In a recent Capcom R and D presentation, Capcom has clarified that it Capcom considers mods equal to cheating, and is worried that “mods that violate public order or morals” will cause them PR damage

@corrupts_absolutely@sh.itjust.works

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/01/game-modding-illegal-in-japan-punishable-by-prison-and-fines/
okay the sk one is now a spam website so i got game journoed by some guy. for reference this is whats supposed to be the source for sk claim http://web.archive.org/web/20161204074124/https://imgur.com/a/JzqQM both underline jail time. is this wrong? if you could share some more definite sources id be thankful.

@echo64@lemmy.world

the kotaku article is the badly translated one yes, japan has copyright advisories saying tampering with game consoles and game console save files is against japanese copyright laws and bad translations sought that out to be about modding games, it’s not

@mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works

the kotaku article is the badly translated one yes,

Why am I not surprised?

@corrupts_absolutely@sh.itjust.works

makes sense! thank you for correcting me. i only remember the headlines so perhaps i shouldnt have been as confident about the matter

@corrupts_absolutely@sh.itjust.works

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In a recent Capcom R and D presentation, Capcom has clarified that it Capcom considers mods equal to cheating, and is worried that “mods that violate public order or morals” will cause them PR damage

In a recent Capcom R and D presentation, Capcom has clarified that it Capcom considers mods equal to cheating, and is worried that “mods that violate public order or morals” will cause them PR damage

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