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[–] coldasblues@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 minutes ago

Yet another reason for you peasants to throw down your pitch forks and accept the all mighty PC as your lord and savior.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 1 points 32 minutes ago

Nintendo has already disabled my ability to give a shit about Nintendo, let's see them disable my CFW 3DS babyyyyy

[–] Chill_Dan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

I started pirating my Nintendo needs last generation and it runs so much better. Never buying from this anti-consumer company again.

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 8 points 3 hours ago

Nintendo: "you bought our hardware, but we will brick it if you don't use it in exactly the way we like!"

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 33 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Remember, when tech bros complain that Regulations Stifle Innovation, this is the kind of "innovation" they're talking about.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They want to innovate some more money out of your pockets.

[–] Chill_Dan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

They can have the moths over my cold dead body.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

yo ho, all hands, hoist the colors high,

heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die.

The current management of nintendo will never figure it out. Piracy is the competition. It's not about getting the thing for free, it's about getting a better service. I'd buy mario 3 again (again) if that meant I'd get a rom I could run on my pc through FCEUX and enjoy all the features/enhancements that software offers. There's a handful of gamecube games available on switch2, but all of them are better through Dolphin than what official hardware can offer. Nintendo's refund policy is a joke. The eshop is unpleasant to use. Even ignoring all of that, the original switch only had a handful of actual first party titles, not enough to justify the console's price tag (and each those were merely ok, not enough to justify buying a console for one game).

sega sells their games on steam, and while I don't like the emulator they use I can at least say that I own a legal copy of sonic spinball.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

When they release a new system they will probably brick them anyway

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 33 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Well, their shitty attitude towards consumers is why I won’t be getting a switch 2. So they can try bricking my asshole.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I'll do what I did with Switch games: download the emulated versions, barely play them, and seed them.

[–] Goten@piefed.social 18 points 16 hours ago

i stopped buying nintendo after wii. fuck them

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Nintendo, you are supposed to be the good guy company remember?

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago

Sadly the good guys retired and left the company with the rats.

[–] edwardbear@lemmy.world 82 points 1 day ago (1 children)

better consumer protection says what

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

It says "Sign the Stop Destroying Videogames initiative if you can"

[–] edwardbear@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

I have, and I have advocated for it everywhere.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

Americans can't sign it, but the law would absolutely benefit American gamers.

If they have to do the legwork to leave the games in a playable state or pass it to the community, American gamers will be able to participate.

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 5 points 14 hours ago

Why do I suddenly hear someone yelling "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED" ?

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge 155 points 1 day ago (1 children)

considers altering entire network stack to trick a Switch 2 into thinking it never leaves EU soil

"Nah, I'll probably just not buy one. Fuck em."

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 60 points 23 hours ago (14 children)

Steam Deck, nothing more than Steam Deck...

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[–] kaotic@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

This was the final straw for me, I'm done with Nintendo.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because in the US, you guys aren't really consumers (which would give you a status), you're merely walking and vaguely sentient (hopefully enough to click on "add to cart") wallets that the corporations pluck money from at every opportunity. This is your legally enforced reality.

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