That Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator says
That Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator says
It looks like Valve doesn't want to get involved in a potential dispute between the creator of Portal 64 and Nintendo.
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Honestly, a bit surprised by this. It wasn't even on Steam. Hopefully switching to an open source SDK will get this back up.
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"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?
131 4 ReplyNintendo could benefit greatly by just allowing these kind of projects, but that would be out of character and we can't be having that.
56 1 ReplyIt's a bit like if Metallica had just embraced Napster
10 0 ReplyIt was Scorpions that went after Napster, no?
2 1 ReplyIt was primarily Metallica.
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Lars Ultrash was the most publicly outspoken and often quoted in the Record Companies PR propaganda push for the DMCA and against Napster. He came off like a greedy bitch at the time, and created the perceptions of Metallica as a cash grab sell out band more than they already were being seen as by long time fans.
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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.
19 0 ReplyWasn’t it taken down at Valve’s request, not Nintendo’s demand?
16 2 ReplyYes, but mainly because Valve doesn't want to deal with Nintendo's lawyers since it used their libraries.
39 1 ReplyI really wish they would and set a precedent for Nintendo's anti-consumer tactics.
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Officially yes. We have no idea if Nintendo sent a private email saying "please figure this out before we do."
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