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Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit
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Can't they just release free DLC with those features worldwide exlcuding Japan where those patents are enforceable ?
That would be a nice "fuck you," but it's probably not worth the extra effort to them.
The spectacle of it would certainly boost sales for a little bit. How much and whether it covers the development time, who knows.
I'd do it on principle alone, but I'm a petty bitch.
It would be neat if modders put all the "patent-infringing" stuff back in.
I'm sure they will.
And as long as none of them try profiting off it, Nintendo has no leg to stand on with their usual C&D bullshit.
That's another thing if they could allow specific api and opensource those parts they remove so someone can create mod that brings all of this back. Like we removed it but we make those things opensource, do what you want, we don't care. It's not in paid version of our app.
Most companies do stuff like that but pocketpair is based in Japan so they can't, they'd be held accountable.
I think everyone understands that nintendo are bad guys in this this situation but pocketpair is just scared. They just say we want to get over it as soon as possible to focus on our game. I understand that small company is scared of old, long timer in this business. But they need to turn it over because if they behave like a sheep they will be eaten by wolf.
If they could change narrative and simply add. We removed those things and replaced it with this but we don't care what you do with our game. Here is api. Do what the fuck you want.
Sorry, I meant that most companies do fixes to comply with local legislations/sentences and then ignore them everywhere else, Pocketpair can't do that because they are being sentenced in their home jurisdiction, so their infractions in other jurisdictions could and would still be brought to court.