Don't care, I just this morning cancelled my Switch 2 pre-order with Very. Nintendo have been pulling some very s h - itty moves lately that are anti-consumer not to mention their over the top prices. I have an Xbox Series X, SteamDeck and a gaming PC, plus the Switch OLED...I think I'll be fine.
@Richnj Then if they cannot afford to pay Nintendo £60 for a game then don't play it. Buy a £5 indie game off Steam or a cheap one from Eshop - that IS the whole point. I can't afford a Ferrari so I have to buy a cheaper vehicle within my budget. It doesn't mean just because I can't afford a Ferrari I am entitled and justified to steal one.
@Vriess You didn't buy "the rights" to, you bought access to a non-exclusive licence that gave you permission to use one copy of the game on authorised hardware.
People may not like this distinction but it is the truth. With all this happening there is no wonder that the gaming industry is moving towards digital only. From there the next step will be online streaming only which will end emulation and licenced copies once and for all.
This is obviously quite an old article and I am responding 2 years later or so. But I would like all of you who have been praising Cloud gaming to reconsider. You only have to look at what is happening in the world in 2022 and the geopolitics and see how this is a tremendously bad idea.
All these poor users of Xbox and PS5 and Nintendo in Russia, who through no fault of their own have found that their boxes and the content that they have paid for is now next to useless after this Western BigTech corps decided to pull out of Russia and break contracts and leave the users of their consoles totally in up the sh*t creek without a paddle.
This goes to show the old adage that if you don't hold it you don't own it. At any point for any number of reasons these cloud servers (which are really just other people's computers - no such thing as the cloud) can be switched off or your access blocked. Do you get a full refund in such an instance? No you don't.
I own a switch but I also own a gaming PC running Linux and I have decided to make this my main gaming platform now because only Linux is fully under my control and assures me that any games I run locally on my system cannot be crippled or locked as they can on any other proprietary platform.
@SeantheDon29 No it wont happen, because Valve are not encouraging it. The Steam Deck is just a PC. Would Nintendo sue Microsoft for software that runs on Windows? Or Dell for making PCs that could also run emulation software?
To sue Valve Nintendo would have to demonstrate that Valve are a) encouraging Nintendo emulation and b) that they designed the Steam Deck for that purpose. It aint gonna happen.
I think people are completely forgetting the price of these games now days. At almost £60 a pop I am very pleased that the game offers value for money at approx 500 hours for 100% completion.
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Re: Nintendo Updates Its User Agreement To Crack Down On Emulation
@WiiSwitch2 You beat me too it but I cancelled mine this morning
Re: Nintendo Updates Its User Agreement To Crack Down On Emulation
Don't care, I just this morning cancelled my Switch 2 pre-order with Very. Nintendo have been pulling some very s h - itty moves lately that are anti-consumer not to mention their over the top prices. I have an Xbox Series X, SteamDeck and a gaming PC, plus the Switch OLED...I think I'll be fine.
Re: Nintendo Admits It Released A New Model Of The Switch To Fight Piracy
@Richnj Then if they cannot afford to pay Nintendo £60 for a game then don't play it. Buy a £5 indie game off Steam or a cheap one from Eshop - that IS the whole point. I can't afford a Ferrari so I have to buy a cheaper vehicle within my budget. It doesn't mean just because I can't afford a Ferrari I am entitled and justified to steal one.
Re: Nintendo Is Apparently Not Involved In The New Switch DRM Initiative
@Vriess You didn't buy "the rights" to, you bought access to a non-exclusive licence that gave you permission to use one copy of the game on authorised hardware.
People may not like this distinction but it is the truth. With all this happening there is no wonder that the gaming industry is moving towards digital only. From there the next step will be online streaming only which will end emulation and licenced copies once and for all.
Re: Lord Of The Rings Game Gets Release Window After Multiple Delays
Just got an email from Amazon UK telling me the release date of my pre-order of this game has been moved to 3rd January 2025! Yes 2025.
I am guessing this will never be released for Switch.
Re: Talking Point: Cloud Gaming On Switch – The Pros And Cons Of The Cloud
This is obviously quite an old article and I am responding 2 years later or so. But I would like all of you who have been praising Cloud gaming to reconsider. You only have to look at what is happening in the world in 2022 and the geopolitics and see how this is a tremendously bad idea.
All these poor users of Xbox and PS5 and Nintendo in Russia, who through no fault of their own have found that their boxes and the content that they have paid for is now next to useless after this Western BigTech corps decided to pull out of Russia and break contracts and leave the users of their consoles totally in up the sh*t creek without a paddle.
This goes to show the old adage that if you don't hold it you don't own it. At any point for any number of reasons these cloud servers (which are really just other people's computers - no such thing as the cloud) can be switched off or your access blocked. Do you get a full refund in such an instance? No you don't.
I own a switch but I also own a gaming PC running Linux and I have decided to make this my main gaming platform now because only Linux is fully under my control and assures me that any games I run locally on my system cannot be crippled or locked as they can on any other proprietary platform.
Re: Steam Deck Nintendo Emulation Videos Are Being Pulled From YouTube
@SeantheDon29 No it wont happen, because Valve are not encouraging it. The Steam Deck is just a PC. Would Nintendo sue Microsoft for software that runs on Windows? Or Dell for making PCs that could also run emulation software?
To sue Valve Nintendo would have to demonstrate that Valve are a) encouraging Nintendo emulation and b) that they designed the Steam Deck for that purpose. It aint gonna happen.
Re: Dying Light 2 Will Take At Least 500 Hours To "Fully Complete"
I think people are completely forgetting the price of these games now days. At almost £60 a pop I am very pleased that the game offers value for money at approx 500 hours for 100% completion.