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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: Microsoft explored selling or spinning off Xbox division after Phil Spencer's exit⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Is Nintendo big tech though? They seem kinda too specific to a sub section of an industry unlike the other companies that typically come to mind when big tech is mentioned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best Steam Next Fest game I've seen thus far - Magical Girl ER⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That almost sounds like a medical version of Papers Please which is a really cool idea that I’m surprised hasn’t been explored before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 823 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh man, I second EoS. It’s the best Pokémon game in my opinion. I’m quite surprised they haven’t remade it given that they remade Red Rescue Team.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you able to tell which language is which by looking?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Worth noting that while something like 95% taken from Chinese it was taken from traditional Chinese and then underwent it’s own simplification process independently from Chinese. This leads to a lot of subtle and sometimes huge differences between some related kanji and hanzi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it hard for native speakers of languages that use 漢字 to learn ABC as it's different to their own?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Japanese has kana though. So a single character might not be a word. So it’s quite different from Mandarin in that respect. That said Mandarin does have pinyin with both romanized and bopomofo versions that act as a reading guide so I don’t think the idea that a single character may not mean a word is that strange of a thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over 85% of Japanese game developers use generative AI in game development, 2026 CESA survey shows. An increase from last year’s 51%⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a big difference between what’s happening in the commercial world and art circles. I can’t speak for food but with regards to the topic here, Japan has a huge creator market and that market responds very differently. A year back, their biggest creator fair had a few “artists” selling AI “art” but essentially no one was interested and they hardly sold anything while others had sprawling queues. This year there was pretty much 0 as a result.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vibe Gaming: Project VEGA - Microsoft Research⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes let’s take something like player control which is fast, efficient and direct and see how we can make it inefficient, convoluted, imprecise and laggy. I can somewhat understand if they use it for NPCs but what is the point here other than making a worse player experience?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terraria with RetroAchievements on Android device⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s nice to have some guides pinned and to keep notes. Some games have had second screen mods but a number of them are vibe coded and some of these devs broke open source licenses doing it so I’m steering clear of those.

  Wii U is another platform that benefits from it as the bottom screen acts as the Wii U tablet controller though I’ve not yet tried it out personally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terraria with RetroAchievements on Android device⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re playing 3DS games then there’s no point as emulation inherently adds input latency. The only benefits are if you’re not playing any games that hurt from that and you’d like to have better visuals. I got mine because I’m emulating other platforms too and running Windows games via GameNative was a game changer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One gamer got so tired of waiting for Valve, he made his own 'Steam Controller 2' out of Steam Deck parts, and it even splits in half like Switch Joy-Cons⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The Deck’s controls. The Steam Controller was a bit too drastic of a change for me. It’s great for games not designed for a controller but having no D-pad and only a single analog stick is a deal breaker for most people who get a controller to play games designed for controllers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nier creator Yoko Taro reveals the sad reality of modern AAA game development, “there’s less weird people making games”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Because there were still plenty of good games that came out after that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A couple of Switch 2 owners are already reporting expanded back panels, Nintendo investigates possible causes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the New 3DS had the best implementation. The swappable backplate were cool and provided easy but child safe access to the batteries behind 2 normal Phillips screws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft’s New Xbox Strategy Starts with Windows and Ends with No Console⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They added mod support to MS Store/Game Pass games ages ago. If locking it down like that was their intention they would’ve never even done that to begin with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Finding it hard to multitask and lacking confidence is fairly normal as a new driver. I found it helpful to have someone who’s confident in driving to accompany you while you drive until you’re confident. They’ll be able to point things out to you and warn you while you drive. It’s important that at the start they let you focus and only speak when necessary though. Gradually over time, they can speak to you more to get you used with multitasking while driving.

