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boycott Nintendo products

after what happened with yuzu emu, im done...

EDIT: This post is a joke! It was posted in /c/memes, of course it is going to be a meme! If you consider this news, please re-evaluate your choice of sources.

At the same time, I think it says something about Nintendo that some actually believed this...

DinosaurThussy ,
@DinosaurThussy@hexbear.net avatar

what a touching story!!

callouscomic ,

I saw a lot of cool Nintendo Lego creations recently at a convention. Nothing had Nintendo names. Instead of Goomba, it was named "angry mushroom" and stuff like that.

Also Disney once told a family no multiple times regarding putting Spider-Man on their dead child's tombstone.

Fuck these corporations.

Xanis , (edited )

Worked in retail awhile back. Kept having glass shit fall off displays and ends. It wasn't TOO often, just enough to be an annoyance. They were stacking glass product on top of one another. I explained why this was a problem; they didn't care. Some time later I came back to the bosses with an argument:

This is how much we're charging for the product.

This is how much I make per hour.

Cleanup of said broken product takes X time.

This is how much I make in that time, or Y.

Which means a single broken product that breaks costs you Z, multiplied by the number of times it happens, plus the cost of the product itself.

This was what got their attention. These people usually aren't human, they're sociopaths. Remember that.

intensely_human ,

A * B * C = X

If X is less than the cost of a recall, they don’t do one.

eatham ,
@eatham@aussie.zone avatar

What are the variables?

greenmarty ,

I think boss was just lazy to think about it in this case and you gave him no other choice thou 😅

oatscoop ,
@oatscoop@midwest.social avatar

Also Disney once told a family no multiple times regarding putting Spider-Man on their dead child’s tombstone.

This is one of those situations where it's better to ask forgiveness than permission. Even the most cold-hearted corporate ghoul is going to understand the cost/benefit of going after that family isn't remotely worth it.

Yeah, the lawyers are going to say "no". But even if they're stupid enough to sue: some suit that isn't a moron is going to tell them to drop it during the ensuing PR nightmare, and the family will be swimming in donations.

intensely_human ,

“This Spider Man thing really paid off, Honey!”

KeenFlame ,

Well the reason it is like this, is because the lawyers that get to decide are "only doing their job" and can blame the policy. The ones responsible for policy are just slaves to the megacorp automaton machine that continues to not regard morals or ethics or laws in its hunger for profit. The one responsible for this mess is a machine where you can replace any or even all individuals and it will still continue to globally absorb value and eat anyone in its way. We nurture and cheer these machines on because they give us "profit" when in fact it gives only some profits to specific people that hoard it in Panama. I am very against these entities of destruction, but targeting any individual human is never going to help, and we probably can't stop them without actually using politics. Except all available options in politics all want to and are praised for nurturing these entities because they bring illusory cash flow to the region

ferralcat ,

I'm in Thailand and knockoff Disney stuff (and Legos) are pretty normal. And it's nice. The kids buying them have to deal with seeing their ads plastered all over town, so it's nice there are versions they can buy. I just wish they were so shitty quality and the big companies markup wasn't so fucking insane. Lego sets pretty regularly hit $200-$300 here. There literally is no Nintendo Thailand, so game prices are pretty random based on import fees that retailers can negotiate (or sneak through).

The nice thing is no one gives a shit about piracy. No risks really.

Frogmanfromlake ,
@Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net avatar

This reminds me of those old urban legends about Disney’s lawyers.

YeetPics ,
@YeetPics@mander.xyz avatar

Nah don't boycott Nintendo's shit; steal it.

gianni OP ,

How to steal something you can't own? Instructions unclear /s

simple ,
@simple@lemm.ee avatar

YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A SWITCH

YeetPics ,
@YeetPics@mander.xyz avatar

It's simple, steal another copy.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

*make an unauthorized copy of it

OpenStars ,
@OpenStars@startrek.website avatar

Already ha... oh uh, I mean nope, I sure wouldn't do that, ossifer law! :-P

Auzy ,

You're still buying Nintendo hardware.

Honestly, I stopped using Nintendo because of all the joycon issues, the fact they've been mainly just remaking the same games for 30 years and they screwed Wii u customers. You need to re buy the same games again.

On Wii u, not sure if this changed, but if you broke the main controller, you basically couldn't replace it.

