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Just a silly shower thought I had after hearing about Nintendo's copyright claim against Russ from Retro Game Corps.

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[–] mister_newbie@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd argue that they're more likely to morph into a patent troll if they ever do get anywhere close to their death throes.

We might even be witnessing the Genesis of that transformation now.

They have such a deep patent portfolio that they could really fuck with the whole industry.

If the switch 2 has the same lack of success as the Wii u I could see that