Nintendo refuse to ever be predictable
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SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 weeks ago
They will turn off the live service and make it work offline?
I don’t understand. Industry bootlickers told me it was impossible and would cost billions to implement, hurting small indie studios the most. Yet, Nintendo does it voluntarily with seemingly no difficulties.
smeg@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Don’t worry they’ll do a C&D sometime soon to make up for it
KinkOnlyKink@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Nintendo might be seeing the writing on the wall and looking to see how much profit they can make with this. If it goes well, we might see more of it. Corporations hate regulation and sometimes try and head it off long before it is coming.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
i mean iirc capcom already had done something similar beforehand with megaman x dive
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
You don’t get it bro, Nintendo decimated half of their net worth pulling off this miracle!!!
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Hi, industry bootlicker here! Nintendo is listening to their consumers. I was told corporations are evil and won’t listen to consumers and must be forced to do things by law. I much prefer consumers remain vocal about their wants because corporations do indeed listen. No government intervention required. I worry government rules could cause unintended problems that don’t benefit anybody.
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 5 weeks ago
“A single company does this and the other 99 don’t. See? No intervention required!”
Bootlicker indeed.
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Who are the 99 other companies? Which games have they taken away?
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 5 weeks ago
www.pcgamingwiki.com/…/Category:Unplayable_games
And that’s only PC games.
mp3@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Nintendo doing something good consumer-wise for once and not being a dick? I’m conflicted.
Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I would argue Nintendo does do a lot of pro-consumer stuff. Like making actually good games. It’s just their anti-consumer stuff is either so bad or just plain weird that we just scratch our heads and think Nintendo is going off the deep end. Still trying to avoid buying much Nintendo going forward.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Making a good game is the minimum expectation. Making an open platform to force competition to also endorse open platforms would be going above and beyond to be pro consumer.
Defaced@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You really have no idea how intellectual property works do you? The reason they’ve gone after emulation and rom hosting sites is pretty obvious, they have to protect their IP.
Why they’ve waited so long only to do it now? I honestly don’t have an answer for you on that one, but if I were to guess it’s because retro gaming has been going through somewhat of a renaissance as of late due to shitty AAA games and indie devs gaining so much popularity.
The bottom line is Nintendo lost the emulation battle once, and they don’t want to lose a second time. They’re more experienced and understand the risks of letting emulation replace services like Nintendo switch online, and so do publishers that own intellectual property from retro consoles. It sucks, but that’s corporate life, and you can’t really get around it without jumping through hoops or doing something illegal.