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Re:Nintendo confirms launching new console in 2012, playable... by PakG1 on Monday April 25, 2011 @12:27PM (#2481809)
Betcha the patents would have something to say about that. :)

http://www.cultofmac.com/how-apple-almost-got-microsofts-kin...

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Re:Nintendo confirms launching new console in 2012, playable... by ginkgo on Monday April 25, 2011 @12:58PM (#2481954)
They could simply get a PrimeSense license. I see no reason why they wouldn't get one.
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Re:Nintendo confirms launching new console in 2012, playable... by PakG1 on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @01:22AM (#2484095)
I'm admittedly not Microsoft, but if I were Microsoft, I'd pay through the nose to ensure PrimeSense keeps this stuff away from my direct competitors.
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Re:Nintendo confirms launching new console in 2012, playable... by kenjackson on Monday April 25, 2011 @02:23PM (#2482298)
That would get them a license for the 3d sensor HW, but MS has most of the body tracking patents, as the software was developed by MS.
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