• TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    So… Almost every single video pre switch besides speed running videos? Where the fuck else are they supposed to play them? By the time “let’s plays” we’re popular on YouTube we were in the time of the Wii or even passed it. And even if they didn’t emulate, they’d have to have bought the console off eBay where Nintendo makes zero money from the discontinued consoles. This is literally just control for the sake of control and it’s why I hate Nintendo.

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      2 months ago

      I imagine they’re mostly going to target videos and channels that review those devices that you buy pre-loaded with 1TB of ROMs or whatever. Videos about and highlighting products that are blatantly infringing on like a billion copyrights.

      If you make money from emulation, you’ll get fucked (and honestly I’m kind of ok with that). However, it is a bit extreme to copyright claim videos that are just talking about said products.

      With all that’s said, I would think people doing video essays and shit will be fine. Then again, this is Nintendo so who knows.

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    2 months ago

    If you paid for it then it’s your game - not their game.

    (Don’t care if you ripped it yourself or not)

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    This is getting to the point where it goes to court and rightfully, Nintendo should get slapped and a new bleem-like precedent is set.

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          2 months ago

          Damn, Alex Navarro from Nextlander let me down then. Or I’m misremembering completely which is entirely possible.

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            I saw a similar comment in the last week or so (might have been on TikTok?) but it was specifically Japanese court that they’d said they’d never lost in. I don’t know if it’s accurate though, took it at face value and didn’t really think much about it.

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              Japanese courts have a 99% conviction rate or something. Saying you’ve not lost in a Japanese court is like saying 99% of the time you’ve been to the airport, you got on a plane.

              That’s the case for most people

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    2 months ago

    Nintendo doesn’t want you to play their games if you’re not willing to follow their rules. Ok, that’s their prerogative, but that means I will not be playing their games…at least not their new ones.

    I prefer playing on my Steam Deck these days, and I really don’t want to buy another handheld just to play Nintendo first party titles. I’m going to play some of my favorite classic Nintendo titles on my Deck using emulators and just not play the new stuff. I’m sure they’re great games, but so what? There are lots of great games. I’ve got a huge backlog of great games already in my Steam library, and 20 more on my wishlist. If Nintendo some day decides to make their titles available for Steam Deck or PC, I’d consider buying them, but since that’s extremely unlikely to happen, I think I’m just done with Nintendo.

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      Nintendo doesn’t want you to play their games if you’re not willing to follow their rules.

      They don’t want you to play their games at all, seeing as they’re not selling them anymore.

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    This might be the thing that pushes me into not buying Nintendo games anymore. I’ve always liked them despite the legal crap, but god damn.

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      They’ve been phoning their games in since the WiiU era anyway.

      The last real Nintendo release I felt was original and packed with content was 3D World.

      Everything since feels like they let interns design things en-masse and half bake most of their releases. Zelda and Mario get sandboxes, one 2D release in years, and remakes. There’s Metroid Prime 4, but… if we’re being real, it should’ve come out half a decade ago, not to mention tossing Gamefreak the BOTW engine and apparently not helping, at all with recent Pokemon games if the bugs are anything to go by, Smash netcode issues and not being taken seriously as a competitive sport, gatekeeping their classics behind worse in-house emulators than what you get for free on GitHub, you could write a book.

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        Super Mario Odyssey is one of the best games ever made. And no, it’s not a “sandbox”. And certainly not phoned in. I enjoyed Super Mario Wonder too.

        Also the new Zelda game that just came out the other day is pretty great.

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    This is kinda like a advertisement that game emulation is at the point where it works as well as the consoles. The more attention this gets the more people will see this. I quit consoles a long time ago but its clear that they are not going to force anyone to purchase their products and its more likely that they will just drive people toward these emulators.

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      They’re going to have a real big problem with this one because playing the games on an emulator isn’t illegal so first they need to prove they don’t own a legit copy and they need to figure that out before bringing suit.