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Just a silly shower thought I had after hearing about Nintendo's copyright claim against Russ from Retro Game Corps.

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have to wonder how long they can run on community goodwill. With handhelds like the Steam Deck and similar, surely it's gotta be only a matter of time until they have to change or die.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They won't die. Their largest demographic is prepubescent children. Mommy and Daddy's money isn't going anywhere

[–] mister_newbie@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd argue that they're more likely to morph into a patent troll if they ever do get anywhere close to their death throes.

We might even be witnessing the Genesis of that transformation now.

They have such a deep patent portfolio that they could really fuck with the whole industry.

If the switch 2 has the same lack of success as the Wii u I could see that

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Mommy and Daddy are being sued and told to eat shit because of pictures...mommy and daddy won't forget being treated like shit.