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That Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator says (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Right, but what the heck is up with Nintendo clinging into ancient obsolete stuff? They're not stupid right?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Yes, Nintendo is stupid. They see capitalism as a zero-sum game, and so any time someone has or keeps their own money, that's the same as Nintendo losing that money, so they do whatever they're legally able to do to ruin people financially, going as far as taking 30% of your income for the rest of your life if you do wrong by them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

No but Nintendo is fiercely protective of all of its IP. We know there's not really harm being done here but it is within their rights to block this and that is the road they always choose.