I’ve always wondered why Nintendo doesn’t try to undercut the reproduction in emulation market by coming in and allowing companies to make direct printed reproductions that are official. Imagine if you could just order an actual N64 cartridge from Nintendo for like $15-20.
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circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
I bet they wouldn’t care as much if a significant portion of their modern business model wasn’t reselling old games.
“Here’s a game that came out in 1987, except we’ve added DRM to it and pulled its new price from a hat.”
PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why make money once when you can get people hooked on a subscription and pay many times the value.
kernelle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They’ve also locked N64 and GBA behind an extra subscription model on the Switch. I’ve paid a month here and there for online support, I don’t want an entire year AND paying double to play one or two retro games.
Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 2 weeks ago
And the emulators aren’t even particularly good compared to what the community has been cooking, especially the new N64 recompiler that runs the games with interpolation at 240Hz 4K HDR graphics with raytracing in proper 16:9. Meanwhile Nintendo didn’t even get the fog right on launch.
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Other than not being able to remap buttons, their emulators on Switch are actually pretty good (except for the N64 one, as you said).
rhandyrhoads@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just out of curiosity regarding the emulator features, why? The assets for N64 games can’t possibly be suitable for that sort of fidelity and I’m sure that all those extra frames are just generated along with the entire ray tracing functionality.
Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 2 weeks ago
It does away with the emulation entirely, that’s the crazy part. It’s basically a PC port but most of it is generated. Those features have been injected directly into the game itself. It renders at that resolution, no upscaling. It’s still low res textures but the anti aliasing and overall sharpness of it all works out well. The animations are interpolated in-game, no fancy frame predictions or anything.
It would play absolutely fantastic at 720p on the Switch.
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Don’t forget Genesis as well! Even though Nintendo certainly has.
Delphia@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I dont mind the subscription for the retro catalogue, but expand the fucking catalogue already. It shouldnt be as limited as it is.
kernelle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’d be willing to pay that yearly fee for one game, just to have it on there and play when I want. Meanwhile I’ll be using my PSP, so good for handheld emulation.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Oh dang, I didn’t realize they were also doing subs now. What an absolute sham.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The vast, vast majority of Nintendo’s games are unlikely to ever be on their online store front again. This is them just being litigious dicks.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
“Here’s a game that came out in 1987, except we’ve added DRM to it and pulled its new price from a hat.”
If only the execution was similar to the newest Rugrats game…
ogeist@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Piracy has only one real solution, a better market. I don’t pirate PC games anymore because Steam has done plenty to earn the respect it has acquired. Prices are competitive and in general is a very smooth experience.
The Switch 2 has to be equal or better, in terms of power, to the Steam Deck/Ally. It is a shame that the last Pokemon games are no better than an indie game and the current switch can barely handle the latest Zelda