• VerseAndVermin@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’m a PC player but I always wonder when people have this take. I dislike, hugely, their treatment of fans in the preservation space. However, as a company they seem to not do big layoffs, rarely buy companies or IP, and have a history of leadership falling on their swords (financially) during hard times to keep their employees.

    I don’t dislike them as a whole because of those elements that are dead at large.

    I could be wrong, I’m not deeply knowledgable outside of a handful of articles over the years.

    I would rank Microsoft way worse though and I used to be in their ecosystem as a big fan. Biggest pusher of owning nothing.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      I totally agree. I think Nintendo is a fantastic company in terms of:

      • high quality games
      • frequent use of their IP
      • good treatment of staff

      They’re pretty awful when it comes to protecting their IP (emulators, merch, etc), but in terms of doing the actual company bits, they’re one of the best.

      I hate their legal side, and I’m not a fan of their pricing, but I like pretty much everything else about them.

    • samus12345@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I would rank Microsoft way worse

      Strongly agree. They’re the reason both MTX and paying to play online are so commonplace.