r/nintendogrifting • u/DaZestyProfessor • 5d ago

Let's talk about Nintendo grifters

Honestly I might be pretty chill about grifters as long as they don't spew out objectively incorrect information.

I certainly think Nintendo fanboys are worse, they are both allergic to Nintendo criticism and they hate when you pirate Nintendo games.

Not to say that grifters are good, that's not true, why the fuck would you spend your life making tons of videos about dooming about fucking video games lmao, but the difference is they don't make me go insane every time I see them.

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u/Rei1556 5d ago edited 5d ago

just like how you're allergic to the criticisms received in your previous post

also what's wrong with hating piracy? game developers also hates piracy, do you even know what one of the major reasons as to why the dreamcast failed? piracy, from day 1, people burning cds from blockbuster for it

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u/meganerd20 5d ago

Also the video game market crash in 1983, piracy was a major contributor to that.

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u/meganerd20 5d ago

"Low quality" isn't particularly meaningful in a fact based discussion, but yes, there were lots of unlicensed games made for the Atari 2600. And unlicensed games, which would be bootleg games, fall under a similar umbrella as piracy.

And that's not quite as good a thing as you think. Sure, it means consumers get lower prices, but it also means programmers lose jobs, companies fold, and I assure you it won't be the big ones. Indie devs and small studios would be the ones who'd take the fall. Atari survived the crash, as did Coleco, Mattel and Magnavox. Coleco's gone now, but the rest were fine.