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this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2024
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Emulation still exists though. And the fan games are made by and for Nintendo fans. They usually also want to play the new Nintendo games as well, not just the fan games. And those fan games wouldn't exist without the Nintendo games they're inspired by. I mean, I guess if you only play old Nintendo games or fan games based on them, Nintendo disappearing could be good. But I would bet that there are many more people who want to play Nintendo's new games, and will want to play the ones that are released in the future, than people who only want to play old ones/fan games.
Edit: Also
So there should instead be 1 less company in the console space? That will increase competition?
Emulation exists despite Nintendo trying their best at every chance they have to destroy it. Not thanks to them.
And fan games exist only until Nintendo decides they have to be shut down. Which is frequently.
For the Nintendo future games? Well, what can I say? Again, it's a video game company. And as Palworld and others are showing, many others can do what Nintendo does in better ways. We won't have another mario if they close? There will be someone making a new platformer as good. There won't be a new Pokemon? We already have better alternatives.
But if they disappear, games like Palworld will have a chance without having to risk being sued over all this crap.
Edit: Nintendo is the one hoarding these patents that then they can weaponize against competition, so yeah, if they disappear, competition will get better because they won't have to be worried about being sued for things as dumb as putting a confirmation window after resuming a game from sleep.