@TheAwesomeBowser they aren't gone. Heck, I thought this case was decided last October lol

@RPGamer I wouldn't call the wikipad a bootleg. Assuming that is what you mean. They targeted that thing for 2011 (a year before the Wii U launched) but it was delayed until 2013. And all it was, was an Android tablet with controls built in. A popular concept, which we saw Sony itself at with by developing the old Xperia Play phone. These days GPD's various devices do this, while actually cribbing Nintendo's clamshell design (though they also have a Windows based series and claim they target a small laptop aesthetic). My point is "Android tablet + controls" isn't a bootleg concept, and they were working on it before Wii U came to market.

Past that, the Gamevice line is just a controller. Telescopic controllers are very popular in the mobile space. And if anything, Sony would be the ones to have a complaint. I distinctly recall, when it was in development hell for a couple years, people saying "oh cool, you can turn your phone into a PSP!" Nintendo turning their consoles into handhelds doesn't change that telescopic-style handhelds existed already. You can find all kinds of these controllers, like the iPega Red Knight. Heck my first one came from an old player in the mobile controller soace- Moga put out a similar controller which I use with my old iPod Touch. Gamevice is actually really cool in that it connects directly to your phone. It doesn't pair over Bluetooth, so it saves battery and lowers latency. And it has more reliable pass-through charging. So it has some legit benefits on the market, and I assume they have a patent because most of their competitors (who followed them in this design for the mobile space) use Bluetooth connectivity. Moga is the only one I've seen do similar, and they don't sell that model anymore last I checked. They seem to just sell something more or less competing with 8bitdo.

Don't get me wrong- this lawsuit was ridiculous. I'm just saying Gamevice has a niche they've carved in a market that needed it, and it wasn't a rip off of Nintendo.