It actually does happen on Xbox and Sony. It’s just that it’s limited to ‘lesser’ titles and those that don’t make it towards backwards compatibility.

games have been removed from steam due to licenses expiring.

I mean, the whole Dune book NFT pretty much showed that NFT bros don’t understand how copyright law works.

Way I see it, it’s not really piracy if the publisher isn’t interested in selling you stuff to begin with.

Lawyers cost money. A C&D is cheaper than a lawsuit, and there’s always a chance of a PR disaster when a huge corporation attacks the (perceived) little guy.

I don’t care if this is intended as boilerplate legalese, any company still “evaluating” their plans in this space, given everything we now know about it, can get in the bin.

“Wizards of the Coast is not going to make it” says dudes who don’t know the amount of printed cards or an actual digitized version of MTG that is, wait for it, A LICENSED VIDEO GAME!!!

MtG seems like the silliest context to do an NFT (an already silly thing) game. Like Wizards has run multiple successful games where “which cards do you own” is a thing stored on their servers. Other than a WotC run game or a sanctioned event or something, nobody else really cares if your cards are real. People have…

I don’t care if this is intended as boilerplate legalese, any company still “evaluating” their plans in this space, given everything we now know about it, can get in the bin.

Further proof that these scam-shilling cryptobros are some of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet.

Some people either never refreshed or downloaded the original version (or presumably it’s been downloaded and rehosted online). It’s a very simple game, it doesn’t require a database or anything to be run, it’s all in the JavaScript code.

Is that one of the creepy animes where the characters are “900 year old 8 year olds”?

I think it’s more about the message. Don’t want people getting rebellious thoughts.

Even if that were something they could do—it’s not, it doesn’t work like that—I’m not sure why that would necessitate a rebrand. Whole thing’s just weird.

They moved their publishing HQ to Singapore as of a few months ago. Specifically owing to the crackdown and so that they can continue to do whatever they want outside of China

They can’t release anything anywhere that censors would object to. It doesnt work in reverse to how things from elsewhere in the world removes things so they can be sold in China.

I’ve also seen an article comparing their advertising to sports betting sites. Truly dire.

I saw a tweet that said, whether or not crypto is a scam, it’s certainly being advertised like a scam. All its ads are celebrities telling you not to be a pussy, there are always breathless articles about how so-and-so made $500,000 in ten minutes from an NFT, and the ads are always aired in places where few people…

The reason you can be sure that cryptos aren’t money is that you’ve never seen an advertisement for money.