It's Time To Boycott Nintendo [News Update 2025/11/6]

[LeilaniOtter]

When Nintendo stopped doing the Wii Network and allowing people to play online and with friends, that was really about the point I wanted to give XBox a try. *^^*

 

[Juia_Darkcrest]

Nintendo hasn't been a good company to support since the Wii was released...mind you, all the major players in the video game world have become so predatory that it makes you wonder if you should play any 'AAA' games now.
Honestly, I usually only play indie games now (ffvii remake is the exception) because this needing to be connected to the internet or their servers is BS... i miss the 90s where I owned a physical copy of a game, and could do pretty much whatever i wanted to do with it.

 

[Golden_Hyde]

I never bought one my whole life either. While I was thinking of getting a Switch before, now that handheld PCs are a thing, I guess I'll get one of those later in the future.

 

[Anonjohn20]

I've been boycotting Nintendo since that garbage known as the Wii U came out.

 

[JayMark]

In some very good news.
*I will not provide leaks, you can google this or find relevent videos.


- The Japanese government outright rejected Nintendo's U.S. patents. This shocked me because of how connected the company is here in Japan. Much has to do with public outcry over the implications of the patent on the gaming industry and beyond.

-The U.S. patent office is reexamining Nintendo's overreaching patents, this is a big deal because it rarely happens. I think it reflects upon just how monopolistic and market abusive these patents were.

Some less good news:

-Nintendo is quietly readying to ditch the Switch One, thus forcing its players onto a more expensive console bloated with official spyware and malware that allows the company to edit and remove your games as well as destroying your console if you dare buy it second hand.

-They are reporting record profits of course.

Conclusion:

It looks like some of the damage Nintendo intend on the marketplace of ideas and game development may have been contained, for now. Baseless claims of invention and IP ownership are at least being critically examined.

However, Nintendo is still run by evil scumbag bastards and should not be patronized by consumers. The good news is not a restoration of consumer trust, it's the law trying to look like it's actually doing its real job for a change because enough people woke up.


If anyone else has any updates about Nintendos war against freedom of expression, feel free to share.

 

[Navillus]

A note that this thread is strictly A-political.
It is focused on creating awareness of a growing trend for monopolistic control of creativity.
It is focused on the need for reform in patent, trademark, and copyright systems.
We are mostly all creatives and consumers of the creativity of others.
Let's keep any political distractions and unrelated nonsense out of the discussion.

I'm so done. I'm tired of being betrayed.
I'm sorry, I'm not into calling for boycotts.
They get away with this and they own creativity itself.
This behavior is a threat to consumers, developers, and gaming itself.
It needs to be punished.
Nintendo needs to be starved out of existence or we'll all pay the consequences.

Sigh… what is up with this decade… how has every year managed to be worse than the last-nyaah….

 

[Worthy39]

In some very good news.
*I will not provide leaks, you can google this or find relevent videos.


- The Japanese government outright rejected Nintendo's U.S. patents. This shocked me because of how connected the company is here in Japan. Much has to do with public outcry over the implications of the patent on the gaming industry and beyond.

-The U.S. patent office is reexamining Nintendo's overreaching patents, this is a big deal because it rarely happens. I think it reflects upon just how monopolistic and market abusive these patents were.

Some less good news:

-Nintendo is quietly readying to ditch the Switch One, thus forcing its players onto a more expensive console bloated with official spyware and malware that allows the company to edit and remove your games as well as destroying your console if you dare buy it second hand.

-They are reporting record profits of course.

Conclusion:

It looks like some of the damage Nintendo intend on the marketplace of ideas and game development may have been contained, for now. Baseless claims of invention and IP ownership are at least being critically examined.

However, Nintendo is still run by evil scumbag bastards and should not be patronized by consumers. The good news is not a restoration of consumer trust, it's the law trying to look like it's actually doing its real job for a change because enough people woke up.


If anyone else has any updates about Nintendos war against freedom of expression, feel free to share.

On the bright side, two of their biggest game franchises are being outshined by competitive franchises. They're not outselling it, obviously, they're two of the biggest franchises in the world, but Nintendo is losing some sales to Digimon and Sonic after releasing Z-A and Mario. Will that make them change? Eh, probably not. But at least some people are starting to realize how bad recent Nintendo games have been, and how greedy the company is for charging so much for games of such low quality.