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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 56 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Emulation is not a crime. Refusing to re-release existing games should be.

No company hates its fan base more than Nintendo.

[–] Spider89@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago

Ooo, tough call. I guess EA should be in there too.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 11 points 3 weeks ago

Activision loves their fans in the way that a farmer loves his meat livestock. Money

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Emulation is not a crime.

Yes.

Refusing to re-release existing games should be.

....what?? Lol

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nintendo has hundred of games that people are willing to pay massively inflated prices to play, but Nintendo would rather sue emulation projects.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Your comment is 100% true, but has nothing to do with what I was asking about, lol

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nintendo shouldn't be allowed to litigate against people they accuse of cutting into sales of not-for-sale games. They know there is a demand for their old catalog but do not release it for sale, forcing a market for piracy.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok, but why should not offering old games for sale be a crime? Lol

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's the combination of suing for sales that do not exist because they choose not to make those sales. I can't type it any slower, man.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't like that Nintendo can sue people for something I don't think should be illegal. So what THEY do should be illegal instead!

Is that what you're getting at? Lol

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Refusing to re-release existing games should be.

…what?? Lol

I agree, saying that not continuing to make a copyrighted work available should be a crime is ludicrous.

What failing to keep such works available actually should do is simply immediately cause the copyright to expire and for them to become Public Domain.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

I agree to an extent. There should be a reasonable time period from which availability of software and hardware ends and the work becomes available.

It should also only apply to that particular work, and not to any of its contents (so Mario or even his depiction in Super Mario Odyssey shouldn't become public domain just because they stopped selling the game for a few years).

I don't think I want it to be legal for people to sell ROMs, either. I think making them public domain would do that. I know there are already people doing that, but I think the complete removal of legal repercussions would increase that.

Overall, I agree with your sentiment, but I don't know enough about copyright law and public domain to know if I agree on the specifics.

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 3 weeks ago

Cemu (a Wii U emulator) has also just released a flatpak!

[–] YourPrivatHater@ani.social 17 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Flatfire@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Excellent. I have no real qualms with the existing deb package, but this greatly simplifies using it on anything else.

[–] UNY0N@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

For example, bazzite. I basically skipped the gamecube for various boring reasons, so I'm excited to revisit that era, maybe find some nice games to play with my kids.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Using yay, I prefer the installement ☝🏻🤓

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

Great timing when RetroAchievements has a GameCube launch event going on!

[–] anas@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Whenever I read a “Dolphin emulator” headline, I always brace myself for the worst. Thankfully, it hasn’t happened yet.

[–] leecalvin@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Huh? I just install the binary, simple.

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Play on steam deck, or play on original hardware with Swiss... Choices choices!