[QUOTE="KingTuttle"][QUOTE="angryfodder"]Sorry, but what does IP stand for in gaming terms? I'm hearing it used more and more these days.angryfodder
Intellectual PropertyI'm still a bit in the dark....why the term IP? Why not just "game"
But if we are talking about old/dead games that i'd like to see come back, probably Road rash. I'm think moto GT graphics and handling on cool road stages and baseball bats
A game is too generic that can cover anything from video games to board games, to games play on T.V. etc, etc, etc, and it also doesn't have ownership properties. Ie, a game can be owned and played by anyone. A game of tag can't be "owned" because it's so generic and played just about by every kid that no one can claim a right on it.
But an "Intellectual Property" is different. It signify a company, or even a person has claimed all the rights and benefits from that property, he, she or it owns it. If you want to use it, you have to pay some form of indemity (usually money) for the rights to use it. I.e. video games are made by companies, they spend millions in producing it, making it and promoting it. Once made, it belongs to no one but the company. If gamers wants to play it, they must pay an "indemity" of $50-$60 for the "rights" to play it on their consoles or PC. Thus, said company can claim the game as its "Intellectual Property" because they own the rights to the game.
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