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lechekaflan, miesiąc temu do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

That corporation is still stuck in 1985 or 1989 (otherwise stuck in the Showa Era), trying to keep absolute control of anything it made.

iknowitwheniseeit, miesiąc temu

The 1980s were before the DMCA. In those days if you bought an expensive piece of electronics both seller and buyer expected that you owned it.

Vodulas, miesiąc temu do gaming w 200 Overwatch devs at Activision Blizzard vote to unionize [Eurogamer]

Fuck yes!

PeterisBacon, miesiąc temu do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

Cool! Time to go to the sea for more nintendo stuff! Good think you cant brick a device you dont have control over 😘

BlameTheAntifa, miesiąc temu do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

Oh, you thought you owned that thing you bought? No. This is 2025. You own nothing. It doesn’t matter how much money you gave them. Yeah, gave them. Because you didn’t buy that stuff. You’re just borrowing it.

carrion0409, miesiąc temu do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

Well I also reserve the right to not buy their underpowered shit.

SoloCritical, miesiąc temu do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

Nintendo emailed me today saying something like they changed their EULA and if I didn’t do anything then it counts as accepting the new EULA unless I close my account. Haven’t had a switch in years, didn’t even like it and gave it away. Anyway I closed my Nintendo account immediately.

echodot, miesiąc temu

It was such an underwhelming product at least from my point of view. I mostly just kept it docked but really other than Zelda games there wasn’t anything worth playing.

I still own it, but for the life of me I couldn’t tell you where it is.

umbraroze, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu) do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

That’s it, I’m going to skip Switch 2 and get a Steam Deck next. And I’ll stick to stuff that can run Dolphin.

(Learns that Xbox Series can also run Dolphin without modding) Well shit, I’m set for life, now just need to sort out the portable console situation

Saleh, miesiąc temu

If corporate enshittification is the reason for you to skip on the switch, giving any more money to Microsoft doesn’t make sense either.

samus12345, miesiąc temu

I assume they already gave them money for it years ago.

Faydaikin, miesiąc temu do gaming w 200 Overwatch devs at Activision Blizzard vote to unionize [Eurogamer]

A bit late, but good for them.

Dark_Arc, miesiąc temu

How is it late?

Faydaikin, miesiąc temu

Might have helped a bit both before and during Koticks rampage.

anarchyrabbit, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu) do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

That’s cool. I’ll install Torzu on my ROG ally and play all the fucking switch games I want to.

ConstantPain, miesiąc temu do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

Sony tried that in Brazil, but it didn’t go as planned. The court ordered them to unbrick it, but they had to provide a new console because they couldn’t unbrick it. And they paid damages.

entropicdrift, miesiąc temu do gaming w Some retailers have broken Doom: The Dark Ages' street date, and huge spoilers are already out there [Eurogamer]

Oh no, not spoilers for the plot of Doom. Now nobody will want to play it /s

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu

From what I understand it is actually the most plot heavy Doom to date, so some people might actually care.

entropicdrift, miesiąc temu

I mean, maybe. Doom 3 was pretty plot-driven too, but yeah. I guess my point is that the series is really all about fun gameplay.

SnotFlickerman, miesiąc temu

I wholeheartedly agree… but then I think getting upset about spoilers is silly in general. If a plot point or piece of information wrecks a book/film/television show/video game for you, odds are it wasn’t a very quality one anyway.

Still, I try to respect that I’m deeply in the minority in that opinion.

entropicdrift, miesiąc temu

There are certain stories where a good amount of the first-time enjoyment is trying to guess the outcome/twist, like murder mysteries. IMO it really depends on the story structure.

BadlyDrawnRhino, miesiąc temu

Part of my enjoyment is not necessarily knowing what is coming next so that I can experience it for myself. Spoilers won’t completely ruin something for me, but it is taking something away from the experience.

Also, to everyone out there, just tag the spoilers so people can make up their own mind what they read. It takes a bare minimum of effort to do so. It’s akin to holding the door open for someone behind you, it’s not going to be the end of the world if you don’t, but it can make someone’s day a fraction better if you do.

spooky2092, miesiąc temu

I mostly agree, but then there are pieces of media like Memento where spoiling it changes how you watch the movie. Because you’re likely going to be looking for how they put the movie together to build up to that reveal at the end.

weew, miesiąc temu

Hey guys, I think I saw some things that have, like, fangs and horns and stuff. Do you… Do you think there might be demons? In a DOOM game?

etchinghillside, miesiąc temu

I need to know the origins of the BFG.

Kolanaki, miesiąc temu

I mean, the new ones do actually have a story. With dialogue and everything. Though I have to agree with Carmack when he said “a story in a video game is as important as a story in a porno.”

DarkDarkHouse, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

Glad it’s not just me that thinks there’s too much exposition in games that don’t need it e.g., Doom. The good writers understand the medium and the story unfolds through play but the bad ones make you read walls of text. If I wanted so many words I’d read a book.

entropicdrift, miesiąc temu

For real. Digital Choose Your Own Adventure type books are fun if that’s what you’re trying to buy, but Doom is about gameplay

Faydaikin, miesiąc temu do gaming w Some retailers have broken Doom: The Dark Ages' street date, and huge spoilers are already out there [Eurogamer]

Completely unrelated.

That id software is now owned by Microsoft pisses me off way more than it should. I was already iffy when they were acquired by Zenimax.

And there’s literally no one left of the original crew at this point.

I think I’m done with Doom, Wolfenstein and all that.

Rant over and sorry. It all just dawned on me when I saw the post.

theangriestbird, miesiąc temu

it sucks that half of my favorite studios are now owned by a company that makes it’s money on literally killing people. i want to support the devs for the amazing games that they made but i don’t want my money supporting that heinous shit.

sw00Sh, miesiąc temu

You can decide to be unhappy (or not). The old games will not be stolen from you, and all complains aside, there are far more good games on the market than 20 years ago.

Faydaikin, miesiąc temu

I know that and I’m happy that there is so much to choose from these days, simply because distribution isn’t a big issue anymore. The indie scene has never been in a better place.

It’s a nostalgia thing. Plus, I’m against the whole “exclusivity” thing. And a bunch of other reasons, but it hardly matters.

Sometimes you just need to vent your disappointment, you know?

sw00Sh, miesiąc temu do gaming w Some retailers have broken Doom: The Dark Ages' street date, and huge spoilers are already out there [Eurogamer]

What spoiler? You rip and tear until it’s done.

Dremor, miesiąc temu do games w Doom: The Dark Ages' PS5 physical release reportedly has just 85MB on disc, and Xbox isn't much bigger

Truly the dark ages…

Stovetop, miesiąc temu do games w Doom: The Dark Ages' PS5 physical release reportedly has just 85MB on disc, and Xbox isn't much bigger

So much for physical media.