Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles
by swarnie_ on Monday December 10, 2018 @10:52AM
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These are just Alibaba emulators with ROMs preloaded right? How is he expecting not to get sued by every game dev and manufacturer from the last 30 years?
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Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles
by balls187 on Monday December 10, 2018 @11:04AM
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Perhaps he just rubber stamped the idea.
Or some suit somewhere told him it's okay.
Or he just doesn't care because he'd get a C&D first, comply and keep the profits.
Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles
by sodafountan on Monday December 10, 2018 @03:01PM
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For the same reason Prada or Gucci doesn't go after every illegal vendor selling fake merchandise on the street corner, even if you go after them and win what are you going to take? There's very little profit involved in these endeavors and most people are wise enough to be able to detect cheap junk and not buy it. Soulja Boy isn't getting rich off of this, but Nintendo might take notice if this blows up too much.
Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles
by zeroname on Monday December 10, 2018 @02:05PM
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> How is he expecting not to get sued by every game dev and manufacturer from the last 30 years?
Probably by being broke. Nintendo might still prosecute to make a point though.
Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles
by iseeyoubydesign on Monday December 10, 2018 @11:02AM
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because the games are all from a few devs and they get a cut. This is too obvious to be this stupid. Take a look at this guy and ask yourself how hes been so successful. Hes crazy like a fox.
But well see, maybe hes finally went crazy.
Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles
by sct202 on Monday December 10, 2018 @11:14AM
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There's no way Nintendo would ever cut a deal.