I think one thing that does not get enough attention with this shift is the effect on the secondary market. In addition to being a valuable system for keeping playable games in circulation, I’ve seen how it enables whole populations of lower-income individuals to enjoy gaming. Buy a game this week, play it, sell it…

What my brain is imagining is a wobble factor. things being off by just enough, or enough wear and tear over time to alter the track a bit so the cart rams into the fake track. Again, it’s my own mind conjuring it, but I think I’d still pass on this one.

It’s wild that so many old games only exist and are playable now thanks to people uploading them to the net and building emulators/tools to keep them alive. 

Pirates are doing *MOST* of the heavy lifting when it comes to game preservation. See also: movies and music

Did... did this “article” time travel from 2002?

Maybe new Kotaku staff did not know, but old Kotaku staff were aware:

23 Years Later, We’ve Discovered An Amazing GameCube Easter Egg

Even coming into this article I knew Kotaku wasn’t going to be too thrilled about this news. Hogwarts Legacy got overshadowed by TotK, BG3, Spider-Man 2 and Starfield in the news. But it was still critically acclaimed by critics and sold like candy.

Released in February 2023, Hogwarts Legacy wasn’t a hit with critics and ended up not winning many major awards.

Avast, me mateys!

Thank you, your comment just convinced me to buy the game. People are too sensitive. Some gamers overreacted to a ragebait headline, but his full comments provided some thoughtful and reasonable context.

You’re not supporting Ubisoft because the CEO just said something that is factually accurate?

Looks cool. Since I’m getting used to the idea of owning nothing, I’ll head down to my local torrent site to check it out when my backlog is a bit lighter.

An IP can have as many “canon” versions of the story as the creator is willing to write. “Canon” simply means that this is the creator’s intent, not the product of fanfiction.

Sephiroth is gonna do it. He’s bringing in Donald and Goofy to join the battle.

canon is capricious and utterly arbitrary, existing only at the whim of the IP holder.

They aren’t remakes.

Yeah, that’s really underselling it. They’re both really useful.

Just for the record, AI is an useful technology. I’ll agree that it is dangerous, and not just in the Skynet-scenario, but also because it will be used to replace human work by doing things worse but cheaper.

I miss the blockchain and NFTs. Not because I liked them, but because it was endlessly amusing watching people INSIST that it was super special magical technology that would change the world, and then never be able to give an actual use case for them. I think the closest they ever got were for recording transactions…