Sony calls Tencent game ‘slavish clone’ of Horizon in new lawsuit
Submitted 3 days ago by kebab@endlesstalk.org to games@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/714870/sony-tencent-horizon-clone-lawsuit
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callouscomic@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Psythik@lemmy.world 3 days ago
[deleted]prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
To be fair, there have been a few great Chinese AAA games lately. And the Chinese are far from the only ones who steal IP
criss_cross@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ooh yeah that’s a bit much.
Games are gonna copy major mechanics. Look at all the BOTW clones that came out after Breath of the Wild was successful. But you have to put a liiitle effort into mixing up the art style and color palette.
A7thStone@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Wow! I didn’t realize Sony invented sweeping vistas and giant creatures.
derin@lemmy.beru.co 3 days ago
I think it’s because of the colors used, visual theme, mecha nature of the enemies, and character design of the protagonists - too many direct similarities to argue it’s just inspiration.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
They might have been able to get away with it if they didn’t use giant mechanical creatures. That’s pretty distinct.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Surprised they didn’t call it Light of Noziroh.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Oh wow that is A LOT more similar than I was thinking.
pyre@lemmy.world 3 days ago
i don’t give a shit? doom had like a thousand clones; guess what, doom is still a household name and most of the clones are long forgotten. some good ones made their own name and following.
unless there’s outright stolen assets or code, or they’re using a deliberately confusing name, i don’t care. if it’s a slavish clone as you say, there’s nothing to worry about.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 2 days ago
DOOM clones weren’t literal clones called HELL where you play as the Hell Man killing demons with the Large Heckin’ Pistol.
topherclay@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah they were called CHEX QUEST and it was awesome.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
I mean… I feel like there were games exactly like this
WraithGear@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Painkiller is that you?
pyre@lemmy.world 2 days ago
i don’t think you’re remembering things well or maybe you played the popular ones. there was a bunch of doom clones that barely tried to be something different. lots of w3d clones too. also this game isn’t called Orion: Null sunrise so your “HELL” example is a bit unwarranted.
MBech@feddit.dk 3 days ago
You’re right. Us, the consumers, will only ever benefit from more competition for our money. Also, the people who wanted to buy Horizon already did, if they like the theme and playstyle they may also buy this other one, but it’s not like Horizon is losing buyers on this.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 2 days ago
I mostly agree. And honestly, maybe one of these games will be more interesting if there’s some competition.
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
zecg@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Loved Horizon, so I clicked on an open world gameplay trailer and it’s just survivalslop, fiddling with some shit-producing hovels to get them upgraded to shit+1-producing hovels and hitting trees until they’re planks.
Outwit1294@lemmy.today 2 days ago
They are Chinese, what did you expect?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 days ago
That is Aldi levels of copying right there.
FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 1 day ago
i hope this is a compliment because i love Aldi’s take on foods
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I might be convinced to care just a small, tiny, minuscule amount if it was an indie game. But a corporation like Sony? They can get fucked hard and often with a chainsaw, for all I care.
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Sony is that petty.
Sony is suing a game dev because their name is “Naughty Cat” which infringes on Sony studio “Naughty Dog.”
Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I like the idea that they approached Sony about making a Horizon game but Sony said no and they were like "Oh, well, this game is coming out…
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 day ago
They’re mad because they wanted to do that first by releasing Ubisoft style annual instalments.
DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Whaaaat? A Chinese company making a knock-off of another product? You don’t say.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 days ago
“Why don’t China care about western patents and copyright?”
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You’re citing examples from the 6th, 4th, and 18th centuries and arguably the last one isn’t even about intellectual property
Even ignoring the blatant “what aboutism” if your justification for why it’s ok to steal video game ideas is because some Byzantians were mean to you 1400 years ago just know that nobody is going to take you seriously
DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Good ole “what aboutism”
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 3 days ago
What are you thinking about? Is this a bot?