  These things take time to get used to so don’t fret it but if course, this is only if you’re comfortable to give it a try and commit to improving.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are foldable phones as good/bad as they say?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a Samsung Fold 3 and then upgraded to a Fold 6 which ended up costing less than half after the trade in bonuses and promotions. It’s insanely useful for me to be able to open it up for watching videos, reading books or articles, sketching ideas and more. Being able to just unfold it halfway to stand it up on a table is also pretty useful at times. It definitely enables you to do a lot more things that would’ve been a pain on a regular phone.

  Durability is surprisingly much better than I had expected. I’ve dropped it a few times and it’s still pretty solid, though I’ve never dropped it while it was open.

  I also like that it’s narrower than a normal phone and thicker since it really helps for one handed use which is why I’m not a fan of the Chinese ones or the rumours of the Fold 7 being much wider and thinner. Honestly, it’s an unpopular opinion but I thought the Fold 3’s width was perfect, they just needed to trim the bezels further.

  So yea, I can’t go back to a regular phone anymore. Even though I spend 70% of the time folded, the 40% where is unfolded more than makes it worth it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Windows Phone may have been a lot more successful and we’d have much better UI than we do now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re also much better for local party games. That’s essentially what my Switch has become.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Compatibility for one. Also unpopular opinion here, but I actually like Windows and use it on my main desktop. So having everything run the same thing does add some conveniences. The only thing I really like about SteamOS right now is really just the battery life and the quick resume from sleep. If Windows gets those through this initiative, then I don’t really have any reason to stick with SteamOS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus and Lenovo’s handhelds get price hike as Valve pauses some Steam Deck sales⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure if the price matters that much to the demographic. Their main target audience isn’t gonna consider a handheld gaming PC to begin with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 - Official Teaser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think Black Ops 6 did a lot of really cool things for the story with a few open ended levels and a really cool segment in the middle won’t spoil. Story wise I think it is actually one of their better ones, it had the potential to be almost as good as Blops 1 if the ending wasn’t so rushed and failed to tie up the plot lines properly. I have a feeling it’s so that they could reuse the characters in Warzone which is a huge shame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I would be interested if it also supported quick resume from sleep like the Deck does. Imo that’s the killer SteamOS feature that’s keeping Windows alternatives from being even a consideration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alien Isolation VR is finally here with immersive motion controls and much more⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Downloads are distributed via Discord.

  Who the heck thought this was a good idea?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dave2D - Windows Was The Problem All Along (Lenovo Legion Go Windows 11 vs. SteamOS)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Drivers possibly? I don’t mean it as a dig at SteamOS, I’m just curious where the discrepancy is from.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dave2D - Windows Was The Problem All Along (Lenovo Legion Go Windows 11 vs. SteamOS)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Do we know if it’s entirely coming from SteamOS? Iirc the advantages it had over Windows on the Steam Deck were not even anywhere remotely this pronounced.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bungie confirms it stole art once again, will undertake a 'thorough review' of Marathon assets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Like they did so the past few times which still led to this happening again?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Plenty of singleplayer games are from indies, those more or less support the developer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Contrary to what Lemmy would like you to believe, some of us actually like using Windows. Is it annoying sometimes? Yes but Linux can also be really annoying and a pain. I’ve wasted days trying to get a GPU to show up properly among other smaller issues for work purposes. I’m not gonna even try to bother with it when I just want to get home and relax.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game preservationists say Switch 2 Game-Key Cards are ‘disheartening’ but inevitable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m willing to bet that the majority of people don’t really care about this. If they did, you’d see GoG do wildly better than Steam does. People like DRM and the convenience with having your library digitally available with the ease of installation, they just don’t like badly implemented DRM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft patch Splinter Cell Blacklist after 12 years to add achievements⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea I get that, just wanted to say that EA has the same issue too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft patch Splinter Cell Blacklist after 12 years to add achievements⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  EA’s games that released on Steam after Origin was a thing still launch a mini EA launcher when you press Play on Steam, much like how Ubisoft’s does on Steam. That’s at least how it seems the last time I tried it with Fallen Order.