Whether major game developers like it or not, indie games are more prevalent now than ever. A section of the industry that used to have an exclusively underground following has been cast into the forefront thanks to the increasing attention being paid to mobile games on platforms like iOS and Android. Even Xbox Live Marketplace has given independent developers their own section of their virtual store. This new market has not only brought new developing talents into the spotlight, but has encouraged major developers to step up the quality and value of their products just to compete.
In a recent statement, Reggie Fils-Aime of Nintendo claimed these independent titles may actually be the death of the video game industry as we know it, making the high-selling and critically acclaimed Angry Birds the poster child for his argument.
The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).
Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.
Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.
Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.
Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.
Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.
The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.
Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.
LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.
That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.
It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.
A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.
People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers
Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.
I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.
The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷♂️
Nah.
It's just a different market.
Just like there are different varieties of games there's also different types of gaming to go along with that variety.
ex.)
-Console Gaming [PS3/Xbox 360/Wii]
-Mobile Gaming (iPhone/Android)
-Computer Gaming (PC/Mac)
-Portable Gaming [PSP/DS/3DS/PSP2(NGP)]
-Digital Downloads [PSN/XBL/Steam/Wii Network]
i love a cheap game as much as the next probably more, but it's games like mgs, battlefield and gears that really interest me.
Calling it the 'next evolution' makes it a threat to the major game devs
It is not workable for the industry as a whole but I think a varied price scheme based on costs is a good idea.
Something like the NGP or 3DS,Wii,PS3 or 360 should have a couple of quid Angry Birds,up to a £40 Mass Effect.
Wow, thanks for scraping an article published a few hours earlier from a different site. http://gamesareevil.com/201...