I personally think that Microsoft does deserve every single little bit of revenue from the XBox360 and anything to do with it. I don't see how these third-party companies can come in and copy the design that Microsoft made, put their crappy pattern on it and make money from something they had nothing to do with the creation of, and if they can they need to pay them Microsoft for the right to do it.
Am I saying that Microsoft deserves all the money that they're making, that prices are reasonable and that Microsoft isn't a pack on soul-less money-hungry ghouls? No. They're certainly all of those and there is undoubtedly a special circle in hell reserved for all of them. They charge far too much for everything and if anything there should be some variety of legal intervention to FORCE them to lower prices so that people aren't paying the unbelievable mark-ups that they charge purely because they can. I'm just saying that Datel and other 3rd Party companies have no right to try and make money off of Microsoft's creations and ideas without paying for the right.
I honestly believe that at this point Microsoft is trying to see how far it can legally push away opposition. They're testing the waters, if this can go through it'll green light other suits against other manufacturers/companies/people/properties for even minor similarities, because, well, power and money corrupts, not matter how good a person is. Hell, even with my morals I would probably try do the same thing if I could, does that stop it from being sickening and wrong? No. Even with my above views on 3rd parties expressed and with this new suit, just because of the issues regarding monopoly and control this could lead to I do hope that Microsoft is knocked on its ass.
