I mean the game was built (on PC anyway) around private servers. So, expecting Aspyr to run all the servers is likely unrealistic as the infra is already there to host your own servers. Honestly, in my experience, handling cheaters worked a lot better back when server owners could simply have dedicated human eyes on…

This is a huge blow to game emulation, particularly as digital storefronts—like the 3DS and Wii U eShops—close up and classic games become harder to find. How can games be more accessible to folks as we enter an increasingly digitized future where games are no longer printed on physical discs?

Yes, they did. Their announcement about the shut down was 100% written by a lawyer and not the dev himself

Oh, this thread needs to stop. You clearly don’t understand how technology and code work. Just because they built a tool that could be used for Piracy doesn’t mean that was the purpose. And no, dumping games and keys from MY system is NOT piracy unless I start distributing those files (which I did not).

Odd that Nintendo went after Yuzu but not Ryujinx. Maybe because Yuzu put its latest builds behind Patreon paywalls?

The problem here is that there is a provision in the DMCA that makes it illegal to show people how to “circumvent” copy protection, which they claim Yuzu does in their quickstart page.

Problem with this argument is if that is decided for Nintendo, then it has implications not just for this kind of emulation, but also…

I mean, there is an alternative.... be OK NOT getting Ubisoft games. Until people just finally are OK with not having the latest Asassin’s Creed, Battlefield (EA), Diablo, etc then the companies will just continue doing these things. By buying their products you encourage their behavior.

Although I love BG3 I get people bouncing off of it. Sure, there’s the RNG element.

After reading through this list, I think it becomes more and more clear that the we need to be OK with other people having different tastes and preferences to each other.

I also learned that I HATE the term “niche” when discussing types of games...... ALL GAMES ARE NICHE simplifying them to hit a large target just…

AI has a LOT of great uses in providing invaluable tools in the STEM and Medical fields, as well as supplemental tools for artists, musicians, and the like. The problem is that first we’ll have to go through the shit show that is execs thinking they can replace Engineers, Nurses, Scientists, Artists, Writers, etc with…

I mean the Game Awards is mostly so the AAA studios can pay for some previews of their upcoming games and pat each other on the back. The idea that there should be a separate category for Indie vs AAA “Best Game” is literally the big boys pretending that no Independent studio makes anything as good as them, despite…

Can places please stop claiming Diablo IV and Starfield as top games of 2023.

The Mixed user reviews on Starfield should say enough about that game alone, not to mention the player count drop-off on a game that was supposed to be the next Skyrim and was supposed to be designed to be played for thousands of hours.

As…

As much as I’d love to think that’s a major part of the problem, I’m betting there’s also a LOT of subpar business decisions going on.

Unity has to become profitable first, which I think makes them more desperate to find “creative” ways to get that money from customers.

They currently earn just under $1 Billion in revenue a year, but appear to be spending about ~$1.2 Billion in expenses a year (on what, I have no idea).

I wouldn’t expect too much of a change in Unity’s direction long term. All you have to do is look up their quarterly updates since it’s all public information to see that they are still losing almost $200 million/yr on a nearly $1 Billion in Revenue. I.E. They are spending near $1.2 Billion/yr in costs. They have to…

Comparing PC gaming from that era to now is not genuine. Back then PC gaming was built largely for the best of the best hardware, was generally behind consoles in capabilities, and much more costly just to get a general use PC than it is today.

So what?!? You cannot build all your games on PC for the most top 25% of hardware. Most PC Gamers aren’t running top of the line hardware. Hell, most PC gamers aren’t even running recent hardware. Nvidia GeForce 10xx series GFX cards are still the most used on Steam. CPUs on Steam still hover around 2.3 - 2.9 GHz as…

Luke was trained by Jedi still tied to the “old ways” of the Jedi order. The characters that have mentioned the more expansive ideas about everyone having the force came from Jedi that were given different perspectives on the force from their own experiences and from other types of Force users. Specifically for Kanan…

That also doesn’t mean that all 50 devs were pulled from one project. That’s highly unlikely. Even if they were, they weren’t likely pulled all from the same team. Most dev teams aren’t anymore than 6-10 people (at most) due to the simply issues created with team velocity by adding more people. In all likelihood they…

That’s not true. As noted in this episode (and throughout the Prequels and Clone Wars) - The Jedi were overly selective based on innate talent, not potential. According to George Lucas, anyone can use the Force if they “take the time to do it”.