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Roundcat, do gaming w Ubisoft thinks it's okay to delete your games library now apparently
@Roundcat@kbin.social avatar

I'm starting to feel better about boycotting them after the unaddressed sexual abuse cases.

Kichae,

What are you talking about? They totally addressed that. Someone from HR even stepped down! /s

I used to work in a small Ubisoft studio, and while I was there one of the managers investigated an employee for sexual harassment. He took it super serious, and, as far as I can tell, did everything right. Then he took the case to HR and... Left the company about 6 weeks later.

The sexual harasser also left, eventually, but I think the order of things tells a story.

JcbAzPx, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

Pretty sure there’s prior art on that now.

dodos,

The article seems to touch on this saying patent offices struggle to find prior art since they look at previous patent documentation, not previous games.

brucethemoose, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

What’s interesting is they file this in the US.

Is there a reason they don’t file patents in Japan instead?

brucethemoose, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

Original source:

gamesfray.com/last-week-nintendo-and-the-pokemon-…

I hate to be nitpicky, but try to link the original, and post where you found it (GameRant) in the description instead.

griD, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

Insane. I summoned shit in video games 40y ago. Fuck you.

Bronzebeard, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

Wtf is with all these patents being granted literally decades after the original concept was implement and if patented then (despite the generic unpatttenable concept) would have already excited by now?

zrst, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

Copyright and patent laws need to die.

Samuelwankenobi,

I wouldn’t say it needs to die but it does need changing quite a bit

SlartyBartFast, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

Nintendo suing Cloud for summoning Bahamut next

W3dd1e, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

Does anyone have a patent on making animals fight each other?

How is Pokémon still a thing anyway? Imaginary dogfighting is still fucked up.

FuckFascism,

Imaginary murder is also fucked up, but shooter games are still pretty fun. Should we ban all non-educational books and media that portay violence? Cartoon violence nonetheless… Though I will say fuck Nintendo.

W3dd1e,

You’re not wrong.

But something just feels more wrong about Dog Fighting Simulator 2025 to me.

Velypso,

You sound like PETA lol.

Time to go take a homeless guys dog

W3dd1e,

I’m actually a big supporter of giving homeless people help to care for their pets. A pets love is unconditional and everyone deserves that feeling.

www.petsofthehomeless.org

FuckFascism,

I understand what you mean.

Soulg,

Probably because you’re calling it dog fighter simulator over and over

W3dd1e,

People hate the truth.

Soulg,

No people hate annoying people. Nobody cares if you don’t like Pokemon.

W3dd1e,

Bro thinks I don’t play Pokémon.

Y’all are so angry.

Weedle is my favorite of the Kanto region. I also like Dwebble and Blitzle from Unova region.

Bronzebeard,

People correctly identifying what you’re saying as stupid doesn’t mean they’re angry. Do you always misinterpret people’s emotions so badly?

W3dd1e,

Do you? 😘

Lemminary,

Classic Lemmy moment. There’s no need to take fiction seriously as if carries onto real life. Let people enjoy things.

W3dd1e,

Yeah I wasn’t being serious but based on the downvotes I don’t think Lemmy got that.

My intent was actually to fuck over Nintendo with a patent about making your pets fight each other the way they keep gobbling up patents for shit that already exists.

VindictiveJudge,
@VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world avatar

You made a comment that is typically meant with complete seriousness without any indication you were joking. PETA, for example, has an entire anti-Pokemon campaign built on the premise that Pokemon is animal cruelty.

W3dd1e,

Yeah. I can see it wasn’t clear and then I started trolling people who yelled at me which didn’t help my case.

I should have been more clear, that I was trying to call out the hypocrisy of Nintendo’s lawsuit with Palworld (Pokémon with guns) when their own game could be considered just as immoral by some.

I’m annoyed at companies that would rather sue than compete. Palworld is a different game with different ideas.

It’s on me for not being clear!

SharkAttak,
@SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org avatar

BRB going to patents office.

W3dd1e,

Thank you to the one person who understood my comment.

٩(。•́‿•̀。)۶

SharkAttak,
@SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org avatar

The Nintendogs swarmed in, apparently...

echodot, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

That’s nothing. My parent covers thinking of already long established ideas, then claiming them as your own. If you do that, I’ve got you.

Apple are doomed.

Squizzy,

This happens a lot. Its where yoga came from.

Rooty, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

I’m pretty sure SMT has prior art.

douglasg14b,
@douglasg14b@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah but how many devs and studios can take Nintendo to court to prove that and win?

