No wonder Nintendo is secretive

KillerGremlin · 03-13-2005, 03:29 PM

Companies steal products all the time. I though people got over that fact ages ago.

thatmariolover · 03-13-2005, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Companies steal products all the time. I though people got over that fact ages ago.

You don't get over it, it's wrong. And getting desensitized to it simply because it happens all the time is even more wrong.

That picture was way out of line.

Null · 03-13-2005, 04:09 PM

its not worng, thats how it works, new ideas become standard, and more new ideas are made after that. otherwise we'd never get anything better because there would be no reason to improve apon stuff if only one company could use it.

thatmariolover · 03-13-2005, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

its not worng, thats how it works, new ideas become standard, and more new ideas are made after that. otherwise we'd never get anything better because there would be no reason to improve apon stuff if only one company could use it.

Competition is good, emulation is stagnating.

Null · 03-13-2005, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by thatmariolover

Competition is good, emulation is stagnating.

well i'd hate to be playin games today if no ideas where ever copied and used by others and improved apon, that would be a very sad day indeed.

KillerGremlin · 03-13-2005, 04:21 PM

Right. I'd just like to point out that Microsoft and Sony went online already, and Nintendo hasn't.

And was my picture really that all uncalled for?

I got just about as much out of this thread as if someone just made a post that said,

"LOOK SONY AND MICROSOFT ARE DOING THINGS SIMILAR TO THEIR COMPETITION OMG!!!!WTFWHYWOULDTHEYDOTHATOMG>AALKJGD:SKJGD:K"

Null · 03-13-2005, 04:26 PM

well i guess no console should really go online, because then they'd all be copying computers, and thats just wrong

KillerGremlin · 03-13-2005, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

well i guess no console should really go online, because then they'd all be copying computers, and thats just wrong

That's right. How I could I forget computers. I'm so stupid.

I guess Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony all need to pay benefits to the people that brought us the Internet, some 32 years ago.

thatmariolover · 03-13-2005, 04:40 PM

I never said that at all, I think you're exaggerating my posts by a fair bit. We don't need to get in a big fight about intellectual property rights. We all know that a good idea will be copied, and that without that - any industry could become stagnant. What I am trying to iterate is the fact that there is a difference from flat out copying somebody and taking an idea and improving it.

You can take something and make it your own, where an individual draws the line is personal. I'm not going to get into an arguement about where the line really is.

Crash's post had the simple intention of making Nintendo's reasons for secrecy a bit more visible. Granted, he didn't have the best examples, but the meaning for the post is still there; and thanks to both of you, has been underlined and made bold.

So somehow, despite some of the substance lacking in the post in the first place, it's gone exactly where it needed to go.