3x3x3 V-Cube!

[Fabian Auroux]

Nope, the next Cube will be released in Oktober this year.

 

[Chilli]

I'm disappointed they didn't make the V cube 4. I think there would be a bigger market for that.

 

[TheAwesomeAlex]

i hope there is going to be a cubical vcube 3x3

 

[asportking]

Nope, the next Cube will be released in Oktober this year.

Really? Where did you hear that?

 

[Fabian Auroux]

Verdes told some People about it at V-Cube Spiel '11. So i think that Cube is going to be the 4x4.. and then for example the 6b or 8x8 in February 2013

 

[Mnts]

Heh if there will pillowed 3x3 we will need some mod to make it cubic. Almost like mod for 6x6 mechanism. lol.

 

[blackzabbathfan]

before releasing this cube, v-cubes should have asked them selves "Do cubers really want a pillowed 3x3? You can't even compete with it."

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

Guys, they will release a cubic one, just in feburary when it is SUPPOSED to come out.
srsly calm down.

 

[Erik]

before releasing this cube, v-cubes should have asked them selves "Do cubers really want a pillowed 3x3? You can't even compete with it."

For the 2nd time: cubers make up only a small part of their market.

 

[tx789]

It may be like the 2x2 a pillowed one and a cubic. With th pillowed one bing worst.

 

[convinsa]

I dont like the v cube company much. They were good, but then started to fail. Im moving on!

 

[Achifaifa]

Honestly, I'd rather buy a zhanchi for that price. Doesn't look that great, has someone reviewed it? Any clues about the mechanism?

 

[coldplay]

I think that the V-Cube 3, following the patent lawsuit with DaYan, is the second true indication of V-Cube being a weak company that simply enjoys monopolizing the 5^5+ market and milking money from their mediocre puzzles. Nobody really cared before, not until V-Cube took out a patent lawsuit on one of the most popular speed cube brands today that make extremely great puzzles, DaYan. V-Cube's policy is simply to file suit against any company whose puzzle mechanism even slightly resembles V-Cube's, rip them off the market and use their tech to create more puzzles for themselves. Apparently when V-Cube files suit against any company this is actually what they are trying to prevent. V-Cube is nothing but hot air, and I believe Verdes has definitely run out of ideas at this point and just wants to make the smaller cube market (<4^4) monopolized with his incompetent company. I also agree completely with this statement:

Most noob cubers are loyal to V-cubes because they dont know better and think because most cubes are made in China they suck.

Agreed. Most noob cubers are completely loyal to V-Cube, Rubik's, and Meffert's because they believe that whatever these companies say is correct, whether it is or not. They are indifferent to the knock-offs, even when most Chinese KO cubes are far superior to Rubik's brand and V-Cube brand puzzles. China has advanced puzzle tech far more than V-Cube will, and the only thing Verdes and his bloody company want to do is stop competition, monopolize the larger puzzle (and now smaller puzzles are at risk as well) market, and milk as much money as they can out of their horridly bad cubes. If V-Cube does fail, it will result in far more competition in the larger cube market and will give speed cubers far more choice in what cube they want to buy and what technologies companies can put into their puzzles.

Cowardice shall never prevail.

Although I will say that the V-Cube 2 is exceptional quality and I think is the best 2x2x2 on the market. However, pretty much everything else that V-Cube makes is mediocre.

 

[asportking]

Although I will say that the V-Cube 2 is exceptional quality and I think is the best 2x2x2 on the market. However, pretty much everything else that V-Cube makes is mediocre.

Have you tried the Wittwo? For the most part, people think it's better than the V-2.

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

I think that the V-Cube 3, following the patent lawsuit with DaYan, is the second true indication of V-Cube being a weak company that simply enjoys monopolizing the 5^5+ market and milking money from their mediocre puzzles. Nobody really cared before, not until V-Cube took out a patent lawsuit on one of the most popular speed cube brands today that make extremely great puzzles, DaYan. V-Cube's policy is simply to file suit against any company whose puzzle mechanism even slightly resembles V-Cube's, rip them off the market and use their tech to create more puzzles for themselves. Apparently when V-Cube files suit against any company this is actually what they are trying to prevent. V-Cube is nothing but hot air, and I believe Verdes has definitely run out of ideas at this point and just wants to make the smaller cube market (<4^4) monopolized with his incompetent company. I also agree completely with this statement:



