Corroded to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 2 months agoIf people started referring to targets of Nintendo's lawsuits as being part of "Club Nintendo" do you think Nintendo would sue them as well?leminal.spaceimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1264arrow-down1imageIf people started referring to targets of Nintendo's lawsuits as being part of "Club Nintendo" do you think Nintendo would sue them as well?leminal.spaceCorroded to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
Just a silly shower thought I had after hearing about Nintendo’s copyright claim against Russ from Retro Game Corps.
minus-square@Telorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish21•2 months agoI have to wonder how long they can run on community goodwill. With handhelds like the Steam Deck and similar, surely it’s gotta be only a matter of time until they have to change or die.
minus-square@DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish22•2 months agoThey won’t die. Their largest demographic is prepubescent children. Mommy and Daddy’s money isn’t going anywhere
minus-square@mister_newbie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish14•2 months agoI’d argue that they’re more likely to morph into a patent troll if they ever do get anywhere close to their death throes. We might even be witnessing the Genesis of that transformation now. They have such a deep patent portfolio that they could really fuck with the whole industry.
minus-square@DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoIf the switch 2 has the same lack of success as the Wii u I could see that
minus-squareFiveMacslinkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-22 months agoMommy and Daddy are being sued and told to eat shit because of pictures…mommy and daddy won’t forget being treated like shit.
I have to wonder how long they can run on community goodwill. With handhelds like the Steam Deck and similar, surely it’s gotta be only a matter of time until they have to change or die.
They won’t die. Their largest demographic is prepubescent children. Mommy and Daddy’s money isn’t going anywhere
I’d argue that they’re more likely to morph into a patent troll if they ever do get anywhere close to their death throes.
We might even be witnessing the Genesis of that transformation now.
They have such a deep patent portfolio that they could really fuck with the whole industry.
If the switch 2 has the same lack of success as the Wii u I could see that
Mommy and Daddy are being sued and told to eat shit because of pictures…mommy and daddy won’t forget being treated like shit.