February 11th, 2000
[2: 39 PM] Sony In The Midst Of Preparing Connectix Lawsuit
An Observer who wishes to remain anonymous wrote to us about a possible lawsuit from Sony against Connectix Corporation regarding their Virtual Game Station. The letter in full:
We called Connectix's spokesperson for the Virtual Game Station, Albert Fong, who told us that it is Connectix's policy not to comment on specualtion and rumor. Mr. Fong also told us that Connectix developed the product entirely in-house without outside help (which includes Sony). The Mac Observer Spin: Sony certainly has an obligation to protect its trademarks, but it should seem obvious that the Virtual Game Station could result in more PlayStation games being sold. As Sony collects a royalty from each game sold (indeed it is rumored that Sony sells its PlayStation units at a loss to foster more disk sales), more discs sold would mean more royalties. We certainly agree with our Observer's prediction that Virtual Game Station would become the single most pirated piece of software of all time if Connectix is forced to stop selling it. Hopefully this will not happen. Connectix will hopefully be able to work things out with Sony (perhaps paying a royalty of their own) and the Mac will have made a giant leap forward as a premier gaming platform. Let's all hope. |