They should legally have to keep all their major mergers in their name. AOL-Time-Warner-Discovery-Netflix is far more representative of the nightmare times we live in.

I think it’s because the market changed around them. When the 3DS launched they were one of the only companies providing decent BC. Now, everyone does it and people expect games to actually play better on the new devices.

Still a surprise that Nintendo got the message, but with the dozen first party games that got free patches it was clear this was a new era for them. I’m playing Pokemon Violet right now after beating Scarlet a few years ago and it’s like a whole new game on Switch 2, all the performance issues are just gone.

This city is a big chicken, just waiting for me to pluck it.