alt Hacker NewsNintendo in particular leans way too hard on old intellectual property.
The first step to their continued survival is admitting that they lost. They put up a good fight, but betting the farm on nostalgia was already pissing in the wind 20 years ago. AI is a hurricane in comparison.
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Do you think Nintendo, Disney, and other IP holders, are going to roll over? Just like RIAA did when MP3s were being traded? They are bigger now than ever and the rest of us are stuck with laws that threaten fair use, eliminate first sale rights, and threaten people who just want to fix the stuff they bought.
The bear will only be poked so much before it decides to get up. If the fight seems existential, it’s not the content owners who are going to end up losing.
GameCube/GBA era was the last time they made great games with any consistency. Every single series had a significantly worse game for Wii/DS, yet the Wii sold way better and all the IGN reviews were great. 10/10 for Skyward Sword.
Agree and disagree. The OoT remake that just came out is basically all-in on banking on nostalgia, and it's sold out basically everywhere, so obviously what they're doing works even today. Them taking stuff down like this though is just obviously out of line, for much the same reason. If your stuff is flying off the shelves and selling out the world over, it should not matter to you that some people are ripping stuff for free on the internet somewhere. You made your money already, what more do you want?