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Ah... here we go again.

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Quoting: pbPlease tell me more about "software patents", heh. It's one of humanity's biggest cancers.

Patents are fine, they expire after 20 years (after which anyone can use the patent so it contributes to our collective advancement of science and innovation). Copyright with its 'life of author + 90 years' is absolute cancer.

EDIT: there are also ways to get patents declared invalid. A patent needs to be properly registered and published, it needs to be novel, it needs to be non-obvious, and there's also a bunch of jurisdiction-dependent requirements around whether something actually can be patented.

Basically I'm saying that patents are a million times more reasonable than copyright and despite patent trolls being a nuisance I still think the benefits (allowing inventors to profit off their inventions) outweigh the disadvantages (stupid lawsuits).

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Quoting: doragasuWeird they go for patent infringement and not for copyright infringement

They know there's no copyright case, but patents are such a mess because people have managed to patent just about everything. If you're old enough, I'm sure you remember all the SCO nonsense.

Anyway, I can't picture Japanese court without imagining Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney shouting, "Objection!!!!"

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The way nintendo want "compensation" as well is pretty vile

Those Palworld devs earnt their money, it doesn't belong to nintendo

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Quoting: DrMcCoy

QuoteGAMIFICATION OF HEALTH AWARENESS BASED ON A WAKE-UP TIME

An object is to provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning.

CN: lewd, making the obvious joke

Spoiler, click me

I think a different kind of breeding would provide far better motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning

I'm sorry.

I don't think they can patent that.

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I'm buying today to help Palworld team out :D
Was on wishlist anyways

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Inb4 they announce Ricochet 2

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QuoteGAMIFICATION OF HEALTH AWARENESS BASED ON A WAKE-UP TIME

An object is to provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning.

CN: lewd, making the obvious joke

Spoiler, click me

I think a different kind of breeding would provide far better motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning

I'm sorry.

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I have not played Palworld and am in fact a massive PokeManiac, but I absolutely do not support this lawsuit. Ignoring the fact that software patents should not be a thing in the first place, it feels moreso that they don't want competitors biting at their toes.

Also, the new Pokemon games are crap. I need to say this every single time whenever someone brings the series up, but the Switch games are pretty dire (except maybe Legends Arceus... which is really just average), and I assume that's meant a lot of people are going for alternatives. I bet they've been scrambling for ages to find an excuse to go after this particular game since it's the one that received the most publicity.

I hope Nintendo and TPCi lose. That'll knock them down a few pegs.

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyWhich Australians love to pole fun at

Hehe, pole indeed.

As much fun as it is to take the piss out of one another, it pains me to admit that NZ has some beautiful scenery. I'm sure Gaben is loving it.

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https://steamdeckhq.com/news/valve-rockstar-fix-gta-online-steam-deck/
There may be some hope on the horizon after all

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualSome patents The Pokemon Company owns: https://patents.justia.com/assignee/the-pokemon-company

BS filed 2019-2023 and granted 2023-2024... Yep, those NEVER existed and are totally new innovations, nothing like this ever have been done, nothing in those decades, a half century of games and virtual worlds...
Sadly... will be plenty of fan(atic)s and general corporate backside lickers defending it.

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An this, ladies and gentleman, is why I don't support Nintendo in any form, especially financially...

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So they can decided they will try to shut down competition like this. Sigh. Nintendo, sometimes it is ok to stand down your lawyers for once.

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Nobody hates their fans like Nintendo.

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualSome patents The Pokemon Company owns: https://patents.justia.com/assignee/the-pokemon-company

Wow, really worth having a look. Some pretty hilarious and/or wild things to find there.

QuoteGAMIFICATION OF HEALTH AWARENESS BASED ON A WAKE-UP TIME

An object is to provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning.

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So it's just Nintendo being an obnoxious piece of crap yet again.

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The fact that it's specifically about patents instead of just copyright, does give the impression that they tried to find whatever angle to sue from, regardless of how small it is. Gonna be interesting to see what they dig up, since Palworld isn't the most unique game in terms of game mechanics.

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if it's more about merch than the actual game. I know many people who would go nuts over a Chillet plushie and with Sony in tow it could actually have a noticeable impact on Pokémon merch sales in the future. Better not take chances and instead sue the company into the ground beforehand.

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Please tell me more about "software patents", heh. It's one of humanity's biggest cancers.

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Weird they go for patent infringement and not for copyright infringement

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What bizarre news.

