Nintendo sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice for over 8,000 GitHub repositories hosting code from the Yuzu Switch emulator, which the Zelda maker previously described as enabling “piracy at a colossal scale.”
Because Nintendo makes good games? Because they want to relive an experience they had when they were younger? Or simply to play something that they missed when they were younger? Nintendo makes great games that are almost all reviewed highly, it’s just their legal side that is so shitty. When I’m playing a game it isn’t charity to the dev who made it. It’s because I want the experience that the game is offering. Nintendo has made (and still offers) some unique and high quality experiences through their games.
While I understand your point, my general point of view is, if you want something, for whatever reason, you pay for it, and if you don’t want to pay for it, for whatever reason, you just leave it.
Maybe it’s the difference between digital vs physical object. That argument won’t be used for anything physical, as digital-piracy and physically stealing aren’t exactly the same thing. But it feels to me that it’s still about feeling entitled to something (which isn’t basic life necessity) because we think a private company owe us something.
BTW just to clarify, I wasn’t talking about playing indie games as charity, just that that there are some really good ones coming out. For instance, games like Cassette Beasts and Tem Tem, which uses Pokémon formula but do something new with it. So, if someone is craving Pokémon like game, but don’t want to pay Nintendo (or GameFreak) they can try those.
Because Nintendo makes good games? Because they want to relive an experience they had when they were younger? Or simply to play something that they missed when they were younger? Nintendo makes great games that are almost all reviewed highly, it’s just their legal side that is so shitty. When I’m playing a game it isn’t charity to the dev who made it. It’s because I want the experience that the game is offering. Nintendo has made (and still offers) some unique and high quality experiences through their games.
While I understand your point, my general point of view is, if you want something, for whatever reason, you pay for it, and if you don’t want to pay for it, for whatever reason, you just leave it.
Maybe it’s the difference between digital vs physical object. That argument won’t be used for anything physical, as digital-piracy and physically stealing aren’t exactly the same thing. But it feels to me that it’s still about feeling entitled to something (which isn’t basic life necessity) because we think a private company owe us something.
BTW just to clarify, I wasn’t talking about playing indie games as charity, just that that there are some really good ones coming out. For instance, games like Cassette Beasts and Tem Tem, which uses Pokémon formula but do something new with it. So, if someone is craving Pokémon like game, but don’t want to pay Nintendo (or GameFreak) they can try those.