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Re: Nintendo Wins $2.1 Million In Lawsuit Against ROM Website

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@victordamazio You would be wrong. Stealing personal and confidential information is identity theft.

When someone/company create IP it belongs to them and they offer you a license to view/use/play it. Sometimes this license is in perpetuity but not always. They want to sell you the license or product not give it away. Theft is theft no matter how you try to rationalize it.

Re: Nintendo Wins $2.1 Million In Lawsuit Against ROM Website

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This has become more of a complicated issue for me. I am totally against piracy but the real problem is the loss of games and the ability to play them. Nintendo may be sitting on these waiting for the moment to capture more income but many times companies do this and then go out of business and the IP gets entangled in a legal nightmare. I am leaning more towards the Id philosophy of releasing the code for the fans to create more content but not monetize it.

There needs to be some resolution to this. Games/Roms cannot be free, at least during the peak saleable period of time, but eventually we need to save these for others to play and enjoy. Or laugh at.

Re: Video: 100 Amazing Wii Games In 20 Minutes

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@TheFox
The motion controls were really not utilized as they expected and they were so many other things they could do that rarely were used in games. The Wii U was the answer to some of those issues. Which of course they failed to market correctly.

I loved the Wii but Wii sports and a few other games were probably the only ones that used most of the Wiimote features. They had a new controller coming out which was an improvement but it was canceled.

Re: Microchip Shortages Potentially Impacting Switch Covered In '60 Minutes' Report

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@pixelpatch
The essence of your response is true but the reality is people will not pay actual prices for technology that is upgradeable as they did in the 80s and 90's. So to assuage the market tech companies use the peanut better analogy of cutting costs where they can to keep prices in check but lowering value so it appears you are getting the same deal.

Re: Microchip Shortages Potentially Impacting Switch Covered In '60 Minutes' Report

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@Kieroni
I also write books and I have been looking for a small laptop/2 in 1 I can take on the road with me to do my chapters. As you said supply is tight and even used junky laptops on auction sites are going for stupid money. I found an HP stream for $199(USD) which is not really powerful but may the ticket for a durable, small laptop that is inexpensive. Reviews are mostly good but you have to use micro sd cards for extra storage. I get in a few days. Hopefully it will be a fit for my needs.

Re: Dragon Quest Creator Teases Possible HD-2D Remakes Of The First Two Games

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@TheWingedAvenger
For me Dragon Warrior. or Dragon Quest 1, was a near perfect RPG. It was also the first one I had on NES. An HD remake would be interesting but how they would do it and keep the balance of gameplay and storyline is the question. I find it quite laughable when people complain about it not aging well or being too hard or too much of a grind when it shares a quite similar structure to The Legend of Zelda.

Re: Rumour: Get That Salt Ready, Apple Is Reportedly Working On A Nintendo Switch-Style Hybrid Console

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There are several issues with this alleged rumor:
1) Apple would not develop a separate SOC when the M series or Bionic chips have been proven already.
2) Consulting Ubisoft seems shaky at best especially being released as public knowledge. Apple would keep this info private because it goes against their walled garden philosophy.
3) The P/L structure on gaming is horrible for a company that loves extremes profits and they are already are trying Arcade with no success,
4) The strongest and most likely project rumor is the self driving vehicle or some type of software/hardware platform for one. This project has concrete details out there and the team is still inside working on it.