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Nintendo Confirms EU‑Only Switch 2 Revision With User‑Replaceable Batteries (www.extremetech.com)
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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sony was so close to me diving head first into their PC gaming ecosystem, cause there were a lot of games i really wanted to get into, when they pulled the "HAHA SURPRISE, ALL THOSE GAMES YOU'VE ALREADY BOUGHT AND PLAYED? NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAYSTATION ACCOUNT FOR THEM BECAUSE WE SAID SO!" and basically guaranteed I'll never own another playstation product for the rest of my life.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For me it was the music CD rootkit thing, and trying to sue people for watching a particular Youtube video. Sony has already been on my no fly list for a very long time.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I forgot about the rootkit thing.

And wait, what? suing over watching a youtube video? I never heard about this

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When Sony was suing George Hotz over his PS3 jailbreak video, they also tried to bully Youtube (or possibly Google, I forget if this was post-Google acquisition) into revealing the IPs and identities of everyone who watched the video so they could attempt to sue them for "piracy" also. Obviously they did not succeed, but the fact that they tried says a lot.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Probably would have succeeded if it was in a japanese court against a Japanese company.

Which I think its why these Japanese companies specifically feel emboldened to do stupid shit like that.