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4 wrongs don't make right. Nintendo, Sony, and MS should also not be allowed to have monopolies on their stores.
by tokyodude 8y ago
4 wrongs don't make right. Nintendo, Sony, and MS should also not be allowed to have monopolies on their stores.
- scarface74 8y agoAnd now we are redefining “monopoly”. This has been going on for 30 years. The console manufacturers have had lock out chips on their cartridges, specially made disk, etc forever.
- kd5bjo 8y agoNot forever. This all started with the death of Atari, which was commonly blamed on poor-quality 3rd-party games ruining their reputation with consumers. I haven't looked into the history enough to judge whether this perception is accurate in hindsight. Like most things, I expect it's a lot messier than the popular narrative.
- scarface74 8y agoAs I said, “for over 30 years”. It started at least with the original Nintendo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIC_(Nintendo) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIC_(Nintendo)