billothekid2@kbin.social to RetroGaming@lemmy.world · 2 years agoThat Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator sayswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkThat Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator sayswww.pcgamer.combillothekid2@kbin.social to RetroGaming@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square40linkfedilinkfile-text
Honestly, a bit surprised by this. It wasn’t even on Steam. Hopefully switching to an open source SDK will get this back up.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down2·2 years ago“Hey, don’t use code for our dead game console we stopped manufacturing 22 years ago and don’t support anymore!” Who gives a fuck, Nintendo?
minus-squareverysoft@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up30·2 years agoNintendo could benefit greatly by just allowing these kind of projects, but that would be out of character and we can’t be having that.
minus-squarescottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIt’s a bit like if Metallica had just embraced Napster
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt was Scorpions that went after Napster, no?
minus-squarescottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIt was primarily Metallica. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_v._Napster,_Inc. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKX2bNP7QM
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://m.piped.video/watch?v=LeKX2bNP7QM Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squareA_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 years agoIt wasn’t Nintendo, it was Valve taking preemptive action because of how Nintendo has acted in the past… It’s unfortunate, but it’s pretty reasonable given how Nintendo is.
minus-squareNewNewAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoWasn’t it taken down at Valve’s request, not Nintendo’s demand?
minus-squareSeedyOne@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoYes, but mainly because Valve doesn’t want to deal with Nintendo’s lawyers since it used their libraries.
minus-squareWater1053@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI really wish they would and set a precedent for Nintendo’s anti-consumer tactics.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoOfficially yes. We have no idea if Nintendo sent a private email saying “please figure this out before we do.”
“Hey, don’t use code for our dead game console we stopped manufacturing 22 years ago and don’t support anymore!”
Who gives a fuck, Nintendo?
Nintendo could benefit greatly by just allowing these kind of projects, but that would be out of character and we can’t be having that.
It’s a bit like if Metallica had just embraced Napster
It was Scorpions that went after Napster, no?
It was primarily Metallica.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_v._Napster,_Inc.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKX2bNP7QM
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It wasn’t Nintendo, it was Valve taking preemptive action because of how Nintendo has acted in the past…
It’s unfortunate, but it’s pretty reasonable given how Nintendo is.
Wasn’t it taken down at Valve’s request, not Nintendo’s demand?
Yes, but mainly because Valve doesn’t want to deal with Nintendo’s lawyers since it used their libraries.
I really wish they would and set a precedent for Nintendo’s anti-consumer tactics.
Officially yes. We have no idea if Nintendo sent a private email saying “please figure this out before we do.”