Agreed. Most noob cubers are completely loyal to V-Cube, Rubik's, and Meffert's because they believe that whatever these companies say is correct, whether it is or not. They are indifferent to the knock-offs, even when most Chinese KO cubes are far superior to Rubik's brand and V-Cube brand puzzles. China has advanced puzzle tech far more than V-Cube will, and the only thing Verdes and his bloody company want to do is stop competition, monopolize the larger puzzle (and now smaller puzzles are at risk as well) market, and milk as much money as they can out of their horridly bad cubes. If V-Cube does fail, it will result in far more competition in the larger cube market and will give speed cubers far more choice in what cube they want to buy and what technologies companies can put into their puzzles.

Cowardice shall never prevail.

And yet, without V-cube there would be no 6x6+ anyway, and the KO's wouldn't exist.
TBH I still like V-cubes, because I prefer the 6x6 & 5x5 to the SS 6/5. As a business, he wants to make money, and also, If you don't enforce your patent, you can lose the patent all together. V-cube were going to make a 3x3 for a while, and the plan has been there since the original patent. Just dont bother with them if it annoys you so much, and let other people have their onw opinion.

tl;dr: People can have an opinion, and therefore can think V-cubes make good cubes and are a good company. However, V-cubes have a patent that they have to enforce.

 

[coldplay]

Actually I haven't tried the WitTwo as of now. I will try and get it, but I've done a lot of work on the V2, lubed it and everything and it's pretty darn good.

 

[coldplay]

People can have an opinion, and therefore can think V-cubes make good cubes and are a good company. However, V-cubes have a patent that they have to enforce.

I'm not trying to force my views upon anybody. I just have had a pretty bad experience with V-Cube in general. Honestly, I don't hate the entire company. They make a few good puzzles which I really like. However I don't like the way they handle their patents. Now, I'm not sure, but I don't think Rubik's went thermonuclear war in the 80's when the lot of Chinese KO's came out. They didn't really care because they were still making money. V-Cube is making plenty of money with their 5x5x5 and up. Verdes worked hard on the tech and he deserves to have his products' patents protected, but I just think that if a mechanism even barely resembles yours, you shouldn't go completely commando on them and try to banish their products from the universe simply because of a slight resemblance to your own mechanism.

 

[masterofthebass]

I'm not trying to force my views upon anybody. I just have had a pretty bad experience with V-Cube in general. Honestly, I don't hate the entire company. They make a few good puzzles which I really like. However I don't like the way they handle their patents. Now, I'm not sure, but I don't think Rubik's went thermonuclear war in the 80's when the lot of Chinese KO's came out. They didn't really care because they were still making money. V-Cube is making plenty of money with their 5x5x5 and up. Verdes worked hard on the tech and he deserves to have his products' patents protected, but I just think that if a mechanism even barely resembles yours, you shouldn't go completely commando on them and try to banish their products from the universe simply because of a slight resemblance to your own mechanism.

You obviously don't know anything about the monetary situation of V-Cubes. Please refrain from stating "facts" when you know nothing about the situation. Also, if you think the Rubik's company didn't ruthlessly go after KO cubes in the '80s then are you are sadly mistaken. Up until the day the patent expired (and even after with their trademark), Rubik's/Seventowns has been going after KOs with full force.

 

[coldplay]

You obviously don't know anything about the monetary situation of V-Cubes. Please refrain from stating "facts" when you know nothing about the situation. Also, if you think the Rubik's company didn't ruthlessly go after KO cubes in the '80s then are you are sadly mistaken. Up until the day the patent expired (and even after with their trademark), Rubik's/Seventowns has been going after KOs with full force.

As I said, I wasn't sure if Seven Towns went after knockoffs. I never actually said I was stating facts about anything, I'm just saying that there's no need for V-Cube to try and destroy DaYan and other companies simply because the mechanism is slightly similar. The thing I'm trying to say is that Verdes is definitely not bankrupt and doesn't need to do this to try and destroy other companies when it doesn't infringe their patents fully.

 

[Rpotts]

I never actually said I was stating facts about anything,

Sorry that we assumed you actually stating facts and not just babbling without the slightest clue what you were talking about.

The thing I'm trying to say is that Verdes is definitely not bankrupt

[citation needed]