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Higher ups won't lose money, devs will.
They'll continue to get well paid dont worry. At the peak of Switch 1 piracy we saw TOTK selling a gigaton of copies still and here we are less than a month away from Ocarina, even with the devs "losing money". Nothing will change, so why care.
 
Higher ups won't lose money, devs will.

No they won't. Devs get paid annual salaries. Higher-ups on the other hand have bonuses tied to quarterly/annual performance and have a lot of their compensation tied to the stock price. They will be the ones getting hit if piracy results in lower-than-expected results or stock exchange FUD. And since we're talking about Nintendo here they can't just do mass layoffs since Japanese labor law won't allow them to.
 
No they won't. Devs get paid annual salaries. Higher-ups on the other hand have bonuses tied to quarterly/annual performance and have a lot of their compensation tied to the stock price. They will be the ones getting hit if piracy results in lower-than-expected results or stock exchange FUD. And since we're talking about Nintendo here they can't just do mass layoffs since Japanese labor law won't allow them to.
And when a product fails to meet expectations, people lose their jobs. Ordinary people, not suit making millions.
 
This will be the new future, for better or worse. You'll be able to run any software on any hardware. I predict we'll see Steam running on Switch 2 within days.
 
Yeah GKC are shitty. Less shitty than digital only, but still shitty
GKCs are the least of the problems.

I'm all for emulation and preservation but not for readily available software and hardware. This will only get us to an always online future. Nothing offline, everything requiring constant checks.
 
Here is where you got wrong kiddo, I dont care if Nintendo higher ups lose money or not, unlike PS fanboys, I'm already looking up if my SW2 is up to it in case I wanna mess with mine

Don’t give us that crap. You might claim you don’t care but you aren’t jumping for joy at this news like you were in the PS5 thread.

Oh this is huge, anyone that didnt get the update last week can jailbreak
 
GKCs are the least of the problems.
They are a problem, as you still have online requirements just to get your game.

I'm all for emulation and preservation but not for readily available software and hardware. This will only get us to an always online future.

How? Everybody keeps saying how pirates are a minority, or people cheering for piracy because of anti-consumer decisions are just a loud minority.

Nothing offline, everything requiring constant checks.

Well, people will still say "it is what it is", I guess, as long as the "silent majority" is just accepting every anti-consumer decision. Even if the next step to that will be steaming and subscription only gaming.

I wonder if video streaming complete game walkthroughs on twitch & co. will be seen as piracy then 🤔
 
And when a product fails to meet expectations, people lose their jobs. Ordinary people, not suit making millions.

This is Nintendo, they cannot fire people unless the company is genuinely at risk of going bankrupt otherwise.

Don’t give us that crap. You might claim you don’t care but you aren’t jumping for joy at this news like you were in the PS5 thread.

You're grasping at straws. Just because he's not celebrating this jailbreak as much as the PS5 one doesn't mean he's melting down like how some of the PS fanboys on this board are melting down over the PS5 jailbreaks.
 
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So is this actually legit? Smilebasic? This isn't just a scam to buy a $25 shovelware? Need to know before I pull the trigger.
 
You're grasping at straws. Just because he's not celebrating this jailbreak as much as the PS5 one doesn't mean he's melting down like how some of the PS fanboys on this board are melting down over the PS5 jailbreaks.

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Likewise you’re grasping at straws too cause Sony hurt you and you love to post contrarian for the sake of it.

Just because he’s not celebrating this jailbreak as much as the PS5 one doesn’t mean he’s not melting down like how some of the PS fanboys on this board are melting down.

All we know is he was jumping for joy at the PS5 news and now doesn’t care about this.

Go figure.
 
Pirates ruin it for everyone. Sucks
I hope Nintendo sends its best ninjas to set an example lol
 
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