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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Nintendo is estimating that about 12.5 million Switches will be sold in 2024. Previously, Nintendo predicted that the Switch would sell 13.5 million for the year. That means that the demand for the Switch is dropping off a bit faster than they expected but it is still selling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

If they have a great meta-search algorithm, users would be able to search without an account and see how great the results are. Then, when a user wants to personalize ranking and block sites, they can create an account.

I always assumed that they make you create an account to track search usage and cut you off once you hit the free tier limit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Uncharted and Last of Us are first party Sony games. If they were to say that a game can still be enjoyable without cutting edge graphics no one would want to buy the latest PlayStation iteration.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Great for people who have flat eight foot ceilings in their garage.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Polish is a Slavic language written out using Latin letters.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

How is Nintendo using emulators news? All the virtual console games and "Classic" systems run an emulator. It would not be too surprising if Nintendo ported their in-house emulator to run on Windows.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It probably means that they are going to keep using the Switch Online backend for their next console. Why throw away working friends lists and online matchmaking?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Are there any good lists of known AI user agents? Ideally in a dependency repo so my server can get the latest values when the list is updated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Woah, I don't want to post for that beefy of a GPU. (I am joking, if that is not clear)

Really, most games I am interested in are JRPGs, adventure games, 2D platformers, top-down action games, and other genres that work fine with rather simple graphics. A game does not need pretty visuals to be fun.

I recognize that I am in the minority and most people want 3-D graphics in their games.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Do they? I thought they replace stick drift joycons for free. I guess it depends on how many people take advantage of that vs. buying a new set of controllers.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

It would be a nice gesture, but I will believe those promises of support when they have teeth to them.

What happens if they stop doing it? Do I have to sue them for breach of contract, have to prove actual damages, and settle the class action lawsuit for $5 in store credit?

What happens if the company goes bankrupt or creates a new subsidiary to service the product and the subsidiary folds?

What level of support are they obligated to provide? What issues must be fixed and how promptly?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

He wanted his kids to have a genuine VHS experience, but that was needlessly cruel.

  1. If you stop the movie instead of pausing it, the player will take the tape off the read head and you can rewind faster.
  2. You always fast forward through the previews (and only switch to regular speed if there is a trailer that everyone really wants to see).
  3. The film likely had closed captioning, you just have to turn it on in the settings.
  4. The fact that the movie started from the middle shows that the parents are the type of inconsiderate asshole who does not rewind movies after watching.
 

MobaPad is a Switch controller and game case maker (that I have never heard of), so they should have reliable info. They said that:

  • The Switch 2 will have physical cartridges and the slot will also be able to accept Switch 1 games.
  • There will be a new button on the back of each Joy-Con, behind the triggers.
  • There will be a new button on the right Joy-Con, by the Home button.
 

Are there any good April Fools jokes today? For example, a few years ago Google announced a sewage based ISP (i.e. flush some fiber optic cable down the toilet and they would fish it out and connect it).

The only one I have come across is IGN article about the Nintendo Virtual Boy Pro.

 

Share your gift ideas, because I am a bit stumped.

 

Are there any Lemmy clients that allow me to quick change accounts and return back to the last community or post that I was looking at? Ideally, one that has an Android app version.

This matters to me because whenever I see any discussion of instances degenerating or having uptime issues, the go to answer is to create accounts on several servers. It is also good to allow me to have several distinct "identies" (for example a professional one, a hobby one, a local one).

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