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- Comment on Preserving Play: How Eden Grew Into the Switch Emulator Everyone’s Talking About (my interview with the devs) 6 hours ago:
It’s been popular among the Steam Deck emulation scene because of it’s performance for most titles running better on the hardware compared to Ryujinx/Forks (Although because of those orange flags you mentioned it now makes sense when I found out EmuDeck refuses to provide support or streamlined installation in their menus).
Hopefully the ship is above board, but right now we’re able to reap the performance benefits as users - although I’ll probably stick to Ryujinx on my proper desktop PC.
- Comment on Preserving Play: How Eden Grew Into the Switch Emulator Everyone’s Talking About (my interview with the devs) 7 hours ago:
Your description mentions “Eden taken down (legally)”, so I was wondering if that was a typo.
- Comment on Preserving Play: How Eden Grew Into the Switch Emulator Everyone’s Talking About (my interview with the devs) 7 hours ago:
Didn’t Yuzu get taken out legally? Not Eden (albeit it is a fork)?
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 14 hours ago:
That’s called releasing your games on GOG, modding in missing assets, or easy piracy, all PC-centric features.
There is no way in hell any console platform would allow that level of untethered ownership ever again. Nintendo was the last one, and it’s gone with the switch 2.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 1 day ago:
Microsoft approved PCs are becoming consoles.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 1 day ago:
"We have steam deck verification at home"
- Microsoft (in a year)
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 1 day ago:
That’s 7th generation. 8th generation is PS4, Xbox 1, and Wii U.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 1 day ago:
Steam as a platform is easy to crack (that’s why so many steam game repacks circulate), but there’s a degree of expected stability due to their reputation for the Steam platform’s longevity built over two decades. Additionally, their status as a private company with no external pressure puts them ahead of MS, Sony, and Nintendo in terms of future turbulence.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 1 day ago:
When I think of portable ARM devices, my mind immediately snaps to cell phones and the Android ecosystem (which is what the Switch was compared to and even successfully hacked to run Android on).
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 1 day ago:
The main reason I used the comparison is because no PC analog outside of Apple’s space (Unless you count Linux on PowerPC?) used the architecture. x86 has a strong association with Windows, PC gaming, and “PCs” as a whole, while PowerPC’s most iconic use in the personal computing space was in consoles and in Apple’s lineup. Because of that, I chose to mention the PowerPC Mac line.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 2 days ago:
Yay! Make sure to check out some of the cool couch gaming indies - Enter the Gungeon and Duck Game are some of my favorites.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 2 days ago:
Come to the PC world then. We have free mods, no online subscriptions, DRM-free gaming, and open-source software no one can take from you.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 2 days ago:
I mean… Yes… But you wouldn’t be able to run steam or install games designed for the PC platform on the hardware, which is what the 8th generation consoles (at least a hacked PS4, Xbox 1 is unhacked) are able to do. I supposed even with that in mind, the Original Xbox and PS2 would count because Doom, but still.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 2 days ago:
Not all Xbox players, clearly. With Microsoft doubling down on not having any physical media containing the full retail game on disk from Xbox 1 onwards, every one of those accounts are hosed unless they have an archive of all the downloaded files needed.
My advice to them - mod your consoles (360 and below) if you have them, rip your discs, and get ready for when Xbox services (for console hardware) are sunset.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 2 days ago:
I think the bar is effectively “x86 architecture and could theoretically at least run linux” (in which case the original xbox would qualify)
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 2 days ago:
Emulation General Wiki Check the Xbox category section.
If you have physical media there are ways to rip them using a commodity DVD/Bluray drive so you can back them up, load them in the emulator, and prevent data rot on the actual disks.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 2 days ago:
Have been since the 8th generation, unless you count Nintendo, whose 8th gen was a PowerPC (Mac), and 9th gen onward is a glorified Android phone with a dedicated GPU.
- Comment on Ex PlayStation exec says Sony can't keep "increasing the graphics power" with new consoles after tech plateau, but PS5 has already "made almost every game a better game" 2 days ago:
I’m a patient gamer :)
- Comment on Ex PlayStation exec says Sony can't keep "increasing the graphics power" with new consoles after tech plateau, but PS5 has already "made almost every game a better game" 2 days ago:
Emulation my beloved
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Unfortunately, he followed the logical impact of your decision (even at a micro level). You would do well to think about it.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
I’ve re-bought games on GOG before just to have that backup DRM free copy for piece of mind, and to use for machines that will never connect to the internet :)
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
It’s a bit of the shopping cart paradigm: no one is stopping you, but it’s a bit of a dick move since GOG literally allows you to keep perpetual copies for yourself forever.
