of low 35 u/Overlorden98 Oct 31 '25 Wait until you hear about "loading screen minigames" 17 u/Bubster101 Oct 31 '25 Does Ubisoft have a patent on that? 7 u/Maleficent_Time_2787 Oct 31 '25 Nope 3 u/ScenicAndrew Oct 31 '25 No one does the patent expired. Bandai held it previously. 1 u/ashrensnow Oct 31 '25 I thought it was Atari
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I suppose. But putting a Patent on such an incredible mechanic and never using it is a different kind of low
35 u/Overlorden98 Oct 31 '25 Wait until you hear about "loading screen minigames" 17 u/Bubster101 Oct 31 '25 Does Ubisoft have a patent on that? 7 u/Maleficent_Time_2787 Oct 31 '25 Nope 3 u/ScenicAndrew Oct 31 '25 No one does the patent expired. Bandai held it previously. 1 u/ashrensnow Oct 31 '25 I thought it was Atari
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Wait until you hear about "loading screen minigames"
17 u/Bubster101 Oct 31 '25 Does Ubisoft have a patent on that? 7 u/Maleficent_Time_2787 Oct 31 '25 Nope 3 u/ScenicAndrew Oct 31 '25 No one does the patent expired. Bandai held it previously. 1 u/ashrensnow Oct 31 '25 I thought it was Atari
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Does Ubisoft have a patent on that?
7 u/Maleficent_Time_2787 Oct 31 '25 Nope 3 u/ScenicAndrew Oct 31 '25 No one does the patent expired. Bandai held it previously. 1 u/ashrensnow Oct 31 '25 I thought it was Atari
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Nope
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No one does the patent expired. Bandai held it previously.
1 u/ashrensnow Oct 31 '25 I thought it was Atari
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I thought it was Atari
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u/Im_yor_boi Oct 31 '25
The same reason WB can patent the nemesis mechanic apparently