The video game industry

[Korisek]

Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

aha .. how dumb

As far as I am aware, copyright laws pretty much mandate that they do stuff like that with anything that's even close to infringing on their copyrights in a "use it or lose it" sort of style, but nobody at Bethesda or in their legal team were actually planning on doing anything more than sending a copypasta C&D.

[Hasbinbad]

Intellectual property is a lie.

[Samoht]

yeah, if that's all that stopped it, then it probably isn't worth fighting over

[Kagatob]

Copyright bullshit is a big part of it too. The nature of advertising as well I believe.
Nintendo forcing "innovation" down everyone's throat isn't new but the amount that they've been doing it has increased exponentially the past two generations. I shelved my Wii some 4 years ago haven't looked back, laughed off the Wii U.

[Eliseus]

I'm confused on what you mean by what is wrong with the video game industry. If you are referring to the industry now vs in the 90s (or something similar), nothing is wrong.

[Eliseus]

It is actually significantly better and is still getting better.

[Kagatob]

I guess someone has to feel that way. It's easy to forget that nearly half the country voted for the dude with the magical underpants too.

[Pico]

it's official kagatob somehow a more annoying poster than hasbinbad

[Doors]

That sig makes me want to put him on ignore god damn.

[Kagatob]

Originally Posted by odiecat99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't know... new link to the past sounds good.

I thought it sounded good too until I watched the vid and saw all of the 3d gimmicks and the stupid painting crap. The day Nintendo realizes that they don't need to fix what isn't broke is the day they become the top tier developer again, that day probably won't come any time soon if ever though as they seem to be perfectly happy being the kid-friendly family system.

I hope I'm wrong, but at $35 (handheld) to $60 (PC) to $70-80 (console) per game, is it really worth it to buy games on the chance that they might not be the steaming pile of crap in the $10 bin in 6 months that 99% of releases are? It's not like spending 8 bucks to see a movie that may or may not stink. That's just how I look at it.