▲ 449 ▼ The situation with Sony (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (2 children) Idk if that's the actual justification behind it, but IIRC, not showing other platforms logos is just a technical requirement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago No, I played when that happened. They launched it with icons for nintendo switch, xbox, PC and playstation. Within a week they had to hotfix to the generic icons for stated reason because "Sony was worried about the meme potential of an xbox player beating a PS player in PVP." That was stated as the reason in one of their weekly livestreams. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Legal requirement, not technical. Trademark law. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child) Obviously it's a legal requirement but I'm 99% sure it was also on the TRC. Like, even if you were to obtain the proper license to these symbols from Microsoft, Sony wouldn't allow you to use them on their systems. IIRC Xbox were way less anal about this too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child) That's still a legal requirement, not a technical one. A legal requirement that is exactly in the middle of the trademark couch and in no way whatsoever a technicality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) True but it's one that's usually handled and checked by technical people. Which is probably why they put it in the technical requirements checklist, now that you're saying it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* Nah. Technical people are not responsible for a corporation's legal requirements (unless they're lawyers on the payroll of course), unless the company is ran by morons ... which is likely, in your defense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago No, I played when that happened. They launched it with icons for nintendo switch, xbox, PC and playstation. Within a week they had to hotfix to the generic icons for stated reason because "Sony was worried about the meme potential of an xbox player beating a PS player in PVP." That was stated as the reason in one of their weekly livestreams. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Legal requirement, not technical. Trademark law. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child) Obviously it's a legal requirement but I'm 99% sure it was also on the TRC. Like, even if you were to obtain the proper license to these symbols from Microsoft, Sony wouldn't allow you to use them on their systems. IIRC Xbox were way less anal about this too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child) That's still a legal requirement, not a technical one. A legal requirement that is exactly in the middle of the trademark couch and in no way whatsoever a technicality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) True but it's one that's usually handled and checked by technical people. Which is probably why they put it in the technical requirements checklist, now that you're saying it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* Nah. Technical people are not responsible for a corporation's legal requirements (unless they're lawyers on the payroll of course), unless the company is ran by morons ... which is likely, in your defense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child) Obviously it's a legal requirement but I'm 99% sure it was also on the TRC. Like, even if you were to obtain the proper license to these symbols from Microsoft, Sony wouldn't allow you to use them on their systems. IIRC Xbox were way less anal about this too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child) That's still a legal requirement, not a technical one. A legal requirement that is exactly in the middle of the trademark couch and in no way whatsoever a technicality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) True but it's one that's usually handled and checked by technical people. Which is probably why they put it in the technical requirements checklist, now that you're saying it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* Nah. Technical people are not responsible for a corporation's legal requirements (unless they're lawyers on the payroll of course), unless the company is ran by morons ... which is likely, in your defense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child) That's still a legal requirement, not a technical one. A legal requirement that is exactly in the middle of the trademark couch and in no way whatsoever a technicality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) True but it's one that's usually handled and checked by technical people. Which is probably why they put it in the technical requirements checklist, now that you're saying it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* Nah. Technical people are not responsible for a corporation's legal requirements (unless they're lawyers on the payroll of course), unless the company is ran by morons ... which is likely, in your defense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) True but it's one that's usually handled and checked by technical people. Which is probably why they put it in the technical requirements checklist, now that you're saying it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* Nah. Technical people are not responsible for a corporation's legal requirements (unless they're lawyers on the payroll of course), unless the company is ran by morons ... which is likely, in your defense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* Nah. Technical people are not responsible for a corporation's legal requirements (unless they're lawyers on the payroll of course), unless the company is ran by morons ... which is likely, in your defense. permalink fedilink source parent
