'Elden Ring' player wants to sue publisher because the game is too hard
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A 4Chan user claims they're suing 'Elden Ring''s international publisher, Bandai Namco, because there's a world in the game they can't access

Another article that highlighs inherent flaws in the American legal system. How can this potentially be an actual lawsuit? How can “journalists” even entertain reporting on this?

Honestly I’m just posting to laugh at my fellow lemmings responses and watch see how the plaintiff is roasted for not gitting gud.

But, there is a real conversation here around continued ignorance of game development and the value of difficult games as a value proposition. Afterall, the person attempting to sue from did choose to purchase the games willingly knowing they’re not for scrub casuals like themselves.

What do you all think, is difficulty gating content a real issue? Should dev’s have some kind of legal requirement to appease players that can spec a build properly? Is it Thursday and I’m just looking for some easy laughs at a morons expense?

  • Dizzy Devil DuckyEnglish
    251·
    1 month ago

    I’d say it’s absolutely insane that someone might actually be able to take the creators of Elden Ring to court over the fact they’re not good enough to beat a game intentionally made to be hard. I imagine they’re the same people who would try and sue Sintendo over a Mrio Mker level that they can’t beat first try.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      14·
      1 month ago

      I the US you can sue anyone for anything. You’ll lose for stuff like this post, but you can do it all you want. The fact anyone is reporting on this is the issue. It should be ignored.

      • Dizzy Devil DuckyEnglish
        21·
        1 month ago

        Thanks for the heads up. This whole text formatting thing can be annoying.

    • MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 month ago

      The article is using as a source a 4chan post that had a docket number that didn’t check out. I’m pretty sure this is a joke someone took seriously because they needed to publish something today.

      This would get almost immediately dismissed by any judge.