Looks like MS used someone elses patents again, then paid them off again, like Immersion.

Microsoft has settled a $90 million lawsuit that accused the company of infringing on patents related to Halo and both Xbox consoles.

The plaintiff, PalTalk Holdings did not reveal the terms of the agreement, but a the firm's lawyer said, "The parties have settled the case, and PalTalk is quite pleased with the outcome."

A Microsoft spokesperson said it was an "amicable agreement."

The trial between the two companies began days ago before the settlement ended the proceedings. PalTalk had said it acquired two patents from MPath Interactive, and accused Microsoft of infringing on those patents, demanding a large sum of royalties.

The patents pertained to a "server-group messaging system for interactive applications" and "emptying packed data state during execution of packed data instructions."

Prior to the settlement, Microsoft lawyer David Pritikin said, "The patents aren't worth much. Certainly not $90 million."

Source: Seattle P-I

Punk Rebel Ecks said:

gamingeek said:

This is from the G4 preview of Grand Slam Tennis

As I mentioned in the intro, this was my first hands-on experience with the upcoming Wii Motion Plus peripheral. I was very impressed with what this little add-on offers, at least in the context of this game. Without Wii Motion Plus, the experience was better than Wii Sports tennis offering. With it, the experience was in a different league.

It sounds eerily similar to what IGN said. The preview also says that is suprisingly authentic to the way characters behave and the way the courts effect the gameplay.

Can't wait for motion plus. This should've been packed on the Wii day one.

 So you wanted the Wii to launch in June this year?

Seriously there were already two seperate articles posted here that mentioned that the technology is recently developed 

Conventional MEMS gyroscopes, which are the key enabling technology that can sense absolute rotational motion inputs, are typically used in commercial automotive electronic stability control and GPS applications, where their larger size, high power consumption and costs are accommodated. InvenSense has introduced an entirely new class of high performance silicon-based MEMS rate gyroscopes that offers smaller package sizes, lower power consumption, and lower price points suitable for consumer markets. 

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But do not take their word of it, check out what a guy from EA said

Absolutely. I think it could revolutionise video games in general. I'm surprised that Nintendo is able to make it affordable. A gyroscope is an expensive piece of equipment, so they must have a good partner working with them. We were discussing what it would take to get a really real swing, and they were like, well you'd need a gyroscope. I did some research on my own, and gyroscopes are pricey. EA isn't in the business of creating peripherals, but it's something we toyed with a little bit.

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So Gyroscopes were too big, expensive and used too much power. That's why they did not launch with it.

And here you see 2 seperate sources that confirm this! Eat your heart out gaming journalism.