I’d imagine so, it’s an d game, not sure how much they’re still making in it (not much I’d guess given the rampant hacking concerns and protests I’ve seen online)
So… Why not do the cool thing and open source it for the community to maybe build something cool in it (hell I’m SURE someone will make some neat stuff)
Usually valve releases boxes with skins for summer, halloween and winter. I dont know if some are made by valve or all are community created with a cut for the creators. But it seems a low effort way to keep making money out of an old game.
And TF2 is still extremely popular, both with high player numbers, active content creators, community tournaments and the like.
not sure but maybe has to do with patents(?) since most companies can hold 20 yr patent terms on thier products in USA and they decided to went with the better side of “why not open this thing up? we already made some money out of it”
Not really how patents work. It does not matter if the code is open or not, others are still not allowed to use patented code elsewhere or at least not commercially. (Not talking about the legitimacy of software patents)
Ig it depends on how close Switch 2 is to the original switch and if Nintendo decides to group them together in their reporting numbers like they do for the DS all the way up until the 3DS.
I think if there are no “Switch 2 cartridges” and it’s all just Switch Cartridges, with just Cartridges that need a Switch 2 to “unlock full performance” it’ll probably be grouped the same. That’s how it was with the DS, all DSs could play all DS cartridges with just limited performance or missing features (e.g. a DSi “enhanced” game would work for the most part on a DS Lite). Up until the 3DS, at that point the cartridge format changed and only the 3DS could play 3DS carts and thus Nintendo breaks it away into its own sales numbers
That’s what I meant by “WiiU style failure”. If the Switch 2 doesn’t really seem like a worthwhile upgrade, people may keep on buying Switches. My Switch just broke, so I’m hoping it’s not a dud.
Not all markets will jump immediately to the newest consoles. Brazil for example is lagging behind greatly when it comes to video game console due to high taxes and poor wages. PS2 and PS3 are still popular there. Even Sega Genesis was sold in Brazil up until recently (yes, newly manufactured Genesis).
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