Patents are a mechanism for protecting intellectual property, both that which already has a real-world application and that which has not yet been implemented into a product, but which has a clear technical basis and is perfectly defined. For Additionally, Sony is another marketing tool with which to humiliate your opponents.

Florian Müller, a an expert in patent analysis for more than 20 years and the head of Foss Patents published an interesting article where he breaks down some of the most important patents that Sony has registered since 2011 in the world of game consoles and explains the unfair practices that the Japanese company exhibits.

In these patents, Sony always referred to its competitors and their products as “inferior”. The attached image is an illustrative example, we can read in it that in the text of that patent the company refers to the final device for the user as “a personal computer, an entertainment system such as PlayStation 2 or PlayStation 3, or entertainment system from a different but inferior manufacturer”.

Mueller’s take on this type of behavior is very critical, and I personally agree with him for several reasons. On the other hand, the role that Sony has been playing in recent years and the face that the company is showing to try to stop the purchase of Activision Blizzard, They are not doing their image any favors.

Trying to come off as the underdog when you’ve led the console market for the last four generations is something unethicaland to resort to arguments where you show marked contempt for your opponents is to have very lax morals. I’m sure our regular readers will remember when Sony said that Microsoft wanted to make it the next Nintendo, although in the end karma taught them a lesson as Nintendo Switch sales surpassed the PS4.

I think Sony is losing the north a bit, and that she got herself into the difficult situation that the general public is facing for his inappropriate comments and displays of gross hypocrisy that will eventually take their toll. Nintendo, which was in Sony’s crosshairs, has been able to play its cards much better in the industry, recovering from difficult situations and doing what it does best, creating unique games and trying to innovate.