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lunarvortex, do gaming w Microsoft is raising Xbox console prices in the US again, five months after its last price increase | VGC
@lunarvortex@lemmy.ml avatar

The customer doesn’t boycott then the customer shall continue getting ripped off

mysticpickle, do gaming w ‘That claim is startling’: Tencent fires back at Sony’s lawsuit accusing it of ‘cloning’ Horizon with Light of Motiram | VGC

Horizon: Temu Dawn

6nk06, do games w Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70

I have bought them so many times… But it makes me want to play it again with Dolphin.

meejle,
@meejle@lemmy.world avatar

And why wouldn’t you? Resolution and framerate are the same either way… and I think you can even play with a real Wiimote on Dolphin, instead of the shitty Joy-Con motion controls.

So it’s basically $70 for… what? New pages in Rosalina’s storybook? Lmao no thanks.

Nintendo’s greed is staggering, this generation. I couldn’t believe they announced the Pokémon Legends DLC before the game is even out. “I know you haven’t given us your money yet, but… please can we have some more? 🥺”

missingno,
@missingno@fedia.io avatar

I couldn't believe they announced the Pokémon Legends DLC before the game is even out. "I know you haven't given us your money yet, but... please can we have some more? 🥺"

Doesn't every AAA do that these days?

Zorque,

Some publishers call it a “battle pass” or “seasons” instead.

LettyWhiterock,
@LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world avatar

Why couldn’t you believe that? So many other games announce whole season passes before launch. This is super common.

rozodru,
@rozodru@piefed.social avatar

Do it. I have a dedicated Ubuntu server with a bunch of docker instances on it. one of them being Romm. I just upload all my roms to it and I can play any game in any browser on any device connected to the internet. I have NES, SNES, Genesis, Saturn, PSX, PS2, Dreamcast, Saturn, Jaguar, 3DO, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Wii U, Gameboy/Color, GBA, DS, etc, etc, etc all ready to go.

Don't shell out $70 again to play these. they're already available free o charge online. Just set up dolphin and have at it.

cerebralhawks,

Romm

Looks awesome. Every platform you say? reads more Ah shit, looks like they’re gonna make me learn Docker… Someday

They also say game progress sync is coming. My iPhone does that in Delta. It’s awesome. I can show someone a game I’m playing. Doesn’t matter what. I save with a save state. Give it a minute. Uninstall the app. It’s gone. All the games, gone. Reinstall the app. Empty library. Go into Settings. Connect my Google Drive. Wait a minute. Games sync. Open same game, load the state. Right where I left off. That shit is awesome. And it being Apple, I can AirDrop the game to another iPhone user, and they can add it right to their own library. Sadly, it’s iOS only — the emulator itself runs on a Mac, but it doesn’t run very well. Mac actually has a great emulator too, but it doesn’t sync with anything. If only I could get it to sync with my MacBook.

Something that syncs across all the platforms would be, like, the Holy Grail. (Actually you can kinda rig it with SyncThing, as like a proof of concept, I linked two Macs running the Switch emulator and they were able to play the same Animal Crossing island. Not at the same time, of course, but when one saves, it syncs, and the other can open it… due to the way Switches save, this is not very reliable at all!)

datavoid,

Most things that are installable to docker are pretty much just a one click run

rozodru,
@rozodru@piefed.social avatar

docker is painfully easy to learn...hell you really don't need to even "learn" anything. think of a docker compose.yml as very basic instructions on what you want the thing to install and what you want it to do. save it. and then run docker compose up -d on your server and you're done. that's it.

for example the docker-compose.yml for Romm is like 10 lines and you just tell it what version to download and run, what API to use to get the meta info for your games, user name and pw for romm and that's it really. Most cases whatever you want to use in a docker will have a yml file for you anyways to copy and paste. you can have it up and running in less than 10 minutes.

The beauty of Romm also is if you have A LOT of roms you can upload them all in one go, then let it scrap the meta data and walk away, turn off your browser, check it in the morning or whatever. It's a pretty good setup. all the emulators and what have you run off your server and are installed automatically via Romm depending on what roms you upload to it.

carotte, do games w Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70

in 2020, they made people pay 60$ for 3 old games. people thought it was ridiculous.

in 2025, they’re making you pay 70$ for 2 old games.

lmao

victorz, (edited )

And then there’s me, who bought the trilogy, and will now buy the duology, so I’m getting 4 games for $130.

Edit: why down vote this? Can you explain why this is off topic or otherwise down vote worthy? I’m not saying I’m being smart with these purchases 😆 I’m just saying it’s another situation. I’m buying these games for my kids as they love Mario.

Rentoraa,

You’re just scamming yourself at this point

victorz,

That’s kind of what I’m saying. Doing it for my kids though. They’re worth every penny. They love Mario.

MotoAsh,

rofl mark.

victorz,

Hmm?

MotoAsh,
victorz, (edited )

Cool, thanks… I’m doing it for my kids. I know full well I’m being scammed. But my love for my kids doesn’t care. I love playing these games together with them and it’s worth every penny.

