I can't blame them for attempting to get this patented, but I'm mad as hell that they were granted it.
So what would be the difference between this and let say killcam in CoD? Seems to be a very weird patent to approve. Like has FiFa patented insta-replay and match highlights?
If they're going to patent this shit then they should get it fucking right, I've played games where I've seen someone do something impressive but someone getting a triple kill as fucking Genji getting the Play of The Game, it's not a good system because it doesn't seem to pick shit other than ooh multi-kill.
Watch as other video games have a "Pleb of the Game" where the worst player is highlighted, just to counter this.
The patent reveals how the system works, kinda interesting.
How much similarity must other systems be for the patent to be a concern? idk how the law works
Good, then hopefully other games won't implement it
In Europe yeah. In the US you get a 12-month grace period
It's no easy task to make a program that decides what a "good" play is without using deep learning AI or some shit like that. Personally I'm impressed it picks OK plays around 70% of the time.
Why was this granted a patent? Really getting more and more disenfranchised with the patent system in the last 15 years, espesh with the whole "only apple can have rounded corners" bullshit
Paladins has this. I wonder what they'll do.
This is awful.
POTG is such a good system to have in multiplayer games, it would be a fucking shame to keep it to Blizzard Games
It's been way longer than 12 months though.
Well they got the patent so actiblizz are going to immediately fuck everyone else who has similar mechanic
It was a pretty good idea even if it was garbage most of the time
Can't wait for more patented game mechanics
We are ever getting closer to a future where innovation is borderline impossible. It'll be nothing but sequels for the same games, from the same developers and publishers, with the same
mechanics.
Killcams and deathcams are replays of your death, while play of the game is a replay of a single good moment. Which looks like simple highlights but okkkk blizzard....
Sucks that this got patented because I can definitely see it's use in other games and improved way better by other developers.
Okay so now what happens to Paladins? Its "play of the game" feature isn't titled so but it's literally the same thing.
I guess it'll depend on if they start enforcing it. I wonder if patenting a game mechanic will hold up tho.
Is blizzard a company that might actually enforce this? Or are they protecting it so other companies can't use it to patent troll?
patents in video games are total horseshit. interesting mechanics should be allowed to be used in other games where they fit.
People have been saying that it hasn't actually been granted yet, and it will still take years before it's even done, if it doesn't get shut down for being too abstract.
Like so
Thank fuck.
Valve should patent lootboxes.
Software patents in general are usually horrible
Neat, You can now patent ideas.
I like this.
It bases it off of your "fire" each thing you do has a certain amount it gives you.
Kills and shutdowns just hapen to give more fire than anything else.
Gonna patent loot boxes brb
game system/mechanic patent isn't new, notorious example being namco's loading screen minigame patent more than 20 years ago, and recently Activition's matchmaking system.
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