Also, because of that exact scenario, many high profile steam game publishers are wary of being sold on GOG - and I suspect this exact instinct in the community is exactly why they are going to avoid the platform as long as possible. Even if it’s a repack, it’s a lot more work to find that release than to just use a GOG installer, and that ease of piracy scares them.
- Comment on 4 days ago:
The finals =/= Arc Raiders (The finals has been released since 2023 and has been actively updates to current day).
They are developed by the same studio (embark), but Nexon is their parent company now. The reason I left the future ambiguous is because I don’t have access to their internal planning.
With that being said, none of the updates or available purchases within The Finals have had P2W or predatory elements for 2 years, so I’m inclined to believe they will stay on the right track.
You can check the FAQ on Nexon’s or Embark’s websites (official site ran by Embark) about Arc Raiders if you want to see their plans in writing:
- Comment on 4 days ago:
From my experience playing the Finals, it seems the developers have quite a good grip on creative freedom and how they monetize (the only exception is the cosmetic battlepass “upgrade” for additional superfluous cosmetics), and there haven’t been any elements of P2W that I witnessed.
- Comment on 4 days ago:
The developer behind this game (Embark Studios) is trying to push the genre forward with new gamemodes and approaches to combat design.
Like the Finals has it’s own unique gamemode (Cashout) that doesn’t really exist anywhere is, and is a ton of fun with the amount of unique encounters you can have throughout the game (with the fully destructible environments with physics allowing you to completely up-end the map layout). There’s no “one answer” to solve a problem, and while mechanical aim and good listening for the enemy players will obviously help you, you’ll need to change your mindset from the shooter status quo because the objectives and combat can flow quite differently.
Arc Raiders is still in testing, but it’s designed to be an entirely 3rd person extraction shooter with an emphasis on sound design and careful maneuvering and movement (make too much noise, you attract a robot or a human’s attention. Move too slowly, you may be leaving loot behind or losing out on a good position like the high ground). It even features Uncharted style mantling and climbing, which I absolutely adore.
There is a lot of shooter slop these days, I agree. But these guys are definitely trying to change that.
- Comment on 5 days ago:
I think they’re referring to the Flash Games Archive or something similar that doesn’t have compatibility with modern browsers. Definitely use an ordinary browser for things like HTML files though.
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 1 week ago:
I don’t think so, it’s just a dynamic that any platform (including Reddit) has, and like always, it depends on what community you join and what instances your account is federated with.
Things are quite politically tense right now, and it doesn’t help that there are also a lot of issues outside of that sphere (enshittification, Windows 10 EOL, etc…) that could make people angry as well, and have heated debates.
Also, with any influx of people, there may be tensions as the userbase has more voices from different viewpoints, and some may escalate while others won’t. You do have the ability to pick and choose who your admin is (instance), where you want to post, and where you’d like to visit, and you can make your own community without restrictions, so if one method of moderation in a community seems out of your preference, feel free to explore an alternative.
- Comment on BattleBit Remastered is surprisingly alive - a huge Operation Overhaul update test arrives in November 1 week ago:
If Battlebit’s performance is good for the Steam Deck, I think I would get back into it easily
- Comment on People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads 1 week ago:
That’s definitely a welcome development for sure (albeit only due to regulatory compliance).
For sure, Google’s attempts to try and slam the Android ecosystem suck (definitely don’t want to paint them as “good guys” compared to apple overall), but luckily there are communities and manufacturers trying to prevent the backsliding.
The most public example would be GrapheneOS (what I’m currently using), but there are other projects like the Fairphone and Pinephone that are currently being iterated on. Heck, GrapheneOS is speaking to an Android OEM right now to make hardware not tied to Google’s ecosystem (Pixel line).
The best case scenario is both sides improve: Apple’s altstores become more common and widespread due to compliance with the EU, and Android users fork from Google’s status quo and have an escape hatch from the enshittification.
- Comment on People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads 1 week ago:
The issue with a walled garden is that abuse is inevitable. There is no team within Apple that is advocating on behalf of the user experience, there is merely “Okay, what’s our market share and user habits?” and “Alright, how can we further monetize and lead customers towards spending more?”.
The walled garden experience within Apple isn’t monstrous or equivalent to ad-ridden crap out the gate by it’s mere existence, but when you cede that level of control over, it will inevitability be enshittified. When you chose an Apple product, you are betting on a publicly traded company chasing profit margins to not abuse you in the lifetime of your devices. It’s a poor wager.