Given what I've heard of the Palworld case so far, this is a pretty safe bet.

Context clues would suggest it has something to do with piracy. One way to find out...

And that's modern journalism.

Sounds about right...

Was thinking this when I saw the title

Sadly, I don't think we'll be getting Sleeping Dogs 2. Now that would be a game to get hyped for

Nah, it's just them blowing hot air. If there was any legal grounds for them to stand on they would have already started huffing and puffing. Something Nick from Second Wind did a good job of pointing out is the fact that Palworld is also on Game Pass. Steam has already shown they're willing to knuckle under for Nintendo but Palworld is still there and I really don't see Microsoft opening themselves up for litigation by Nintendo.

This isn't news. They've always done this

"Precursor to Mirage"? I know Syndicate generally wasn't well received but there's no reason for insults.

And only gets more expensive once the sets are out of production

Libation works well for de-crapping your content.

https://github.com/rmcrackan/Libation

It's more of the usual guilty-till-innocent so it had help getting killed in the Steam crib. Overlord Nintendo wins again. You will never own what you buy so long as the big companies say you don't.