billothekid2@kbin.social to RetroGaming@lemmy.world · 10 months 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-square129fedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.world
arrow-up1451arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square129fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.world
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-up130arrow-down4·10 months 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-up57arrow-down1·edit-210 months 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-up11·10 months agoIt’s a bit like if Metallica had just embraced Napster
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIt was Scorpions that went after Napster, no?
minus-squarescottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoIt was primarily Metallica. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_v._Napster,_Inc. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKX2bNP7QM
minus-squareA_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-210 months 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-up17arrow-down2·10 months agoWasn’t it taken down at Valve’s request, not Nintendo’s demand?
minus-squareSeedyOne@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·10 months agoYes, but mainly because Valve doesn’t want to deal with Nintendo’s lawyers since it used their libraries.
minus-squareWater1053@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 months agoI really wish they would and set a precedent for Nintendo’s anti-consumer tactics.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months 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
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.”