clanginator @ clanginator @lemmy.world

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Yeah when they chose the type of games they'd be known for in the 80's, it sure was specifically because their crystal ball told them

Nintendo's shift towards simpler games has absolutely coincided with their consoles being less powerful than the competition. And since we're name-calling like children (bc some of us are fanboys who can't accept valid criticism)... this has been apparent for the last 20 years, and I made the observation as a child during the Wii era, numbskull!

Nintendo is currently not known for their 80s catalog of titles beyond generally being associated with Mario and Co. - they are known for the games and systems that most people grew up with - and statistically, that's overwhelmingly Wii/DS and newer.

During which time their hardware has consistently lagged behind other systems, and rather than focus on graphics, like Nintendo once did - when they were pushing the hardware envelope - with titles like Super Mario 64, Nintendo has shifted focus and decided to use commodity hardware for their consoles.

Now, as a shift in strategy, I'm not saying it's necessarily wrong, but don't try and deny what's going on.

They absolutely chose the hardware for the switch because it was cheap. There isn't anything particularly special about that Nvidia chip, it had been commercially available for two years by the time the switch came out, so yes it's reasonable to assume Nvidia was offloading it cheaply.

Use your brain and maybe put away the Nintendo kneepads.

Yeah, the physics on botw and totk are so simple. It hurts my brain how basic those games are.

Half Life 2 had physics like that 20 years ago.

Also totk is a stuttering mess when anything sufficiently complex happens unless you overclock the switch, which just proves the point of how underpowered the switch is.

Also also, art style CARRIES those games' graphics. Running those games at higher res (or just on a TV) really shows the constraints they had to work within to get the games to run.

Two of the highest rated games of all time.

Yeah, and I'm sure the loyal Zelda/Nintendo fanboys have nothing to do with that.

Don't get me wrong, they're fantastic games, but I don't think they'd be nearly as popular/well-received if they weren't Zelda titles.

If you need an example in the opposite direction, I don't even need to look up which Pokemon game it was that looked like dogshit on the switch bc you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Yup, this is a stop gap to give them time to figure out how much they can still get away with.

I still say "esskeetit" sometimes.

And giving the guy a little hand action

Right which is why first-party titles, which are built for the stupidly underpowered hardware found in a switch, run and look pretty damn good for the hardware inside. They are building the entire game around a singular shitty-ass chip. It can be optimized perfectly for just that.

But a developer creating a game for PC, Xbox, Playstation, potentially other platforms, AND Switch isn't going to change the design of the entire game to accommodate the Switch's dinky-ass hardware.

And yes old consoles and games used clever tricks to run well on slower hardware and it was amazing. But I guarantee that every single title you could think of as an example was either a first-party title, or in the case of something like Crash Bandicoot, was exclusive to that console.

You're delusional if you think that third-party devs should be able to meet Nintendo's level of polish on their console while creating graphically demanding games for current gen.

And yes it makes sense to be angry at "one of the greatest game consoles ever made" (okay fanboy) when that console was underpowered when it launched 6 years ago, has TERRIBLE controllers (joy cons are literally the least enjoyable controllers I've used, ever, and have serious drift issues), and has held back game development and caused headaches like the situation at hand for devs - they're essentially in a no-win situation here.

Yeah I looked and idk what to say - it looks like a switch game.

If you bought a switch, which was an extremely underpowered when it was released 6 years ago, and then get upset when AAA games releasing on current gen consoles look like dogshit... You have nobody to blame but yourself.

My guy I just peeped ur profile. All u do is tell people they're unintelligent or how they're spreading propaganda.

Not once have you made an actual intelligent point or thoughtful comment that adds to a discussion. Not once have you showed how what you're responding to is propaganda. Not once have you actually attempted to reason with the person you are responding to.

If you smell shit everywhere you go, check ur fuckin shoes.

I mean for sure, the other commenter is just saying that something that affects every facet of our lives will be discussed pretty regularly in any social media, and especially so rn with the state of the world.

I think it's a bit of both. Content itself is pretty lacking tbh - and I say this as someone who hasn't exactly contributed any quality content, but I have definitely enjoyed the overall community, it reminds me a lot of reddit 10 years ago tbh.

I mean, you said it.

Very interesting, thanks for the info. I may have to piece together an ebay server to mess around with some of it.

What do you use to manage SSD/HDD management like that? I just reinstalled Arch and would love to mess with this.

Also wouldn't be surprised to find out X is a problematic name to use when programming a social media website.

So you decided to add to the avalanche of idiotic drivel? Bc that's what your comments are. Absolutely moronic buffoonery. You added nothing of value to the conversation, and did nothing to intelligently discuss any actual race-baiting, while performing race-baiting yourself.

Learning about, acknowledging, and discussing systemic issues is a societal duty that all adults should take seriously. But somehow I get the feeling that you see societal issues as a team sport.

Which shows a fundamental lack of intelligence (both mental and emotional), lack of care, and inability to think in a way that opens yourself up to new thought.

Educate yourself, fool.

I mean, to split hairs here, republicans (democrats as well, they just never succeeded in an electoral over popular victory) intentionally target specific areas with campaigning and funds in order to "use" the electoral system to secure the w, so they have used it, but they've used it to overrule the popular vote, not overturn.

Altho depending on who you ask there was some fishy shit with Bush IIRC so that could be overturn. I don't know anything about that tho so no clue the veracity of that.

And I'm sure they just get an exception.

The better alternative is for the GOP to gets its act together and start trying to win elections by policy and running stuff by data

Which sounds great for exactly one election cycle, after that not so much. Power breeds corruption.

I think it sounds great for more than one election cycle to the trans people being targeted by the GOP's legislative genocide campaign.

The better alternative is for the GOP to gets its act together and start trying to win elections by policy

I mean we've seen what happens with that. They'll cook up another single-voter-issue and choose a minority to attack. That's their way of "winning with policy".

I'd be fine with the DNC winning everything until a 3rd party gets established if it means we can get rid of the GOP as a major political player.

Yup. I've been using linux off and on since middle school - just installed Arch on my laptop because I felt like tinkering and such, but I've tried dozens of distros over the years, even fully switching for months at a time, and for a daily driver Windows is still unbeatable for me - sometimes I do feel like messing with my computer, but not all the time.

I rarely have to tinker with Windows more than a bit to get it doing what I want.

However, I do wanna get to the point where I'm as comfortable/knowledgeable with Linux as I am with Windows, but it's definitely a wildly different beast.

IDK if this counts as shell, but I just discovered Alternative A2DP Driver which allows you to use LDAC with compatible Bluetooth headphones. Works BEAUTIFULLY for me.