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Nintendo Issues Multiple DMCAs On The Modding Site 'GameBanana' (www.nintendolife.com)

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[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 107 points 6 months ago

Honestly, pirating Nintendo products should be considered an ethical obligation at this point, just to spite them.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I have been since 1998, but I ramped it up recently since they went after Yuzu.

[-] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

You know what they say; if buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

It's not stealing in any case, it's copyright infringement. Which I will happily do!

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 6 points 6 months ago

Same. I'm not buying an entire console just for Zelda.

Same with Sony. I'm not buying a PS5 for final fantasy.

Fuck you Nintendo. Fuck you Sony.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

I just downloaded the entire GameCube library on my seedbox yesterday, SNES, NES, N64, etc are next.

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Not even just out of spite. In a way its another form of "voting with one's wallet". It will affect their sales, and if their heads aren't too far up their assess (like, sitting on their own shoulders), they'll finally get a clue.

But I'm not holding my breath.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Pirated copies of old ROMs that Nintendo doesn't sell anymore cannot be counted as "lost sales," so that really only applies to their latest releases.

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

You're right. I wasn't sure if you were talking about new or old games. I'll always encourage owning ROMs as opposed to paying monthly to access them for the few years they'll be available on [current device]. And with such a tiny library, too.

Then there are other factors, like not being able to access certain versions (Nintendo offers only the Shindou version of SM64 because breaking an ancient single player game for fun is verboten).