All in all, I don’t think it’s totally anti-consumer behaviour
Lick the boot.
A company being able to remotely lock down your device is incredibly anti-consumer.
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dzsimbo@lemm.ee 2 days ago
I do understand their point in a weird twist of copyright and marketplace spirit:
Companies lose money on consoles, so they can’t afford to sell the hardware without people paying for the software.
All in all, I don’t think it’s totally anti-consumer behaviour, but they will face the appropriate backlash in some form or the other.
As someone who grew up on Nintendo I don’t wish them ill, even though they are suffocating that part of the emulation industry. I’d rather we find the reason of the imbalance why we don’t have 80 bucks to easily shell out for a game and address why Nintendo feels it needs to sit on it’s old IP.
Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
dzsimbo@lemm.ee 1 day ago
It’s also pretty slimy that reporters had to snoop it out of the new EULA and Nintendo didn’t put out a press release addressing it.
I’m really happy you recognize a megacorp’s evil behaviour, but you don’t have to agree with something just because you understand why and how it works.
I guess the proper answer to your diss would be: cope better. Maybe I don’t understand this corner of the internet yet, but I feel we’re missing out on great debates and ideas if soapboxing is more important.
Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
missing out on great debates
There’s no great debate to be had with someone who wants to defend this clearly anti-consumer behavior. There is no way to justify this in any way, shape or form.
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Nintendo is actually the exception in this regard, they sold the switch at a profit from day 1.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I think all the console makers sell consoles at profit anymore.
Hence why the prices are stupid high.