• Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I expect this is true. But just to point it out…

    From the article:

    It’s worth noting, however, that customer service representatives are often hired by agencies that don’t have intimate, accurate knowledge of a niche issue like this

    So it is entirely possible that this is not true.

  • BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    As an early buyer of the Nintendo Switch, it’s nice to know I don’t need to budget to save up to buy the Switch 2, since I won’t be because of this.

  • ABCDE@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    So there will not be a way to play it when they eventually turn off their online service for the console. Uh huh. They were what we thought were the last bastions of protecting content/games, now… yeah, okay, they are just shooting themselves in the foot again and again here.

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      14 hours ago

      Then they’re all shocked Pikachu that people are so determined to emulate them. You know what games aren’t being jailbroken en masse right now? Steam games. Because the store has been trustworthy since day one. They may break that trust but it hasn’t happened yet.

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        12 hours ago

        Not sure I understand the comparison. Steam DRM is easy to remove, and there’s no device to jailbreak as it’s just a PC.

        • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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          6 hours ago

          I think that’s my point, that they’ve built such a easy to use trustworthy store that everyone just buys it because what’s the point of stealing anything from them. Vs Nintendo when that’s the first thing people start working on.

      • Something Burger 🍔@jlai.lu
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        8 hours ago

        What? Steam’s DRM is so broken that most games are available on pirate sites within minutes of their release.

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        13 hours ago

        Piracy not a thing from pc games?

        Then yeah, preserving games will be as problem, but it’s not a Nintendo specific issue.

        Say valve goes under, think you’ll still have games accessible?

        As far as know, only gog allows for backup.

  • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
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    18 hours ago

    Hence the reason to try and get yuzu and the other emulators to stop being out there. They know theyre just hosing their customer base and needed to try and minimize the damage they will do to themselves

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    17 hours ago

    Like forever, not just because they’re rushing this out the door? There won’t be any Switch 2 carts of cross-gen games?