> Sad to hear that they think a bunch of litigious assholes deserve $500 million for getting a signature on an NDA.
Wait, so if the guy actually abided by the contract he AGREED to, you know as a trustworthy reliable integritable individual, then Zenimax would have the first mover advantage and market lead on this burgeoning market. In this parallel reality that has nothing to do with their ability to execute.
They were deprived of that, in actual violation of an actual contract, and you find this aggregate decision of a jury sad?
You are kidding right?
Typically NDA's stipulate damages and punitive damages, as trade secrets are protected in the United States. The punitive damages are intended to deter someone from doing the same action again. Damages are calculated by extrapolating market value of secrets disclosed.
> Zenimax would have the first mover advantage and market lead on this burgeoning market
Bullshit. Zenimax leadership wanted nothing to do with this market! First mover advantage is the opposite of how they work as a company. If it was up to them they would have had Carmack work on something less risky like the 10th installment in one of their IPs, and nothing would have happened.
I would be more sympathetic to Zenimax if they had shown any interest at all in VR. Remember Carmack left the company because he couldn't get any traction on VR, even after demoing goddamn DooM on it.
To show you just how much Zenimax cares, go and try to buy DooM VR for any platform.
Although this was the case when the lawsuit was filed, Zenimax has since promised more support for VR than many AAA game publishers, and they announced versions of Fallout 4 and DOOM for VR at their E3 press conference in 2016. Although you cannot buy Doom or Fallout VR now, they have shown both VR experiences (running on Vive at Gamescom and PAX), and are promising full VR support for Fallout 4 in the future.
Wait, so if the guy actually abided by the contract he AGREED to, you know as a trustworthy reliable integritable individual, then Zenimax would have the first mover advantage and market lead on this burgeoning market. In this parallel reality that has nothing to do with their ability to execute.
They were deprived of that, in actual violation of an actual contract, and you find this aggregate decision of a jury sad?
You are kidding right?
Typically NDA's stipulate damages and punitive damages, as trade secrets are protected in the United States. The punitive damages are intended to deter someone from doing the same action again. Damages are calculated by extrapolating market value of secrets disclosed.