billothekid2 to [email protected] • 1 year agoThat Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator sayswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1285arrow-down1external-linkThat Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator sayswww.pcgamer.combillothekid2 to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-text
Honestly, a bit surprised by this. It wasn’t even on Steam. Hopefully switching to an open source SDK will get this back up.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️linkfedilinkEnglish72•1 year ago“Hey, don’t use code for our dead game console we stopped manufacturing 22 years ago and don’t support anymore!” Who gives a fuck, Nintendo?
minus-squareverysoftlinkfedilink32•edit-21 year agoNintendo could benefit greatly by just allowing these kind of projects, but that would be out of character and we can’t be having that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoIt’s a bit like if Metallica had just embraced Napster
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-21 year agoIt wasn’t Nintendo, it was Valve taking preemptive action because of how Nintendo has acted in the past… It’s unfortunate, but it’s pretty reasonable given how Nintendo is.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoWasn’t it taken down at Valve’s request, not Nintendo’s demand?
“Hey, don’t use code for our dead game console we stopped manufacturing 22 years ago and don’t support anymore!”
Who gives a fuck, Nintendo?
Nintendo could benefit greatly by just allowing these kind of projects, but that would be out of character and we can’t be having that.
It’s a bit like if Metallica had just embraced Napster
It wasn’t Nintendo, it was Valve taking preemptive action because of how Nintendo has acted in the past…
It’s unfortunate, but it’s pretty reasonable given how Nintendo is.
Wasn’t it taken down at Valve’s request, not Nintendo’s demand?