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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 120 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Games Fray’s report claims Nintendo now has “zero chance” of prevailing against current Palworld versions under the revised scope, arguing that any injunction would apply only to older builds. The outlet also said the maximum damages at stake would be 5 million yen, roughly $30,000, if Nintendo succeeds on the remaining claims.

Oh what a return for the widespread disgust. No such thing as bad PR right guys? lol

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 83 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No such thing as bad pr when your company has millions of brainwashed fans who have literally never played any other games.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 62 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I know a lot of people including me that haven't bought a switch 2 after owning every nintendo console released in their lifetime because they're disgusted with with Nintendo's behavior. I'm sure some percentage of them will cave eventually but it's definitely a non-zero amount of money they've left on the table by being like this

[–] dil@piefed.zip 21 points 2 months ago

You're already not considered the average consumer by using lemmy

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

According to Switch 2 sales numbers, you are sadly the rare exception. Nintendo fans are gobbling up the stuff big N is churning out and asking for seconds.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We must be, "sadly", 2 rare exceptions. My kid is still playing on the switch with no hope of getting the switch 2 until he is old enough to leave my house and buy it himself. Fortunately, he hates Nintendo's bullshit behavior as well, and has been playing more on steam instead. And yes, I am brainwashing him against all the corpo crowd. Sue me.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

And yes, I am brainwashing him against all the corpo crowd.

Sounds more like you're deprogramming them.

The brainwashing is the Marketing and PR from the big corps that turns people into mindless consumers and even fans.

The overwhelming amounts of Advertising everywhere every day aren't there because people are naturaly prone to love brands, they're there to (mainly using techniques from Psychology) shift people's perception feelings about a brand to make them love the brand, and if you pay attention most of it is designed to influence people via their subconscious pathways (such as familiarization and associating the brand with other things they feel as positive) rather than to convince people with rational arguments via their conscious mind. So it's the Advertising that's using the same kind of technique as brainwashing.

If you're trying to change your kid's mind via convincing them of something (i.e. rationalizing with them) rather that through psychological trickery (for example, relentless pressure until they comply), then what you're doing is the very opposite of brainwashing.

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[–] NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hey that's me and my pokemon/Zelda/monster hunter stories obsessed daughter! Fuck you Nintendo, you used to be cool. Well...you used to pretend to be cool. Well...we used to buy your games and not think too hard.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 8 points 2 months ago

I've now managed to pirate all the Switch 1 Pokemon games through an emulator.

Sooner or later, somebody's going to emulate the Switch 2. I can wait.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

I haven’t owned every Nintendo console, just Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Super Nintendo, Game Boy Advance, N64, Wii, New Nintendo 3DS, and Switch. But yeah, all the shit they’ve done recently means I’ll never buy a Switch 2, or whatever comes after it.

[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

This right here 1000%. Nintendo used to get a lot of my money. Not anymore, screw em.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (6 children)

That's okay. Youtubers still buy the new Nintendo games and consoles day fucking one all in the name of "cOnTeNt". (RTGame, Poofesure, and others)

So basically good fucking luck trying to get anyone to change when you have people advertising for Nintendo basically for free.

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[–] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago

That's me. I've been a day one customer of Nintendo systems for as long as I remember but they simply don't deserve my money now.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

I'm in the same boat.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

have you see then gatekeep the current slop of games.

[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago

Not really. Sometimes the process is the punishment.

No other game studio/publisher would want to lose a hefty sum in lawyer fees

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 88 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What are they gonna do? Hack into my PC and send a lawyer to my house demanding I remove the version that has round balls? Kiss my ass Nintendo!

[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who do they think they are, WotC?

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Magic The Gathering is known for it's 5 color card system. Red, Blue, Black, White and Green.

But the most dangerous color is Pink.

[–] Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tell me about pink kryptonite

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Well, it IS June...

[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't know how it would work with the lore, but it would be absolutely hilarious if they added Pink. XD

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[–] dewritoninja@pawb.social 51 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Remember to pirate a Nintendo game today

[–] Killer@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Its the only way to easily play much of their older catalogue anyway

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Krompus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Been seeding a ~30GB "Almost every game before PS1" pack for about a decade now, ratio's like 1:100. :)

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[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 2 months ago (15 children)

Even the older versions were vastly different, and Nintendo's patents are both exceptionally vague and infringe on older works. Hopefully this keeps reducing until it collapses entirely. Any win for Nintendo, even minor, will give precedence for future lawsuits.

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[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 months ago

They never hoped to win, they just wanted to drain Pocketpair's money with lawyer expenses

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

instead making pokemon slop games, including the card game. try to improve it instead. get rid of masuda, and deal with scalpers for the card area.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

And fuck off that pikachu guy as well.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How about they everyone just focus on making shit instead of worrying about who owns the gameplay from a toy that's old enough to have a quarter life crisis now.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Heh, good one. Just think about it for a second - what would then Nintendo do with their whole office building full of lawyers?

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Give them jobs as playtesters

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