Technology News Article | Reuters.com — I recall when Sony sued that little company that made an emulator for the PC that would have actually sold more games for Sony. Karma.
Immersion, a small, California-based developer of digital touch technologies, claimed Sony Computer Entertainment infringed on its technology that makes a game controller vibrate in sync with actions in games, the Japanese game maker said.
The $90 million awarded by the court is more than triple Immersion’s total revenues of $23.8 million in 2004 and represents two-thirds of the company’s current market value of around $135 million.
They also won a lawsuit against the XBox for the same reason.
Microsoft however only paid $26 million as a result – And then went and bought 10% of the company for another $6 million.