Comment on Nintendo shuts down Ryujinx
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month agoYou were buying Switch games but because of something unrelated to your gaming and purchasing habits, you’re going to stop your unrelated behavior?
Comment on Nintendo shuts down Ryujinx
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month agoYou were buying Switch games but because of something unrelated to your gaming and purchasing habits, you’re going to stop your unrelated behavior?
refalo@programming.dev 1 month ago
that is typically how boycotts work yes.
Nestle isn’t poisoning their bottled water but some people still refuse to buy it.
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
What doesn’t make sense though is why now all of a sudden? They were content to buy Nintendo games up until yesterday, but the Ryujinx takedown, which was amicably agreed upon between Nintendo and the devs, that was the final straw? This just screams disingenuous en vogue Nintendo bashing to me.
nef@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Are you suggesting that no one is allowed to see Nintendo do a new bad thing and say “I’m no longer willing to give them my money”?
Not to mention there’s nothing ‘amicable’ about a massive corporation, infamous for their lawsuits, approaching a single programmer with a deal that is obviously the only way to avoid being sued, despite the fact that emulators are legal.
If someone purchases a Switch game they have every right to back it up and use an emulator to play it. Instead of strongarming these projects into submission, the ethical thing would be working with them to sell legal access to ROMs.
refalo@programming.dev 1 month ago
It’s not new though, it has been happening for years. Selection bias might be skewing your view.
WldFyre@lemm.ee 1 month ago
That was their point lol
This is arguably the tamest thing Nintendo has done recently, so it’s a weird final straw
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yup
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t even have a single Nintendo or game of any sort. My kids got dupped by YouTube and so now it’s either cry or pay for that shit…a few years ago… Today though, they are old enough to get pissed at things. I shall explain what Nintendo is doing so that they make better choices in the future.