hello! I’m Chloé, a nerdy ace trans gal :3

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  • using last-gen hardware in their consoles

    I mean there’s nothing inherently wrong with that (if only they charged last-gen prices as well lol)

    but anyways here’s a bunch more shit they’ve done:

    • charging full price for basic rereleases
    • removing reviews from the switch eshop
    • killing emulation projects
    • patenting basic gameplay elements
    • sued a man so hard he was forced to pay them part of his income for the rest of his life

    and for a few older ones, just to show that they’ve been shitty this whole time, actually:

    • attempting to kill game cheating devices (like the game genie)
    • attempting to kill video game rentals
    • preventing 3rd parties from releasing games on competitor’s consoles, essentially giving themselves a monopoly

    (also they’re partly owned by the saudi government, so, there’s that)

    (and pls remember that, despite all of their shit, nintendo is far from the worst. it’s a systemic problem, not an individualist one. remember that ubisoft covered up sexual assault for years and that microsoft is literally engaging in genocide. the problem is that capitalism lets these companies get away with it.)


  • i said ubisoft but quality stuff by sony or microsoft (or any big studio) goes on sale too like a year after its released

    for nintendo, a 7 year old rerelease of an 11 year old game is full price! even at retail! and the used copies aren’t much cheaper!

    the only mario games on switch that go on sale are the mario + rabbids games, which are pretty good (definitely better than some 1st party nintendo stuff). the reason they go on sale, well, they’re published by ubisoft!

    nintendo doesn’t allow their games to go on sale. the only times it happens is either they felt like giving you a 5% discount, or the game is so shit it ends up in clearance bins