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[-] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Care to expand? They seem like one of the best video game companies out there, even though they are traditional Japanese patriarchy

[-] poke@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 month ago

Dunno why people down voted you for asking, but personally while I love some of their games and the creative direction they take their consoles - they just have way too many anti-consumer practices.

From recent memory, they've DMCA takedowned YouTube videos of people playing modded versions of Breath of the Wild before Tears of the Kingdom released. This isn't the firs time they've DMCA takedowned videos they didn't like, including videos showing emulation in the past. Their online service, despite costing money to play games online, primarily relies on peer to peer networking when their console has a very weak networking chip, meaning most online games have to account for very poor connections. They have been very aggressive in shutting down websites distributing Roms for games that no longer have a way to be accessed or played. It stinks that you have to pay for their online service if you want any form of save data backups, and even those are iffy because they really don't want you putting it on more than one console. Their handling of joyconn drift has left a lot to be desired. They replaced them... Sometimes... And when they did you had to wait a while and usually the replacement would develop it, too.

[-] pkmkdz@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
  • throwing copyright strikes left and right at fan videos
  • threatening developers of fan games with lawsuits
  • actively working against game ~~prevention~~ preservation and emulation

It's also worth noting that recently console modding became illegal in Japan. It's obvious who pushed for it

Edit: fucking autocorrect lol

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

You forgot:

  • retroactively patenting game mechanics and suing companies for them
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

No, they're for game prevention, and against preservation.

[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

This decision is based, but fuck Nintendo in general for suing palworld and everything Nintendo does legally

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

They’re constantly suing people just for existing on a day that ends in Y. It’s just really twisted that a company that exists to make fun toys is so cartoonishly evil.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

For me, it's their greed regarding old titles. I bought some older games on the Wii and/or 3ds stores. Well, those go away and you don't get a license for that same game on the new system (even though, presumably, all the porting/emulation work has already been done). Little things like that

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

I was going to reply but the other replies have covered everything already!

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