Found a neat quote from the judges in the Sony v Connectix case:
“For this reason, some economic loss by Sony as a result of this competition does not compel a finding of no fair use. Sony understandably seeks control over the market for devices that play games Sony produces or licenses. The copyright law, however, does not confer such a monopoly.”
Now, it’s worth noting that Connectix actually produced their own BIOS, so this is not quite the same as the common emulators of today.
But still: The idea that copyright does not confer a monopoly on hardware to play your games would be a very spicy take from a court in 2024.
Fun fact: Macs were a legitimately good gaming platform in the early 2000s with the first Halo being developed for Macs. Microsoft saw the threat and bought out Bungie and made it an Xbox exclusive.
@vinylshrapnel @misk Macworld had a few sneak peaks of Halo that got me all jazz hands about it. Bungie made some kick ass mac games back in the day. The worst part of the whole halo and buyout meant Oni got severely gimped. I hope they eventually go back and remaster that one and give it the treatment it deserves
I miss Connectix. They made some special and weird hardware and software, mostly for the Mac, back in the day ♥️
