Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will end service in Nov 28 - but will transition to a paid offline app

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• SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They will turn off the live service and make it work offline?

  I don’t understand. Industry bootlickers told me it was impossible and would cost billions to implement, hurting small indie studios the most. Yet, Nintendo does it voluntarily with seemingly no difficulties.

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  • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nintendo doing something good consumer-wise for once and not being a dick? I’m conflicted.

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    • Piemanding@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would argue Nintendo does do a lot of pro-consumer stuff. Like making actually good games. It’s just their anti-consumer stuff is either so bad or just plain weird that we just scratch our heads and think Nintendo is going off the deep end. Still trying to avoid buying much Nintendo going forward.

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  • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nintendo refuse to ever be predictable

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  • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t worry they’ll do a C&D sometime soon to make up for it

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  • KinkOnlyKink@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nintendo might be seeing the writing on the wall and looking to see how much profit they can make with this. If it goes well, we might see more of it. Corporations hate regulation and sometimes try and head it off long before it is coming.

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  • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    i mean iirc capcom already had done something similar beforehand with megaman x dive

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  • LiveLM@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You don’t get it bro, Nintendo decimated half of their net worth pulling off this miracle!!!

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  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hi, industry bootlicker here! Nintendo is listening to their consumers. I was told corporations are evil and won’t listen to consumers and must be forced to do things by law. I much prefer consumers remain vocal about their wants because corporations do indeed listen. No government intervention required. I worry government rules could cause unintended problems that don’t benefit anybody.

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    • nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “A single company does this and the other 99 don’t. See? No intervention required!”

      Bootlicker indeed.

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• Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is the future StopKillingGames wants us to live in.

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• TheBest@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is… kind of weird, no? Like why would they pull the plug on an app that keeps the microtransaction money rilling?

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  • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I recall Nintendo claiming they wanted to move away from mobile again a while ago but I didn‘t really believe it back then and I‘m still skeptical now. They‘ve received more criticism for their predatory mobile games lately so maybe that got something to do with it or it‘s simply not making enough money anymore to bother with it and they‘d rather get the devs working on something else.

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    • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      nintendo and DeNA crates a joint venture team last year, so i highly doubt theyre pulling out of mobile, theyre just relying less on it.

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  • Zozano@lemy.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I always wondered this myself.

    I think I remember reading a while ago that apps need to be updated occasionally to comply with .apk guidelines.

    This is presumably dependant on which permissions the .apk requests. So a simple calculator app wouldn’t need to be updated, but the calculator plus app, which tracks my blood pressure, how many glasses of water I’ve drank, and my semen count, would need to be updated occasionally to comply with Google’s privacy policies.

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    • Masamune@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I see your post has a few upvotes. Therefore, I will trust you implicitly on this matter. Thank you!

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  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maybe Switch 2 will be announced around than with a new AC as a launch title?

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• Sharan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What is the game like? Basically, this is the first time I’ve heard of it.

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  • simple@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a simplified version of animal crossing for mobile, with some microtransactions to speed things up. I played it on release and it’s pretty decent.

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    • Sharan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah, nothing to write home about. Thanks.

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