• TAG@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      This is just them covering their butts from bad publicity or a law suit. They are telling you that their tech support will not help you use an unauthorized online server and if you get hacked, it is your own fault. Nothing particularly weird about it. No more than just about every piece of free software includes a document explaining that the software does not include a warranty.

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      Pretty sure this guy’s not actually a velociraptor. He probably watched Jurassic Park. But the thing is, that movie took some… ahem …“liberties” with facts about dinosaurs.

      Most people hear “velociraptor” and think 6 foot tall lizardy looking dinosaurs that can open doors. But in reality, it’s more like 2-3 feet tall, kind of bird like in both appearance and behavior.

      That kid who said it’s like a 6 foot turkey would have actually been accurate if he had said like a turkey. Just…a regular ol turkey, except with teeth, and carnivorous. Still a terrifying thing to stumble on in the wild, as they were pack hunters. Now imagine a turkey with teeth hunting you. Except it’s like 15 of the fuckers.

      So yeah. This guy probably ISN’T a velociraptor. He’s probably a Utah raptor. Which is what Jurassic Park based almost everything on.

      Now, all that being said, fuck you Nintendo! You shut down the servers! I’d LOVE to have MiiVerse and online services through your official services…BUT THAT’S NOT ON THE TABLE, NOW IS IT YOU NARSASITIC ASSHOLES!

      • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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        Thanks for pointing the Jurassic Park inaccuracy! Indeed we…er the Velociraptors were not as depicted in that film, we they were covered in feathers and much more similar to a modern turkey both in size and aspect than to what you see in the film. By the size of it, the film probably depicted a Deinonychus, which was another dromaeosaurid of a size that went up to 3 mt (roughly 11 ft).

        The Utahraptor, another dromaeosaurid, was double that size, making it too big to what the film calls a Velociraptor.

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          Yeah, but think about how cool the word velociraptor sounds… so really… they were probably right, and science is just gonna have to take the L on this one. Rename all the stuff so that retroactively jurassic park is right. Problem solved.

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    11 months ago

    How much would it cost them just to keep their own store running? Could not be much on a virtual machine with no content changes. And they won’t need exorbitant capacities. There will be no download waves just because a new game gets on the market, after all.

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      From experience I can (sadly!) tell you the effort and money goes up the longer it runs, especially if you keep the maintenance low.

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    So… Nintendo wants to dictate what owners of systems they have abandoned are allowed to do?

    Can somebody please humble these guys already?

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    I love Nintendo, but seriously, screw them over their handling of their users.

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      Used to love Nintendo, but I had enough of their bullshit a long time ago. Last straw was they closing South America eShop, which rendered my 3DS unusable (game cartridges are expensive here, and you mostly get old games).

      Of course, I ended up jailbreaking the thing, but I never again thought about purchasing any of their products anymore.

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    I don’t know if this actually indicates that Nintendo cares. I think this statement only exists so that if someone manages to break their Wii U using Pretendo, Nintendo can’t be held liable because they did tell people not to use it. Not that Pretendo is gonna break anybody’s system (or that I give a hoot if Nintendo doesn’t like it), but companies like to cover their bases.

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    Also Nintendo, put that Wii U in the trash along with your ds and never mention them again, btw here’s a port from those systems for $60+.