They have a better rep than Microsoft and Sony , but I'm not convinced they deserve it

No idea why anyone would buy anything except a steamdeck these days

YeetPics ,
@YeetPics@mander.xyz avatar

still buying Nintendo hardware.

Steal that too, and if you wanna move the posts again consider emulation.

Auzy ,

Why bother with either? I've already played 3000 versions of mario cart and super mario. I can probably skip the latest ones

menemen ,
@menemen@lemmy.world avatar

Hmm, not sure if this is a real story. It might be.

BigMikeInAustin ,

So that's how Nintendo keeps the price of their games so low! They have a secondary revenue stream!

/s

NocturnalMorning ,

Such a feel good story

De_Narm ,

I know the 'I bought the games beforehand!' crowd will come out of of the woodwork real quick here, but they are of course trying to stop software that's mainly used for piracy. At least wait until their stuff is off the shelves before you emulate it to 'perserve' it. There is no need to be this salty about it.

zakobjoa ,
@zakobjoa@lemmy.world avatar

What are you on about?!

This is a joke about a cardboard switch.

De_Narm ,

OP commented about Yuzu alongside the image, it's part of the reactionary 'Nintendo = bad' memes

agitatedpotato ,

This meme is not new calling it reactionary is funny. Speaking of funny, Nintendo has previously employed private investigators to investigate and stalk modders so they could sue them better. This is an old meme for a old problem.

NocturnalMorning ,

In nintendos defense, they're perfectly fine taking away your ability to emulate 30 year old games they don't give a shit about too, just for a little more money. Usually, companies rely on good will with their customers to survive, apparently nintendo doesn't think they need that anymore.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Other than making games that people like, I'm struggling to think of things Nintendo has done to foster goodwill.

li10 ,

Fuck all this “ethics” BS, I steal because it’s fun 😤

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Playing the games can be fun, but getting them to work can be a pain sometimes. Although it's satisfying when you've been struggling to get one to work and finally figure it out...wait, is that why people like the Dark Souls games?

sentient_loom ,
@sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works avatar

A) He didn't pirate anything. Just drew a picture of a game on a piece of cardboard.

B) It didn't actually happen anyway.

WarmSoda ,

Uh excuse me ma'am, you're in a meme post right now.

gianni OP ,

Stopping software mainly used for piracy has equated to the inability to do what you like with what you rightfully purchase

FiskFisk33 ,

And everyone clapped

The CEO's name -- Albert Einstein.

bigkahuna1986 ,

I'm gonna need a source on this one.

unexposedhazard ,

Yeah, fuck Nintendo but this is very obviously bullshit unless they actually made and sold a product.

brbposting ,

Very obviously a joke. Cardboard, people! :)

FiniteBanjo ,

Counterargument, Nintendo strikes nonprofit videos and tries to take down free and open source emulators such as Yuzu and Dolphin. The fact that this is so believable should give you an idea of the sort of shit Nintendo is known for.

skulblaka ,
@skulblaka@startrek.website avatar

Yuzu wasn't completely free; that's sort of what got them into hot water in the first place and the reason why Nintendo hasn't also sued SNES9X into the dirt. Yuzu had a patreon with certain releases gated behind it. That's what got them in trouble.

ipkpjersi ,

Well, we'll see if Suyu lasts. Hopefully it was just the monetization.

eating3645 ,

Looks like a joke to me

li10 ,

On the memes community?

If people continue to post jokes here then where will I get my news??

THE_ANTIHERO ,
@THE_ANTIHERO@lemmy.today avatar

On the shitpost one obviosly . Are you dumb ?

VaultBoyNewVegas ,

But if that's for news, where do I get my HQ jemes?

THE_ANTIHERO ,
@THE_ANTIHERO@lemmy.today avatar

On the world news one. God these idiots nowadays .

thefartographer ,

I am!

residentmarchant ,

That's never been done before, we're part of history!

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.ca avatar

That's the neat part, you don't!

OpenStars ,
@OpenStars@startrek.website avatar

img

bigkahuna1986 ,

Meme before I've had my coffee? It's more likely than you think.

snooggums ,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

No, just love the meme.

TheEntity ,

The source got pulled off Github already.

the_post_of_tom_joad ,
@the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net avatar

I think it's super not real. So unreal it cycles back to real again. Poor thailand boy.

Alsephina ,

Nah this happened to my buddy Eric the other day

4am ,

Yeah this originally a copypasta about a boy from Venezuela named Paco Gutierrez

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