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Source: You must login or register to view this content. // By: The Open Minded // Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

In a turn of events for Microsoft's revenue monster, Kinect, they are now being sued.

Ohio based company, Impulse Technologies, Is stating that the technology violates seven of the companies patents, including:

Originally posted by another user

"wide variety of games where the movement of a player is tracked in three dimensions…and certain exercise games where the motion of the player is tracked to effect movement of a virtual avatar, and the exertion of the user is monitored, including where the tracking of the player is done by the use of a camera."

EA, Konami, Sega, and many other game developers have also been named in the suit for producing and distributing games that use the Kinect technology.

If the suit is decided in favor of Impulse Technologies, then Microsoft would owe large damages and would also be required to remove the Kinect peripheral from shelves around the world.

Just like any other court case, there will most likely be a long drawn out procession. It could be months or years before a decision is made and the fate of Kinect is known.

So what are your opinions? Do you think that Impulse Technologies is simply out for it's cut of the cash? Do you think that the possibility of Kinect sales stopping would cripple Microsoft?

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Crippling Microsoft itself? I can guarantee you that if Kinect flopped, Microsoft would go on. Their revenue is mainly from computers themselves and not gaming products. While it might be a profitable aspect of the industry, to cripple something is to render it beyond use, it certainly wouldn't cripple and collapse the company as a whole..