Nobody buys a game because they made a cool new and innovative mechanic.
They buy it because it’s a good game and the mechanic helps that.
If your game sucks and no one buys it despite the new mechanic, perhaps other more talented developers should be able to use that mechanic.in their games to improve the industry.
“We’re not blocking competition, we’re just making sure no one else can get any money.”
Cheating is a way to win. says cheaters.
Except that it’s not cheating? It’s the system functioning as designed. The real issue is what patents are applied to, the length of time given, and the ability to renew them if you iterated on it slightly. If Corps like Disney hadn’t lobbied and litigated to push through changes to copyright and patent laws the world would be a much different place. So much is locked up behind laws designed to harvest wealth that creativity and innovation are stunted.
‘Recovering’ development costs by using a government enforced monopoly on game mechanics.
Abolish all software patents. OK, I’ll compromise to a 3 year patent duration. No? So abolition it is.
Fucking bullshit. Gtfo with that nonsense you greedy asshats.
That’s covered under copyright not patents
And the ducking difference is? What exactly?
