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		maeil on Sept 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rig... > The "loading screen" patent expired in 2015[0]. I cannot think of any games which have incorporated this feature. FIFA/EAFC, one of the highest grossing console games (possibly #1).

permo-w on Sept 19, 2024 [–]

EA's football game had that feature since, iirc, the 2010 edition, so clearly they were not too concerned about the patent.

Manuel_D on Sept 19, 2024 | [–]

FIFA and Bayonetta got around this because you're actually playing a subset of the main game during loading. Not a separate game.

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