[marty370]

Sony and Olympus form alliance

The Japanese technology giant will take an 11.5% stake in Olympus in return for the 50bn yen ($640m; £397m)investment.

The two firms will also set up a company together later this year, which will be 51%-owned by Sony, to work on developing new businesses.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19757821

This might be related to that patent

[fanboysarestupid]

The PS Move vibrates doesn't it? By adding hot and cold it's the complete package for a chick that wants...

Anyway, I'm hoping $ony doesn't keep the same design for DualShock IV, as DS3 seemed to have been done in a rush and incomplete. Surprise me, $ony.

[GregoryRasputin]

Originally Posted by marty370 Sony and Olympus form alliance The Japanese technology giant will take an 11.5% stake in Olympus in return for the 50bn yen ($640m; £397m)investment. The two firms will also set up a company together later this year, which will be 51%-owned by Sony, to work on developing new businesses. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19757821 This might be related to that patent

Updated front page, thanks

[marty370]

Another link on that fronted news story

http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...-official-says

The two companies will form a joint venture to make endoscopes and other medical devices, according to finance ministry filings yesterday. Olympus is the world’s largest endoscope maker with a 70 percent market share.

Sony, the maker of PlayStation game consoles and Cyber-shot cameras, wants to speed up a move into health equipment by using the edge its image sensors have over rivals, Hirai said in April. Sony’s medical business has the potential to be one of its main sources of profit in the future, he said.

[r07f1]

LOL this is a great idea to be implemented in sex ed classes...
or for the forever alone guys

This japanese guys are crazy man...

[marty370]

Originally Posted by r07f1 LOL this is a great idea to be implemented in sex ed classes... or for the forever alone guys This japanese guys are crazy man...

Beats waggling the joystick AKA Amiga SEX Olympics........use the tongue instead......LOL.

Joking aside think this is for medicial use of some kind.

[Dasanko]

It's a shame that's Sony registering those patents, because you know all they want is to bleed people dry with usage fees.

Originally Posted by BobbyBlunt oh well there will still be my trusty gaming PC is things get too weird.

Well, to be fair, it won't be there by then ("obsolete"), unless you buy a new one/keep upgrading the current one.

[hanzoverfist]

Sony is just another patent whore.

[BobbyBlunt]

Originally Posted by Dasanko It's a shame that's Sony registering those patents, because you know all they want is to bleed people dry with usage fees. Well, to be fair, it won't be there by then ("obsolete"), unless you buy a new one/keep upgrading the current one.

I already have my next upgrade planned for January. Piledriver 6 core if it is better than bulldozer, and 2 7970s I already have 16 gig of ram and piledriver uses the same socket as I have now. I like overkill but I see your point

[fanboysarestupid]

Originally Posted by Dasanko It's a shame that's Sony registering those patents, because you know all they want is to bleed people dry with usage fees. Well, to be fair, it won't be there by then ("obsolete"), unless you buy a new one/keep upgrading the current one.

It's a wiser choice to upgrade a PC than buy a console, unless the games are exclusive to the console or are console-only for some reason.

Even if they're console only at some point someone will start to develop an emulator of the console(s).