Most cannot afford to play in our legal system, so Nintendo wins here.

thatKamGuy, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

All good, I’m currently lodging a patent on lodging patents for a system for summoning a character.

See you in court, Nintendo!

P.S.: I’m also lodging a patent for a system of pirating every single game on a Nintendo platform (past, present and future), however I will be opening that one up to the public once granted.

mesamunefire, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

Welp there goes Coromon, Palworld, and a WHOLE lot of indies. Plus wasnt digimon the first not Nintendo?

neon_nova,

I think shen megami tensi didn’t before them. Dragon quest might have, but I’m not sure about that one.

taiyang,

Can confirm, DQ5 (1992) had monster catching. Not sure if I’d call it summoning, but Pokemon took clear inspiration from that game in particular.

trslim,

Digital Debil Story Megami Tensei 1989 beats Pokemon, so Atlus should 100% sue Nintendo to give them a taste of their own medicine.

wizardbeard, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

No way that holds up when challenged. Gacha games alone prove existing work.

CosmoNova,

I believe existing work doesn‘t matter much in Japanese patent law for some reason. You either have patented it or you haven‘t. That‘s what we‘ve been seeing with this lawsuit again and again. Honestly, Pocketpal should consider moving to Singapore or something to avoid this bullshit.

echodot,

This is US law

On September 2, the Japanese gaming giant was issued a U.S. patent that covers a somewhat broad implementation of a system for summoning characters into battle. Identified by patent number 12,403,397

Absolutely ridiculous this was even granted. What is the point in the system if people are just going to be allowed to patent general ideas and vague concepts. How about I got patent my idea of a gun game. See you in court every game with guns.

dumbass,
@dumbass@leminal.space avatar

You’re shocked a corporation got what it wanted from the US government?

november,

We have got to stop saying "you're surprised?" whenever anyone points out something being morally wrong. They didn't say they were surprised, @DUMBASS (appropriate username, though).

CosmoNova,

Alright, that was unexpected. To be honest it doesn‘t even make sense. I’m assuming they‘ll lose that patent in trial as quickly as they got it then. How ridiculous.

Coelacanth,
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

Let’s hope so, because this sounds like it could be pretty disastrous doesn’t it? But who’s gonna afford challenging Nintendo?

VindictiveJudge,
@VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world avatar

Microsoft, Sony, EA, Activision, or Square Enix would be my guess.

Darkcoffee, do games w Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character

Nintendo has no fucking shame.

Cris16228,

The real problem is people supporting them…

Cocopanda,

I haven’t given Nintendo a dollar in 30 years now. Not since my last N64 game purchase.

Cris16228,

People complain about their practices then when they release something they go suck their dicks

People complained about switch 2, people still bought it

People complained about $80 games, people still bought it

Cocopanda,

Not me. I never buy anything new. I’m a eBay expert.

umbrella,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

nintendo isnt held up by just you though, sadly

echodot,

I won’t mind sommuch, If their games were even remotely worth $80. But they’re not, let’s face it, if it’s a competition between yet another mairo cart and a steam deck plus a few indi and AA titles, it ain’t even a competition. The high cost of the steam deck is offset by the low cost of the games.

Whitebrow,

I’m not sure steam deck would even be considered “high cost” since you can get a refurbished unit directly from steam for about half the price of a switch 2.

And even a brand new one is still cheaper.

Plus there are parts and instructions available on how to fix and replace pieces yourself should that ever be needed, unlike some drift issues from Nintendo’s controllers where they basically tell you to spend more money or get bent.

shadowedcross,
@shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yeah, I don’t think the people complaining are buying them, it’s always a vocal minority, the main populace couldn’t care less.

Psythik,

They don’t mean you. They mean the people in the Nintendo communities who downvote and mod even the slightest criticism of their precious company.

slaneesh_is_right,

I haven’t bought a console since the game cube, and bought a switch for my nephew. When i saw the prices of the games, i was a bit confused. Why is a 8 year old game still full price, why does it have the most disgusting dlc system i have ever seen and so on. I asked that in a nintendo sub Reddit. It wasn’t reddit, but i don’t remember where. People there were insane tbh. They defended their previous nintendo to the death. Their answer to everything was basically: buy the game and dlc and shut the fuck up, it’s worth it.

mariusafa,

Yeah but at the same time does people are already tech braindead. Maybe the people that has to go against them it’s not the tech brain dead but the people that care about tech ethics

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