Appoxo,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Bragging with financial stupidity.

But where you are right now it’s like saying “I voted conservative” in the highest amount of democratic voters where you’ll get lynched for voted conservative.

victorz,

I’m… I’m not bragging though? It’s just another situation/combination, like I said. And it’s been years now since I bought the 3D All Stars games, over time this doesn’t amount to a lot of money per year, or especially per month. My kids play all the time. The games have almost paid for themselves. 🥰 Watching them experience what I did when I was a kid. It’s been great.

Are people angry that I somehow “wasted” my money? I don’t get it.

Appoxo,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Dunno.
But (I feel like) every cent paid to Nintendo is too much.
They make great games (at times) but demand so much more for so little progress it’s not quite justifiable anymore.

And some of Lemmy (probably) feel similar to that sentiment.

Edit: And if you have the money to justify the purchase, then feel free. If it makes you and your kids happy even more so :)

victorz,

I agree that Nintendo is crummy for the price tag, and it’s a smoke screen for not having any AAA Mario or Zelda ready for the new console. But my nostalgia and my kids are just simply winning. It’s definitely a 🥰🤮 kind of situation. Can’t help myself. Icky…

zipzoopaboop,

One of them being literally the exact same game they sold in 2020

orenj, do games w Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70
@orenj@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

lol no thanks

dustyData, do games w Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70

Fuck Nintendo

Blackmist, do games w Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70

That’s about what they launched at…

shreyan, do games w Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70

Why stop at $70?

Charge the useful idiots as much as they’re willing to pay!

CosmoNova, do games w Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70

They are really good games that me and my siblings enjoyed a lot. I‘ll probably replay them again one day but on a computer.

lazycouchpotato, do games w Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70
@lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world avatar

Ridiculous pricing.

kadup, do games w Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70
@kadup@lemmy.world avatar

I got a Wii for $20 and it runs Mario Galaxy from the SD card for free

rozodru,
@rozodru@piefed.social avatar

I have a PC with the Dolphin emulator that runs both of them for free.

Venus_Ziegenfalle,
@Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org avatar

I just imagine the game in my head

dubyakay,

The highest compute cost.

Nikls94, do games w Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70

I’ll do it like 12 million other people and just buy it on day 1, but I’ll be one of the 3 million who get the card

Xed, do games w Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70

emulators and piracy save the day yet again

Albbi, do gaming w Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you | VGC

Specifically, the patent describes a situation where:

  • A console or other system is being used to run a video game from storage
  • The player controls a character in a “virtual space”
  • The player can perform an input command to make a “sub character” appear (i.e. summon another character)
  • If there’s an enemy where the sub character appears, the player can control a battle between the sub character and the enemy
  • If there’s no enemy where the sub character appears, the sub character will automatically move around
  • The player can move the sub character to a different location on the field, and if an enemy is there they can control a battle between the sub character and the enemy
somerandomperson,

Change a few little things and boom. No nintendo.

SharkAttak,
@SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org avatar

"Boom. No nintendo" sounds like a plan to me...

t3rmit3,

This describes literally every pet system in any game where the pets can battle.

This is so overly broad, it’s insane.

Mongostein,

It’s also any RPG-like game that lets you summon creatures or undead

Smoke,

It sounds incredibly vulnerable to this exact argument. Patents aren’t valid if it’s been invented already.

ranandtoldthat,

The problem is lawyers. Nintendo has billions to spend on them.

Smoke,

Even lawyers can’t get you out of trying to patent something that was clearly already in the market. Previously, Nintendo’s patent lawsuits had been for specific mechanics such as throwing a ball to capture npc animals.

Ganbat,

So… Final Fantasy, Oblivion, Inscryption…

aceslip,

Let’s get old with it. Dragon Quest Monsters, Shin Megami, Monster Rancher ….

bjoern_tantau,
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

You can summon animals and demons and stuff in Dungeons and Dragons.

Sas,

Devil May Cry V has V that functions like this as well

josefo,

WoW hunters, warlocks?

EonNShadow,

OSRS has parts where you have to command your pet cat to attack rats even

Although in fairness I’d rather not have to ever deal with those mechanics ever again

Fiivemacs, do gaming w Lenovo says its $1,100 handheld will also get the Xbox mode coming to the ROG Xbox Ally | VGC

eww

theangriestbird,
@theangriestbird@beehaw.org avatar

not much appetite for an Xbox/Windows handheld, eh?

Fiivemacs,

not one for spyware, no.

theangriestbird,
@theangriestbird@beehaw.org avatar

what makes it spyware? i get wanting to boycott everything Microsoft because of…well, everything they do to make the world worse. But spyware is a new one.

Deyis,

They could be referring to those weird features in Win11 where it records what you type and takes periodic screenshots.

Fiivemacs,

and many other things. windows easily falls into the definition of spyware

Sina,

Look at how aggressively copilot is trying to evade an interactive firewall, there are new processes and process names popping up every other day. You know what else acts like this? Malware.

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