Creator of Bloodborne 60fps patch hit with takedown notice

https://www.vg247.com/bloodborne-at-60fps-is-no-more-as-fan-made-patch-has-been-hit-with-a-takedown-notice

Unfortunately, though, almost three years on, McDonald has received a takedown notice from Sony, meaning bye-bye 60fps patch. "On February 21st, 2021, I created and released a patch for Bloodborne which makes the game run at 60fps," McDonald shared on Twitter. "Today I received a DMCA takedown notification on behalf of Sony Interactive Entertainment asking that I remove links to the patch I posted on the internet, so I've now done so."

McDonald explained in a later tweet that the patch that Sony requested to be removed as the "platform-agnostic version of the patch. It was the version used on PS4, PS5, and the PC emulator. It doesn’t contain any copyright infringing content, it is a 'patcher.'" But, he noted that he's not interested in "arguing my right to distribute" the patch, even if he says he's "legally protected" if he chose to re-post it.

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Sony being the majority shareholder of From Software is working out just as well as I expected...

I've resigned myself to never getting the chance to play Bloodborne again. I'm not going to buy a PlayStation and I'm not going to play it at 30fps.
- ShadPS4 is still available and can play it at 60fps on PC. 60FPS mod (and numerous others) is available in the emulator's library after you install the game to your emulator PS4 hard drive. See the guide on the link below for details. Other files needed might be on the Internet Archive if you search for BB disc codes
  https://shadps4.org/
  
  Dodi has a repack for it as well. Comes with everything you need to play it at 60fps if you have decent hardware.
  
  This makes me worried that Sony now has an excuse to take down shadps4.
- Emulation technology will catch up at some point

Sony and Nintendo would probably run the console world dominantly if they just stopped shooting their own fans in the face constantly.
There is an alternate timeline where Nintendo and Sony work with these types of fans to make their games better. I bet that alternate reality has the sickest gaming conventions and mods of all time.

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