• toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    …Recent laws in Japan have criminalized console and game modding, as well as save file editing…

    WHAT? why?..what???

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      2 months ago

      Because:

      Due to an amendment in December 2018 of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act in Japan, certain gaming-related activities and services have now been declared illegal. This includes:

      • Distribution of tools and programs for modifying game saves
      • Selling product keys and serials online without the software maker’s permission
      • Game save and console modding services
        As such, sales of products such as Pro Action Replay and Cybergadget’s “Save editor” have been discontinued.

      https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/abk551/save_game_editors_and_console_modding_now_illegal/

      It’s meant to ban sale of hardware devices and services that allow playing pirated games on Switch and such, but due to the way it’s worded it just bans them all.

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        2 months ago

        lol man is just a game. Let me have fun exploring hidden rooms. No one is committing a crime by modifying their own game save.

  • tabular@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’m sure Nintendo still make great games, but that’s not enough anymore.

    One day I hope more video game embrace open source/free software values.

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        2 months ago

        I bought a used Switch and run custom firmware on it. Nintendo execs seething right now cause that’s perfectly legal. I am untouchable

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, I have zero desire to give them money. Luckily, there are solid options that aren’t them, notably the steam deck for portable gaming and pc/xbox/ps5 for home gaming.

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        2 months ago

        Console Gaming is a lot less worse than Nintendo, but if you (or someone else) wants to be ‘pure’, they are also not recommended. Consoles are locked-down PCs controlled by the companies, not you, and they abuse their captive consumers by charging multiplayer online, having less promotions (and getting worse with time at that, by eliminating the physical disks), demanding subscriptions with ever more grades and higher prices, tying games to a digital account they can revoke, and not letting the users use the hardware as they see fit in general. PC gaming avoids most or all these issues, with steam excelling in everything (sans the digital license tied to the account, but even that is mitigated because their DRM is weak, and games frequently are found on the high seas if needed), and GoG (and itch.io, etc) respecting completely its customers (offline instalers, completely at your control).

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    2 months ago

    Yet another abuse of the DMCA. They seem to think the takedown process applies where any copyright infringement takes place. It only applies if the material is copyrighted by them. Even if the game was pirated and someone in the video explicitly said that, DMCA takedowns would NOT apply.

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    2 months ago

    Nintendo once again treats its fans with contempt and hostility. It’s not a good look.

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      2 months ago

      And Nintendo fans will respond by obediently lining up to immediately buy the Switch 2 and every single re-re-re-rereleased game for it the second it launches.

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      1 month ago

      Maybe they fear switch 2 sales would plummet if emulation and PC handhelds stick around when they launch. I disagree coz the two attract different kinds of gamers, but they aren’t cool like that.

  • DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Really hope that when one day Nintendo dies due to their own incompetence/negligence, everything they’ve ever done becomes lost media and they fade into complete obscurity.

    If they don’t want to have their shit preserved then so be it, they’ll be forgotten and the world will move on without them.