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Re: Saber Interactive CEO Doesn't Think $70 Video Games Are Sustainable

jco83

@Ryu_Niiyama "(and any other region I don’t know about that got a price increase for TOTK)."

That is exactly the point I am making ! America is THE ONLY REGION which didn't start off with the higher price point EVERY OTHER REGION DID ! but seems no one talks about it. Only the big hoo-ha "price-rise" gets talked about. Well guess what ! - TotK was never available at a lower price point for you - so you have had no price-rise ! 😂

Absolutely no point talking about exchange rates and all else you mention, every region obviously has its own price points. The point is: every region other than America has had a higher price point for BotW & SSBU since release. The end

Re: Saber Interactive CEO Doesn't Think $70 Video Games Are Sustainable

jco83

@Ryu_Niiyama because it should be being reported on as introducing PRICE PARITY with the rest of the world. When EVERY other country IN THE WORLD has had a higher price point for BotW & SSBU, America was fortunate to have been singled out and not given the higher price point (until TotK).

So American customers should actually be thankful for their LOWER price point for said prior games compared to everyone else, and only now seeing the higher price point for TotK.

Nintendo is a WORLDWIDE company. #entitlement

Re: Saber Interactive CEO Doesn't Think $70 Video Games Are Sustainable

jco83

Nintendo didn’t up its prices, it’s pretty irritating seeing this still being peddled. Nintendo merely brought America in-line with the rest of the ENTIRE world . . . ALL other countries had a higher price point for Breath of The Wild and Smash Ultimate, but for some reason America did not have a higher price point for these games. So all Nintendo did was deciding to not continue this with Tears of the Kindom. So now America has a higher price point just like EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ! EXCEPT they still have Breath of the Wild and Smash Ultimate at the standard price point ! So consider yourselves fortunate !! 🤓

Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Advance Library

jco83

@Skyman19 recent interview with Chrono Trigger director https://mynintendonews.com/2024/02/28/square-enix-interested-to-know-how-fans-would-like-chrono-trigger-to-be-remade/

Mother 3 was added to the Japanese GBA NSO+ app last month. If you have NSO+ you can change your Nintendo account country at https://accounts.nintendo.com/profile/edit (have no eShop credit / active subscriptions / pre-orders. If you are the Admin of a Family Group with any Child/Supervised accounts in the group you shouldn't change your account country to US or Quebec as they would need re-authenticating)

Re: Nintendo Switch Online 14-Day Free Trial Is Now Available (North America)

jco83

@KayFiOS I appreciate your comment. Unofficial emulation of current gen is without doubt a big no no. It just so happens that those who created the Switch emulator also created the 3DS emulator, and they agreed to take availability of both down. Everybody has their own opinions, the world is full of lots of different views and that's a good thing. People have their own moral compass, and we all live and learn every day. It strikes me that unofficial emulation has become more and more accepted as the norm. Dumping and ripping games leads to them being shared online. I remember being struck by how prevalent piracy on the DS became back at that time. And now this gen it became the norm to see people advising others that it is preferable to get a Steam Deck and emulate, instead of getting a Switch. I appreciate what you're saying about games that are no longer available. But that is part of marketing. Withholding things. Things the owner has every right to make available or not, that's their prerogative. No individual has any right to demand something which belongs to someone else be made available to them. It is completely up to Nintendo what they do with their games regardless of what critics say. Nintendo will be analysing and strategizing, and planning how to market everything they have created over all that time. Nintendo is a wonder, I really hope and want it to succeed.

Re: Nintendo Switch Online 14-Day Free Trial Is Now Available (North America)

jco83

@KayFiOS My intention was not to insult, only to convey what I feel is obvious. I'll remind you you called me a sheep. I could say that about all the people regurgitating the same arguments in favour of unofficial emulation.

An unofficial emulator has no right to exist. I am well aware many do exist. Nintendo has every right to offer emulators of its own consoles. They would obviously be the only ones that do have that right.

You mentioned preference when talking about unofficial emulators being better than official ones. It isn't a question of preference. It's simply a case of who has the right to offer it.

It actually seems quite difficult to make points against unofficial emulation, as there is so much parroting of the same arguments over and over again: preservation / I'll play my games on any hardware I choose / if Nintendo offered adequate services people wouldn't do it ... etc

Any reason is just an excuse to justify it, to reinforce resolve to continue doing it, and to further spread word of doing it.

Re: Switch Emulator Yuzu To Pay $2.4 Million To Nintendo & Cease Development

jco83

Hey @NintendoLife ! Could be a really good opportunity for a really interesting poll here !!

How about some suggestions for the options !?

Possibilities:

•"Piracy is fare game"

•"Emulation is legal and I have the right to play my games any way I like"

•"I support emulation but do not support piracy"

•"I disagree with emulating current gen systems"

•"I disagree with all unofficial emulation"

•"I support Nintendo"

😃👍

Re: Nintendo Sets Its Sights On Switch Emulator Yuzu In New Lawsuit

jco83

@dmcc0 Fair comment. It is surprising to me that making a copy of a legit copy is deemed legal. Is that regardless of format ? so it applies to digital too ? It strikes me as very strange that that is allowed. Copying is copying after all. It's not as if when you buy a game physically you are also getting a digital copy. It isn't actually possible to "format shift" is it, only to make an additional copy. Dumping or Ripping a game from a physical medium doesn't remove it from the physical medium. In this day of big digital format sales and streaming I can't see that being left unchallenged going forward.

My original comment was coming from a perspective of logic, and common sense. And as I later said - a matter of Respect. But it's also a matter of principle in my view. The way the world works is via value exchange. Something for something. It isn't a one-way street. Else it just doesn't work.

I appreciate your reply

Re: Nintendo Sets Its Sights On Switch Emulator Yuzu In New Lawsuit

jco83

To anyone defending piracy - NEWSFLASH: "Dumping" or "Ripping" games is COPYING. And that is the very purpose of copyright - to protect original works.

When you legitimately obtain a copy of a game it DOES NOT entitle you to duplicate it. You have a single copy of said game in the medium which you obtained it in.

Think of all the time and effort that goes into creating an original work. Be it film, music, videogame, anything. Created for the very purpose of selling copies of it. To earn money back, and hopefully make a profit on it. As well of course creating a piece of art which adds to the tapestry of life.

Copyright is the protection against illegitimate duplication. Only the creator / lisence holder of it has the prerogative to make copies of it available.

If you are interested in something then support it. Legitimate consumption is the only metric that counts. Even for older content. How do you think sequels or new versions / revivals of old content will come about ? - Only through measurable consumption of the existing content via legitimate platforms.

Lastly - You are not entitled to demand something be made available to you, that is the prerogative of the owner. They may do with it what they please. Something being unavailable to obtain legitimate access to DOES NOT grant you the right to obtain it by illegitimate means.

Re: Mother 3 Is Coming To Nintendo Switch Online, But There's A Catch

jco83

@dartmonkey There are no issues if you are the Admin of a Family Group which has no Child accounts (that is my circumstance)

As long as you don't have any eShop credit then there is no issue (must have NSO Auto-Renewal turned off, and NNID unlinked) 👍

*Just learned from your article that you also can't have any pre-orders.
Great article 💪 Really good job