The full text of this act (translated to English) is available here: https://www.jftc.go.jp/file/MSCA_Guidelines_tentative_translation.pdf

I haven’t read through the full text, but it does seem to specifically apply to only smartphones. The Switch is a mobile device but I think it’d be a hard case to make it count as a phone and a general computing platform like iPhone/Android.

Hmmm, I’m having a hard time choosing between the Seerup and Puxoca Coun. Does either come with a free side of Sseeiiqers by any chance?

Most other “indie” games are not indie under that definition, too.

The indie renaissance that occurred in the late 00’s/early 10’s was mostly indie developers obtaining good publisher deals. Some indie developers still self-publish, but the majority don’t. There are even publishers that specialize in indie game publishing.

This is the same use case that people are currently up in arms against Larian for

Well, late PS3 exclusives. It took a long time for even first party developers to figure out how to take advantage of the hardware. Uncharted 1 and The Last of Us look like they were released during completely different generations.

America collectively peaked in high school

And especially when faced with the difficulty of trying to sue a company in a different country.

It’s…aight. Not as good as VI yet.

It hasn’t received any significant gameplay changing DLC yet, and usually Civ games don’t really come into their own until then.

Going lower to drum up interest for the new one I’m guessing?