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Scotty_Rogers
05/06/24 1:04:51 AM
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why nintendo do themselves like this yo

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Zikten
05/06/24 1:05:26 AM
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Nintendo always likes to be different
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ForsakenHermit
05/06/24 1:05:54 AM
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Piracy

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Trumble
05/06/24 1:08:47 AM
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Zikten posted...
Nintendo always likes to be different


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Phoro
05/06/24 1:09:24 AM
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ForsakenHermit posted...
Piracy

This, plus they didn't want to have to pay any licensing fees for another medium (especially one partly owned by a competing company), so creating a proprietary format was a way around that.

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Bishop9800
05/06/24 1:09:49 AM
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Zikten posted...
Nintendo always likes to be different

and also......

ForsakenHermit posted...
Piracy


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bfslick50
05/06/24 1:15:04 AM
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Nintendo started in opposition to Atari who had huge quality issues and there was no game review media like there is today so Nintendo developed a culture of absolute control.

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rick_alverado
05/06/24 1:19:55 AM
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Yeah, the anti-piracy was a big part, and faster load times was an extra bonus.
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Link_of_time
05/06/24 1:24:32 AM
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Zikten posted...
Nintendo always likes to be different
Their greatest strength and weakness.
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Boombam99
05/06/24 1:35:55 AM
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Because Nintendo always has to have a gimmick
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OriginalPlain2
05/06/24 1:36:01 AM
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Nintendo Wii U used discs but not like DVD format

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