• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Yup. I’d buy a digital copy of TotK if I could play it on my PC, but Nintendo doesn’t offer that, so I either need to buy it for Switch, or pirate it. I found BotW kinda lame (I much prefer Skyward Sword and Link’s Awakening), so I’m not motivated to buy it for Switch, especially since I’ve seen reports of mediocre performance.

    So yeah, I don’t feel bad for Nintendo at all here. If they made their games available on PC for a reasonable price, I’m sure many would buy their games twice, once on Switch and once on PC. Their loss I guess…

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      4 months ago

      Im not in bed with Nintendo here, as I very much disagree with their aggressive stance against emulators and such - but I do believe that your argument ‘they don’t release it for PC so I’m gonna pirate’ doesn’t hold up. You can still support the people creating the games (which give you lots of hours of entertainment) by buying a copy for the Swtich. Some countries even allow you to back up your game cartridge and play it on PC so you’d be completely within your rights even.

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        4 months ago

        I never said I’d pirate, I said I’m not going to buy the game.

        I’d only be within my rights if I actually backed up the game, but I don’t have a rooted Switch, so that’s not an option for be currently. It’s easier to just not buy the game.