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Another case of Nintendo ruining peoples' lives [1]

[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/feb/01/the-man-who-ow...

Seems to me more like he ruined his own life through poor choices. Actions have consequences, I won’t be shedding any tears.

Won't somebody think of the multinationals.

Nobody is thinking about the multinationals, they are thinking about what is morally correct.

Morally, these multinational corporations deserve piracy or any bad thing that happens to them.

Nintendo gave up on doing what was "morally correct" ages ago. That doesn't make anyone else's moral failing acceptable, but comparatively Nintendo's sins are far greater and they've never faced consequences that came remotely close to what they're putting Gary Bowser through.

more people need to just read the "history" section of Nintendo's Wikipedia page. because that "ages ago" is 140 years ago, when the company was founded, by being the only {morally,legally} bankrupt enough people willing to sell their wares to Yakuza-run casinos.

to be fair, they're not unique in this space. but the perception of them as "the family-friendly gaming company" has always been some very big amount of nonsense.

> and they've never faced consequences that came remotely close to what they're putting Gary Bowser through.

His own actions and the legal system are why he is where he is today. Nintendo isn’t putting him anything, unless you now think that Nintendo controls legal decisions that are handed down.

> As a part of that agreement, Bowser now has to send Nintendo 20-30% of any money left over after he pays for necessities such as rent.

> Bowser has now managed to secure housing, and he thinks that after rent, he has a couple of hundred dollars leftover for food and other necessities. He assumes he’ll be turning to food support services.

Nintendo's not being compensated any meaningful amount. This is nothing more than a lifelong public flogging. And for what?

"and for what?", the what is to send a message to everyone not to screw around with Nintendo. Whether that's morally right is another question.

Why are you pretending Nintendo is the justice system? Are you confused by how the legal system works?

I'm not pretending that Nintendo is the justice system, although I will admit that the US legal system does confuse me!

The point was that if you have deeper pockets than your opponent then you're able to leverage the legal system to make life hard and stressful for them.

Nintendo has deep pockets and the will to go after anyone it considers a threat to its business model.

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