Nintendo was lambasted pretty badly over the child labor scandal that recently occurred at a Foxconn plant. The reason it was so public and so out was because Nintendo is viewed as a good guy in the gaming industry, consumer friendly and whatnot...where-as Foxconn has been in and out of the news for being a sleazy piece of crap, pulling this kind of mess for years-on-end. However, it does beg the question: if Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo keep using Foxconn for manufacturing purposes, would you keep supporting Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo?
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Genuine Enabling Technology was seeking damages, claiming the tech allowing PlayStation consoles and controllers to communicate infringes its rights.
Sounds like patent trolling they tried the same thing against Nintendo with the same pattern.
Motion and control input traversing over higher and lower frequencies seperate from each other allowing the controller to do both
So to recoup the money Genuine is going to take on Nintendo or Microsoft next. I hate patent lawyers they are some of the worst bottom feeders out there.
Microsoft has announced the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox will be discontinued in April and has confirmed that weekly streaks will also be coming to an end.
Absolutely
I find it very, very hard to deal with a company who deals with a company with such poor records for human rights. Either a full clean up of Foxconn needs to happen immediately or they need to take their business elsewhere.
The sad thing is, who doesn't use Foxconn these days? The real solution is resolving such situations instead of boycotting... Companies like Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and Apple bring Foxconn way to much money in for them not to listen, if these companies speak up on matters like this.
A heck of a lot more companies than the big 3 use Foxconn. So long as companies outsource and seek cheap labor this will always happen.
A better question would be if you will continue to put on clothes, drive in a car, talk on your phone, etc. if they continue to use Foxconn? All of that stuff is manufactured by companies that use Foxconn or some other company that employs child labor. Somehow I don't think you are going to give up your basic needs in order to stop companies from using Foxconn or even to end child labor.