Do they have a real case, or are they trying to intimidate?

Some patents The Pokemon Company owns: https://patents.justia.com/assignee/the-pokemon-company

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Mostly I wanted to buy direct from Valve because of warranty claim and not wanting to give the middleman that $100-200AUD or so. Also will be good if they sort this out for future hardware such as next-gen VR.

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I hope they fix the problem.

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyTechnically you're correct - but GOG.com is a rare exception to the rule; in saying that, there have been occasional instances over the years where GOG.com has still wrapped games in DRM, as I understand it (correct me if I'm wrong).

I remember people being angry about the Aliens vs Predator MP requiring the Galaxy client. But IIRC they had to completely rewrite that part of the software, so without that effort we would not have MP at all.
And the GOG version of Horizon Zero Dawn still has the horrible feature of scanning all your stuff and phoning home, but that is more the publisher's fault.
Have there been any other incidents?

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Finally, rectangle head nightmare creatures based on popular characters on my steam deck

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboySadly, the overwhelming majority of GOG.com's catalog is either old and / or indie titles, or so-called "shovelware"; "AAA titles" are few and far between in the overall catalog.

Still, it just highlights the point. Even if GOG delists something in a way that removes the game from your account (which they don't usually even in the above case), if you take care to do backups, you'll still have it. So it's not really about all digital itself. That was my main point.

But yes, you are right that many games aren't available DRM-free. It is improving to some degree though? GOG has more newer games from big publishers than in the past these days.

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyThis is the most obvious downside to going all-digital, and a big part of the reason console manufactures are pushing this for the future... All-digital means you don't "own" anything and can have your purchase taken away at any time.

Wrong. It's the most obvious downside of using DRM. All digital DRM-free allows you to make your own backups, and no one can take it away at any time then any more than physical media you store it on. So if anything, GOG is the example of why DRM-free is important to prevent that.

Technically you're correct - but GOG.com is a rare exception to the rule; in saying that, there have been occasional instances over the years where GOG.com has still wrapped games in DRM, as I understand it (correct me if I'm wrong).

Sadly, the overwhelming majority of GOG.com's catalog is either old and / or indie titles, or so-called "shovelware"; "AAA titles" are few and far between in the overall catalog.

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Quoting: Liam DaweValve have now changed #TAV rating for Steam Deck to Unsupported.

What's the TAV rating?

I'm assuming it's something along the lines of ProtonDB's ratings... But where does one view a "TAV rating"?

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Quoting: _MarsAt the end of the day, if developers want to block unsupported platforms, they have plenty of methods to do so. And there is no way to prevent this. The only option is to convince companies to consider Linux as a supported platform.

Which needs:

Enough players

An actual solution to the anti-cheat situation

Do not give in to the demands of moron corporate overlords like Tim Sweeney. Do not view the world like they do: everything is dark no matter how much money you have.
If the game devs care about their game or are passionate about their craft, they'd be more interested than the player to make their games run on as many platforms as possible.
We have literally game pirates talking about installing Linux and testing their "crack" with Wine to make sure it runs in there as well xD! Literally.
How is this possible that a "cyber criminal" (depending on which region you live) cares more about the player experience than the actual game developers? It absolutely is not the case, it is because morons like Sweeney are in control.

If we give in to the demands of Epic and other companies, we would end up turning GNU/Linux into Android in terms of methodology, because that would mean that app developers would be able to restrict where their apps can run within the Linux ecosystem, in the same way that the companies behind banking apps block the use of their applications on rooted devices and custom roms.

Plus that would set a very serious precedent not only for Linux but for desktop operating systems in general, as it could pave the way to the creation of walled gardens that circumvent anti-trust laws. And both Apple and Microsoft would follow the same steps afterwards.

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Quoting: d3Xt3rI've got four machines - a desktop, laptop, mini PC and a handheld - all AMD - and have none of the issues you've mentioned.

I know that reply was directed at someone else, but I'd just like to point out that with the exception of my Microsoft Surface GO, I haven't had any hardware issues "out of the box" in years and years that I can recall... Yes, I mostly stick with the Debian or Ubuntu-based distros, occasionally dabbling with others; but irrespective of what distro I'm playing with at the time, everything "just works" these days.

In my experience, the only exception to this has been when you have "special functionality" - such as biometric (fingerprint) readers and custom LED lighting, etc... But even then, one can usually find an easy solution pretty quickly.

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