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Nintendo won't be making any more 'Super Mario' games for iPhone
I wonder what the percentage of people out there is that would buy a full iPhone Mario Kart in addition to the Switch (fully online capable iPhone version interactions with Switch players) and how many would forego buying a Switch or the Switch version of an iPhone version were available. I’m in the “additional purchase” camp myself but I could be an outlier.Japhey said:
I agree with what you’re saying, but I really think that Nintendo doesn’t care. They released those games on iOS very reluctantly at first. They weren’t interested in developing any of their franchises for competitors devices. But the WiiU and early Switch years were pretty lean for them, so they relented out of necessity. Now with the Switch becoming the second best selling console of all time and rumors for the Switch 2 heating up, Nintendo is starting to bring everything back home. And I respect the hell out of them for it. That’s my 2¢ at least.chadbag said:The problem is that Nintendo dilutes the Mario games down to trivial games on mobile phones. Give me a full Mario Kart and I’m there. Even though I’ve paid for Mario Kart 8 on Wii U and on Switch. Give me the real deal and I would pay real money.Nintendo — it’s your own fault. Not that your games on iPhone were bad sellers. I bet 95% of game makers for phones would die for your sales numbers. But you dilute the games down to simplistic trivial games and you get trivial results.I bought the family Switch (and only family supplied console) in order to play Mario Kart. We have other games on it but the only reason dad supplied it was for Mario Kart. My son bought his own Switch since I won’t allow ours to leave the family room and he wanted to take it on the plane when we went to Japan recently. (He is an adult son, just hit 20, living at home as a college student).If my camp is bigger then Nintendo is missing out. If the other camp is bigger then they are being Steve Jobs smart.
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Nintendo won't be making any more 'Super Mario' games for iPhone
The problem is that Nintendo dilutes the Mario games down to trivial games on mobile phones. Give me a full Mario Kart and I’m there. Even though I’ve paid for Mario Kart 8 on Wii U and on Switch. Give me the real deal and I would pay real money.Nintendo — it’s your own fault. Not that your games on iPhone were bad sellers. I bet 95% of game makers for phones would die for your sales numbers. But you dilute the games down to simplistic trivial games and you get trivial results.
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M2 chip production allegedly paused over Mac demand slump
Macs do last a long time. My personal Mac is a
2017 iMac. It has 64gb RAM now and an external thunderbolt SSD. Otherwise as I got it.Still my every day Mac. I have a 2014 MBP 15” that my daughter uses regularly/daily for school etc and that I use when we travel. The iMac replaced it when it developed a battery bulge and i was in the middle of some contract work that couldn’t wait for the machine to get fixed. It did get a new screen and main board due to this battery bulge that stressed the main board. Probably because I rarely took it off my desk as it mostly functioned as a desktop for me. I paid a flat rate replace everything der to Apple to fix it. Still going strong 5 1/2 or more years since that episode.Our family Mac is a 2015 iMac.My son does have the original m1 MBA he got as a new college student. And my day job machine (company supplied, only used for company work — nothing personal) is an Apple Studio with M1 Max. Interestingly it doesn’t seem all that fast to me but that is probably a consequence of the JAMF management and oversight the company makes us live with. Seems to kill anything it touches. -
TSMC may not expand in US if double taxation rule continues
What is that supposed to mean? Do you know what the issue is here? And that it applies to individuals and corporations? If you took a job in Taiwan, you to would have to pay US income taxes on your Taiwan income, in addition to paying Taiwan taxes (but if you took a job in S Korea you’d get credit in the US for your S Korean taxes paid). (I don’t know how it works for companies but for individuals there is a blanket exclusion amount you can apply against your income before calculating US taxes but that does change the point that this story is not about special benefits for corporations that individuals don’t get).danox said:
Corporations rule, too bad average people can’t fake, dodge and drop down as easy when it comes to taxes like corporations.keithw said:
Of course they knew. The gambit, I'm sure, is to force the US to change the tax laws specifically for their situation. My bet is they get their way somehow.flyingdp said:It’s hard to believe that TSMC’s lawyers and accountants didn’t know and point this out to the C-suite before they committed to build in the US?
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Apple wins VirnetX patent appeal -- but one verdict awaits
No. This is wrong in so many ways. Property rights are for everyone. Patents are valuable property and lots of small inventors hold patents and need to get paid for their inventions when big companies use them.Anilu_777 said:There should be a law against non practising entities (patent trolls making money off suing others) owning any patents. Only companies that would actually use the patents should be able to purchase them.I wish the phrase “non practicing entity” were abolished. It is meaningless and has no part in a reasonable discussion on patents and property rights.A patent is valid or not and by valuable or not, regardless of the status of the invented/owner. Whether they personally implement the patented idea or license it to others.The real issue is if patents are being issued for things that shouldn’t be patentable.
