"For [Nintendo] to swoop in and essentially take money from the work of others — and there’s plenty of extra work beside capturing and uploading game footage — is sleazy. Worse yet, this only paints Nintendo as a bunch of hypocrites."
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Danish from eXputer: "Nintendo has historically gone against player-made content and emulation of its games. This has done much to harm the company's image."
They need to stop announcing these mods and fan remakes until they're finished. Finish it, upload it, and then if Nintendo dmca's it tough shit. Once it's online, people can share it around, even if the original download gets taken down.
This is all coming from the mouth of short-sighted fandom and grifting madness.
No.... it wont. There is a clear defined reason why they don't. This is nothing new. Make your own shi7 from your own original ideas especially if you are trying to capitalize of it it. Duh.
Yeah, hire people that have zero respect or understanding for an established process. Wow. Yep. Totally makes sense.
"This is arguably worse than if they’d decided to pull the content altogether."
How in the blue hell is that worse? They're not removing videos, they're not blocking the content and most importantly no one's accounts are at risk.
This does one thing; it stops ad revenue for SOME YouTube uploads. Microsoft and Sega did far worse with far less of this kind of scrutiny. It's ridiculous.
@WonsAuto
And what of the hours of work that was put into the development of those games? That work is being used by other people for their own profit. Furthermore, you're not running the risk of having your account suspended like if a copyright claim results in a video being removed.
I feel once you buy the game the owner[person who paid 60 bucks for the software] should be able to upload videos and collect ad revenue in return..Why should Nintendo or any company collect?they already got paid once from the retail sale..
The question isn't whether it's legally right or wrong, but whether this is in the best interest for Nintendo and for gamers. On both accounts I don't think it is. The only thing Nintendo stands to gain is a pretty insubstantial amount of money (for them). But what they are losing is free advertising because some LPers will stop uploading Nintendo games and even worse the alienating of a community. It's not a terrible thing Nintendo is doing, it's just something that has no real benefits.
Nintendo is supposed to be the company for gamers, yet this feels like a move Sony or Microsoft would do.
If only there was some kind of way gamers could share conent with each other over the Nintendo network with a simple press of a button...I dont know some kind of "share" button, thatd be sweet.
In all seriousness I dont see an issue with the big N taking money from people making videos of their games. Its the same deal as musicians getting royalties when their songs get played on the radio
I honestly doubt Nintendo will make much money from this. LPers even together don't make nearly enough to help a massive company like Nintendo. Seriously, what do they think is in it for them? Companies don't wave these copyright issues until there's capital on the line.
Do they think that people who watch playthroughs won't bother to buy the game? That's generally not going to be the case, people who are legitimatley interested in a game will only watch a little bit to decide if it's for them.
Are they worried about bad quality getting out? Hardly, Nintendo buyers typically know what to expect and Nintendo isn't known for bad quality with its main IPs.
What is Nintendo gaining? Free advertising, the sentiment that people like their games enough to play through them, and knowing that people are interested in them enough to make someone money based off the sheer quantity of views alone.
Really, what are you doing, Nintendo?