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China's internet is upset that a knock-off of its darling video game, 'Black Myth: Wukong,' is listed on Nintendo's store

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Alteon@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-internet-upset-black-myth-wukong-similarities-nintendo-store-2024-12

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  • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Copyright infringement sucks when it happens to you doesn’t it China

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    • Nutteman@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Copyright sucks. Brought to you by copyleft gang

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      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Uh, copyleft still depends in copyright. All it means is that licenses are free so long as the terms are followed, but it still relies on licensing. The actual opposite(s) of copyright is open-source and/or public domain.

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    • ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Copyright infringement in China is awesome! It allows one to buy things at a fraction of the cost because of such competition. A lot of western brands’ factories sell the product locally unbranded for 1/10 of the price and it’s awesome

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      • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Copyright infringement also means small creators get their lunch money stolen by big Chinese corporations. Copyright doesn’t just protect corpos.

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      • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How does the local economy fair against Western countries? Is it on par?

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      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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  • Viri4thus@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “one user wrote” *China

    Man, our media really has become utter shait.

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    • the_captain@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The phrase “one user wrote” is often used to introduce a quote. One user wrote this, one wrote that, and another wrote that. Yeah, the generalisation from a single forum thread / few social media posts to “the whole of internet is crazy about this!” is crap, but media sensationalism has always been there. Media (and especially media about pop culture) has always been shit.

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    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, when you have a few thousand two-bit internet media sites surviving off advertisement spam and hiring any freelance writer that can put together three paragraphs for $5 that’s what our media becomes.

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  • DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The irony…

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  • AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Imagine that! Popular game makes a ton of money and scam companies make shameless ripoffs to try and cash in on it? Never happened before and never will! /s

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  • Daveyborn@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Does a company own the likeness of wukong? Seems kinda silly to be mad over that.

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    • ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, only a dude from the Ming dynasty does lol

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      • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What is the copyright system like in the Ming dynasty, I wonder.

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  • MissingInteger@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This reminds me of Breath of the Wild’s fans being upset about Genshin Impact.
    Of all the reasons to be upset about this gambling game…

    (I’m upset that Genshin completed to Impact on my keyboard just now…
    I don’t play or have ever even downloaded the game.)

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  • xavier666@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Let them fight”

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  • yesman@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because I’m not allowed to read the article to know if this is mentioned: a big reason why this would aggravate Wukong fans is that Nintendo is a Japanese company.

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    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nintendo isn’t the developer though. Having a hard time figuring out where “Global Game Studio” is based out of.

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      • Electricblush@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As if random internet outrage ever cared about getting the fundamental details correct, when there is rage to be had.

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  • uberdroog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How long before the news reports the game was just stealing your data.

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  • ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Are they upset or does western media constantly try to portray Chinese internet users as sensitive?

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    • Shiggles@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean this is pretty standard fare for any gamers, anywhere. But I’m sure this question is being asked in good faith :)

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      • ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes I do mean my comment in good faith

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      • ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Meh knock offs aren’t always bad, everything was a doom knock iff at first ;)

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    • djsoren19@yiffit.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      idk, but I saw some of the insane shit they were posting when Black Myth: Wukong didn’t win Game of the Year at the Game Awards. It wouldn’t surprise me if that anger is spilling over to other targets.

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    • icecreamtaco@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Chinese internet users are sensitive

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  • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is it any good?

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  • lustyargonian@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nintendo store’s seal of quantity strikes again.

    Scoop!

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  • Caesium@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    hey if this stops the slip that gets chugged out on the store I’m all for it

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  • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Chinese internet is always upset about something in gaming.

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  • AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    whatever you do, dont visit Steam.

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