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Re:Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Aga... by maeil on Thursday September 19, 2024 @02:01AM (#41589003)
> The "loading screen" patent expired in 2015[0]. I cannot think of any games which have incorporated this feature.

FIFA/EAFC, one of the highest grossing console games (possibly #1).

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Re:Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Aga... by permo-w on Thursday September 19, 2024 @05:33AM (#41590079)
EA's football game had that feature since, iirc, the 2010 edition, so clearly they were not too concerned about the patent.
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Re:Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Aga... by Manuel_D on Thursday September 19, 2024 @10:33AM (#41592349)
FIFA and Bayonetta got around this because you're actually playing a subset of the main game during loading. Not a separate game.
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