laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoSo much for the lawsuitlemmy.worldimagemessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1688arrow-down112
arrow-up1676arrow-down1imageSo much for the lawsuitlemmy.worldlaurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square78linkfedilink
minus-squareApplyingAutomation@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·2 months agoI’m out of the loop, could someone explain?
minus-squarerunner_g@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·2 months agoPalworld is basically live action pokemon with guns and crafting/survival mechanics, and just launched 1.0 a couple of days ago. Nintendo sued Palworld’s dev’s over IP infringement during early access for the capture mechanism used in the game (throwing spheres at pals). Here’s a quick summary of the lawsuit and where it stood about a month ago. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/palworld-lawsuit-nears-end-with-nintendo-reportedly-poised-to-gain-almost-nothing/ The intent of this post is to show that Nintendo’s policy of not releasing 1st party games on other consoles/PC has hurt them in the long run, as shown by the player count of Palworld right now.
I’m out of the loop, could someone explain?
Palworld is basically live action pokemon with guns and crafting/survival mechanics, and just launched 1.0 a couple of days ago. Nintendo sued Palworld’s dev’s over IP infringement during early access for the capture mechanism used in the game (throwing spheres at pals). Here’s a quick summary of the lawsuit and where it stood about a month ago. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/palworld-lawsuit-nears-end-with-nintendo-reportedly-poised-to-gain-almost-nothing/
The intent of this post is to show that Nintendo’s policy of not releasing 1st party games on other consoles/PC has hurt them in the long run, as shown by the player count of Palworld right now.
…what’s going on?