Bullshit, Nintendo is actually really nice to people who don't try to give their shit out for free without permission.
Show me some examples because I'd love to see it. I could use a whitepill. From my what I've read they typically tell people to fuck off.
Even with piracy, Nintendo is admittedly worse with taking down roms, but I’m sick of people crying about “the death of preservation” every time a rom site gets shut down when there are 500 other rom sites that are just as easily accessible. And I can count the number of rom hacks/fan games Nintendo has taken down - and made an effort to actually keep down - on one hand, even though there are probably more Mario+Pokemon fan games than every other video game franchise combined.
That's literally what every console fanboy faggot does.
A few big ones I can think of:
Revealed tons of old info, for free, in the old Iwata Asks sections. Allowed Sakurai to reveal stuff like that in his current series of game creation Youtube videos. Openly discuss "failed"/"for testing only" projects like Stage Debut and Sound Factory, despite it being of interest only to hardcore game history nerds.
Actually, there's nothing dubious about it. Its the data that is valuable, possibly thousands of dollars in value for a desired game. The actual dev cart itself, if the data is wiped, is worth like 40 bucks. Dev kits, which is more a modern thing than the eras I care most about, are worth more but nothing compared to having a VIP game on them.
That's the thing, I don't like Sony. I haven't had a PlayStation since 3, so I can sit back and laugh. Also smh that Kat is stuffed in the background. She's not even there in the second picture.
That's pretty much what I'm saying. It's not because I like Sony at the top, it's a tradeoff. I'd rather the system I don't own act like smug assholes than the ones I do own. If it means we get Switch and Gamepass instead of "Fuck third parties because we're Nintendo" and "Always online/Drm/Kinect Xbox", then so be it.
Honestly, stuff like GeForce Now, Luna, Steam Deck, etc. is really blurring the line between console and "computing device." Its kind of weird that Playstation and Xbox still need optimization, like at all. So in that sense there's way more than 3 competing platforms right now.
Ehh, there's some that are definitely into the old arcadey stuff, they're more on the boomer side though, and kind of insular compared to the Hidden Palaces and stuff(also somewhat goofy, but i digress). Also the games these communities jerks themselves off over is Sonic the Hedgehog(Sonic 2 arguably being the backbone of the entire hobby), Pokemon, the occasional autistic's obsession(Blinks the time sweeper and Pac Man: Ghost Zone are two that comes to mind), really just stuff kids are into since the majority of the community seems to range anywhere from under 13(ever seen a child get so very obviously groomed in real time?) to early 20s.
Speaking of which, it's insane how so many vintage games are still worth a mint, but also shithole chinese sites like Wish sell multicarts with collections of incredibly rare games, perfectly playable on any real NES. Other than a game select screen, there is no difference between playing Little Samson on a 146-in-1 cart and a $1000 original.
The collecting bubble was on the verge of bursting right before Covid. Alas, I am tens of thousands of dollars in real world wealth richer, even without inflation, but consider myself poorer for it.)
NES or SNES classic. There you go. Or Wii/Wii U virtual console.
That's how you know they hate the Japanese branch.
All of these things are discontinued, dude.
As said, discontinued. If they still sold the SNES Classic for $79.99 like its release I'd be all for it. But Nintendon't.
Feel free to give me all the rainbows in the world for this theory, but what if Nintendo went the Netflix route because of emulation? Hear me out: They know that pirating N64 and earlier is stupidly easy, and most people who know anything about emulation are just going to emulate regardless of what the official solution is. But a lot of people just want a quick and convenient way to play a bunch of old games at a low price, and that’s where a subscription-based solution comes in. These people don’t care about good shaders or modern advancements in emulation, and they don’t even care about “owning” the games; they just want simplicity. And the people who want more will (ideally) think “it’s only a few bucks per month and I also get online play and ‘free’ DLC through the expansion pass, so why not? I can always fall back on emulation.” It also gives Nintendo the PR boost of occasionally saying “hey guys, [popular game that they waited 4+ years to add] is available RIGHT NOW and it’s FREE”.
Seems like more of a response to Games with Gold & PlayStation Plus than anything. It costs very little and adds value to the Switch Online service. Emulation and bootlegs have been a thorn in Nintendo's side forever, and frankly, it's strange how rarely they used to capitalize on their back catalog. The vast majority of the NES and SNES libraries remained exclusive to their consoles until the Wii Virtual Console, so emulation was the only way to play them without original carts for a very long time, yet Nintendo was just as notoriously rabid about takedowns as ever.
The fact that you can't outright purchase a classic game is the real problem here. I would say it's intentionally this way, probably so when they bring their online service to the next console, you still need to pay the subscription to access the classic library.
