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submitted 6 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

Unsurprising move. People should've moved them elsewhere.

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[-] naticus@lemmy.world 40 points 6 months ago

Only thing surprising is that it took this long for it to happen. Everyone else knew that there would be immediate forks made but seems they took a month to catch up to speed with the internet.

[-] ExfilBravo@lemmy.world 46 points 6 months ago

Nintendo is not an internet savvy company. You can tell by how they implement online gaming features like "friend codes" and pushing everything to a phone app for communication (Splatoon).

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Should I be the one mentioning that Steam integrated friend codes?

And it's not an old feature...

[-] poke@sh.itjust.works 47 points 6 months ago

What's different here is that it's an option and not the only method.

[-] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

It also actually makes it significantly easier to find someone when their user name happens to be the same as 5000 other people.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

It’s the best option though, can’t think of any other method you would want to use

[-] wccrawford@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I think it's by design, not because they're stupid. They saw those forks right away and decided to let them get settled in and comfortable, and then removed them. Knowing that the hammer will come down eventually is really demoralizing. Knowing it'll come down right away means you can test the waters and see how it goes without much personal investment.

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