Hey guys check this story out.

http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/07/31/legal-brief-destruction-of-ps3s-demanded-in-another-lawsuit/

If Parallel wins this lawsuit that means some bad times for Sony. God those would be the days. 360 has RoD and PS3 has patenting issues resulting in a recall and redisign of PS3. Sorry Im getting ahead of myself, the PS3 won't crash and burn even with this. WIth all it's great games it's sure to have great future. I have two words to all PS3 fanboys if this does happen. HA HA.

I'm glad one of the richest business empires are the producers of my console.

you don't do recalls for patent infringement cases. Sony will just have to pony up big $$$$$$$$ to the other company and stop selling existing ps3's with the infringing patent. Won't happen though, if they have a good case, it'll just settle. Too much money involved.

you don't do recalls for patent infringement cases. Sony will just have to pony up big $$$$$$$$ to the other company and stop selling existing ps3's with the infringing patent. Won't happen though, if they have a good case, it'll just settle. Too much money involved.

An excellent, logical, valid, and vindicated point sir.

And anyway, I'm not too worried for Sony. This isn't new ground for them. It's only...what...the fourteen....hundred.....thousandth ...and twenty eighth time they've been sued for something on the PS3?

An excellent, logical, valid, and vindicated point sir.

And anyway, I'm not too worried for Sony. This isn't new ground for them. It's only...what...the fourteen....hundred.....thousandth ...and twenty eighth time they've been sued for something on the PS3?

Don't forget the other consoles.

you don't do recalls for patent infringement cases. Sony will just have to pony up big $$$$$$$$ to the other company and stop selling existing ps3's with the infringing patent. Won't happen though, if they have a good case, it'll just settle. Too much money involved.

Sorry I didn't word my thoughts correctly. what I meant to get across was that all PS# not sold yet would be recalled. Even if they did settle it would still be bad for SOny. as people would think they either stole something or something was wrong with the PS3. Stupid people out there would probably make their own assumptions on the recall.

Don't forget the other consoles.

>_< How do you mean? I guess I did, in fact, forget about the other consoles...

You mean PS2 and PSP?

Even if by some distant chance that they don't settle and Sony doesn't pay up, a recall would never happen. They can't just replace the processor. It would screw up every single game made for it.

Possibly but something would have to happen. I don't believe you can just drop a lawsuit as a defendant. buts ask Lono he's a lawyer I believe.

It's not a long stretch to look at the three processor Xbox 360 and wonder if such a broad "parallel processing" patent couldn't be draped over the 360 as well...

I'm just sayin'.

If anything, this thread is a prime example of the patent office failing at doing a decent at granting patents. My God, I expect someone owns a patent on a viscous colored liquid that can be applied to any surface you want to change the color of. After application, the liquid dries into a semi-permanent state. Said liquid is applied with a brush and is sold in buckets. doh!

My God, I expect someone owns a patent on a viscous colored liquid that can be applied to any surface you want to change the color of. After application, the liquid dries into a semi-permanent state. Said liquid is applied with a brush and is sold in buckets. doh!


My bad, that would be a step in the right direction... a current example would be: Something to change colors of something else.

Sorry I didn't word my thoughts correctly. what I meant to get across was that all PS# not sold yet would be recalled. Even if they did settle it would still be bad for SOny. as people would think they either stole something or something was wrong with the PS3. Stupid people out there would probably make their own assumptions on the recall.

I don't think you meant recall, i think you meant redesign. That also won't happen, as Volkov pointed out. If they have a good case, Sony just pays damages and most likely a percentage of future earnings or whatever. No redesign, no recall. Just cold hard cash.

yeah but im sure sony could end up paying alot. I wonder if it would hurt the company badly.

yeah but im sure sony could end up paying alot. I wonder if it would hurt the company badly.

You guys do realize that the Cell Processor was designed not only by Sony but by IBM and Toshiba as well, right? I mean, that should factor in here too, wouldn't you think?

These guys are just gonna try to cash in... and from what I've seen, you don't just tell IBM to fork over any money. While they may not have directly named Sony, I don't see how you can just individually sue one company for a product that was a joint venture from three companies. My guess is that these guys don't see a dime from this.

You're also forgetting to factor in the years it takes for huge company trials like this to finally get to a courtroom. By the time this would actually make it to court (if it even did). The PS3 could be last gen's console.

You're also forgetting to factor in the years it takes for huge company trials like this to finally get to a courtroom. By the time this would actually make it to court (if it even did). The PS3 could be last gen's console.

They don't take that long. This will be resolve relatively quickly, because the patent holder most likely will seek an injunction to stop the sale of ps3's, forcing the issue to a head.

All Im saying is that even if Sony doesn't pay a dime it's still pretty bad press if word gets out to the greater public that someone even demanded a PS3 recall. The general public would form their own conclusions, also seeing as there is a fairly large public dislike of the PS3 right now people would hear what they want to hear. Has anyone heard anything new about this?

All Im saying is that even if Sony doesn't pay a dime it's still pretty bad press if word gets out to the greater public that someone even demanded a PS3 recall. The general public would form their own conclusions, also seeing as there is a fairly large public dislike of the PS3 right now people would hear what they want to hear. Has anyone heard anything new about this?

I completely disagree. And I've submitted to the press that you should pay be one BILLION dollars. It's going to look pretty bad for you soon. :D

But seriously, this is such a ridiculous patent... if the Cell is found to be infringing, it won't be only Sony (or IBM and Toshiba) that will be affected, but likely most people involved in the parallel processing hardware business. It's quite clear what is going on here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_patent).

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Somebody wants paid.

Yes I agree that they are only looking for money but it's still bad press isn't it?

Yes I agree that they are only looking for money but it's still bad press isn't it?

No. It's not. You see I ended my post with periods, as opposed to your question mark. That makes me correct! <--- even moreso!

Im sorry but how is a potential lawsuit "Good Press"?

hard time these past couple of years for sony