killamch89 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 On 1/31/2021 at 6:33 AM, skyfire said: Yeah I think there must be design patent that may stop them for 10 years or so of blockcing. Nintendo is that protective so far. It would be classic Nintendo if they patented the design because they'll protect their brand at any cost. Then again, they did take their inspiration from a few other handheld devices so that would make it quite difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Yeah that is one reason their clones are playing low key. And they don't do advertising but mostly sell in the low market for the price. But nintendo still tops the sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 19 hours ago, skyfire said: Yeah that is one reason their clones are playing low key. And they don't do advertising but mostly sell in the low market for the price. But nintendo still tops the sales. Chinese companies are now smart enough to clone a device but change around a few things so that they can't be sued for copyright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 And the way things that work in their soil. usually they settle with each other without much fuss. but they go heavy against the competitor from other nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 On 3/26/2021 at 1:00 AM, skyfire said: And the way things that work in their soil. usually they settle with each other without much fuss. but they go heavy against the competitor from other nation. Yeah. I'll give them that - they cooperate very well with each other. Even when you see them in other countries, they normally work together so that they can get influential positions in a particular country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Yeah they recently took over the Opera browser and the gaming company named Yoyogames which makes gamemaker software. Nobody in the front knows that those brands are now completely under beijeing control. Sad state of this industry that power is leaning to one nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/28/2021 at 1:41 AM, skyfire said: Yeah they recently took over the Opera browser and the gaming company named Yoyogames which makes gamemaker software. Nobody in the front knows that those brands are now completely under beijeing control. Sad state of this industry that power is leaning to one nation. It's so true. China has huge influence inside the gaming industry especially the company called Tencent. They have a lot of acquisitions in the media and tech industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Yeah and considering US has change of president, the lobby will push it's tentacles in the US and other places too. I am just wondering though the amount of new products being pushed by the MSI and Lenovo if they are planning on doing price variation considering a lot of products at this moment are not even affordable with people laid off the jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 5 hours ago, skyfire said: Yeah and considering US has change of president, the lobby will push it's tentacles in the US and other places too. I am just wondering though the amount of new products being pushed by the MSI and Lenovo if they are planning on doing price variation considering a lot of products at this moment are not even affordable with people laid off the jobs. Knowing how greedy these manufacturers are, they're more likely to jack up the price than to lower it. The only way they'll ever consider lowering their prices is if everyone stops buying their stuff and we're talking a $200-300 reduction at most depending on the product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Yeah the thing is tech is also affected by the corona and the loss of the industries around the world. so definitely this could be a thing. I guess there are chances that price increase in the cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
