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Post by Sarge on Oct 27, 2021 16:57:34 GMT -5
It's nice that PS3 can play PS1, but that input latency is pretty horrible there. Which is sad, when you think about it, because the PSP doesn't have those issues that I can tell.
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Post by Ex on Oct 27, 2021 19:08:57 GMT -5
that dream of people hoping the PS5 was going to be backward compatible with the PS1-PS4 at least disc wise... man oh man, too good to be true
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Post by Ex on Oct 28, 2021 0:50:20 GMT -5
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Post by Xeogred on Oct 28, 2021 1:03:09 GMT -5
Premium online Nintendo content!
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Post by Chema on Oct 28, 2021 6:50:22 GMT -5
I don't know much about Switch Online, but it looks like the Netflix version of Virtual Console. I think you'd have an impossible task on your hands to find someone out there speak positively about it. I have never signed up for Nintendo's online stuff and never will. Sounds like absolute dated trash. Everyone always talks about how bad the servers and lag is for Smash Bros and a few other games. There's still a dreaded Friend Code-like thing I think (It's been so long since I added someone I forget how it is). etc, yeah just imagine it's AOL dial up in 2021. But apparently some N64 and Genesis emulation of the same 10 games they've re-released a billion times over makes it worth an extra $50... Nintendo gonna Nintendo like always, but especially in the case of online... they are still like 15 years behind the curb.
I'll still complain about Xbox and Sony here too though and their paid services. This is yet another reason why I'll be sticking more to PC gaming going forward if any upcoming multiplayer stuff catches my eye. Halo Infinite and Monster Hunter Rise might be tempting, I'm sure I have some friends that'll be into those.
It's even worse. The Wii U online infrastructure worked without Friend Codes! But somehow, someone at Nintendo thought players missed the days when they had to input 12 digits codes to add their friends, so they came back for the Switch.
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Post by anayo on Jan 18, 2022 13:34:28 GMT -5
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Post by Ex on Jan 18, 2022 14:19:11 GMT -5
"Check-in DRM"
How delightfully anti-consumer.
Yep... just one more nail in the coffin of my give a fuck post-PS4.
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Post by Xeogred on Jan 18, 2022 20:08:20 GMT -5
That's small fry compared to Microsoft buying Activision now. www.gematsu.com/2022/01/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzardI like Phil Spencer. I like Xbox bringing everything to PC now. But he's an absolute fool and any other greedy assholes who think some omega super duper mega corp owning a Disney sized share of gaming IP's under one umbrella is anything GOOD for the medium. Fucking terrible. I don't even care about Activision, but this news still irks me. Western gaming is destined to crumble.
Guess some things never change. MS at it again with monopolistic tendencies. Now in my favorite hobby space.
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Post by paulofthewest on Jan 18, 2022 20:25:10 GMT -5
Wow 68.7 billion. I don't like monopolies either, but I do wonder how this will affect DRM. M$ made Github private accounts free, but that is a different tech.
Maybe the FTC will jump in as this seems like a pretty large acquisition.
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Post by Ex on Jan 18, 2022 21:28:58 GMT -5
Western gaming is destined to crumble As long as we've got diversity hiring, cultural equity consultants, and societal impact analysts on board, western gaming will be just fine. Maybe the FTC will jump in I expect their virtuous palms cannot be greased, they shall overturn this abomination of an acquisition.
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