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NoForwardslashS, do games w No one wanted these PS5 Concord discs until Sony stopped making them

Dig a big hole and put them in, don’t tell anyone where you buried them. The people will crave the buried treasure in years to come.

agamemnonymous,
@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works avatar

Ah, the E.T. gambit

Chainweasel, do games w $500 aluminum version of the Analogue Pocket looks like the Game Boy’s final form

Why won’t anyone make these with a GBA layout?
My old GBA was my favorite way to play Gameboy and GBC games because it’s just easier to hold.

jol,

Nostalgia based marketing.

lengau,

Obviously piracy would be terrible and nobody would do it, but imagine how great GBC games would be on the Steam Deck if such a thing were possible! I’d probably play those pretty regularly!

Toribor,
@Toribor@corndog.social avatar

Playing GBA games on the Steam Deck and then going back to a real GBA is kind of hilarious. The GBA screen is even worse than I remember.

retrieval4558,

Anbernic has some GBA layout ones, although I’m pretty sure they’re not aluminum

shiveyarbles, do gaming w Valve: Most games made with AI tools are now welcome on Steam

I mean it doesn’t matter how a game gets made to me if it’s great. If there are a huge pile of shitty games, I just won’t engage. Same as it ever was.

skozzii, do gaming w Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy

This translated to, “avoid the hardware, pirate the software”

v4ld1z, (edited ) do games w 11 years after launch, 49M people still use their PS4s, matching the PS5

If any of you guys have a PS4 lying around gathering dust, consider jailbreaking it. Depending on the firmware, it is pretty easy to do and opens up a lot of possibilities. Surely better than being neglected :)

Edit: Firmwares up to 11.00 are jailbreakable as of recently. 11.00 is from around late 2022, so if you have a console that hasn’t been in use since then, there’s a good chance you can jailbreak it. Base model, Slim, or Pro - doesn’t matter

dependencyinjection,

Best uses of a jailbroken one?

PotatoKat,

Bloodborne 60fps

v4ld1z,

Sadly, only around 40ish fps on a base model but very cool nonetheless. The framerate and semi-smoothness kinda puts it in an uncanny valley territory for me since it looks smoother but also not smoother at the same time coming from PS5 performance. Lies of P runs a lot better in comparison even though it’s graphically more demanding, I assume

v4ld1z,

Well, obviously piracy if you’re into that. Apart from that, using cheats for games, dumping your physical games and having a permanent copy you can use without the CD and an active license (probably possible with a digital game too I assume? not sure), applying patches like a 60fps patch for Bloodborne, emulation of PS1, PS2, PSP and a bunch of other consoles etc etc.

Running Linux if you’re that kind of person :P

dependencyinjection,

Piracy is interesting. Are the HDD replaceable. Could you add a NAS.

v4ld1z,

The HDD is replacable and afaik, you can insert an SSD too. Not sure about the sizes, but an internet search should point you the right direction.

Not familiar with NAS. Isn’t that some kind of server?

dependencyinjection,

Thanks ill Google it.

NAS is Network Attached Storage. Typically a rack of drives connected to the network.

ClockworkOtter,

What kind of possibilities?

v4ld1z,

Well, obviously piracy if you’re into that. Apart from that, using cheats for games, dumping your physical games and having a permanent copy you can use without the CD and an active license (probably possible with a digital game too I assume? not sure), applying patches like a 60fps patch for Bloodborne, emulation of PS1, PS2, PSP and a bunch of other consoles etc etc.

Running Linux if you’re that kind of person :P

ClockworkOtter,

Nothing too surprising, but nice nonetheless. Cool

samus12345, (edited )
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

It requires an old-as-hell 9.0 firmware or below, right?

v4ld1z,

Actually not anymore. There’s been a recent breakthrough that led to a new exploit up to 11.00 being possible now. 11.00 is from, like, late 2022 I think? Obviously not an option if your PS4 has been in regular use recently, but I lucked out and got an 11.00 console from a friend of mine who hadn’t been using the PS4 for a while.

If you’re on a newer firmware, there is no way of reverting back to 11.00, unfortunately, unless you’re up for some soldering.

kadup, do games w Why console makers can legally brick your game console
@kadup@lemmy.world avatar

If you live in a shit hole like the US, yes.

It’s totally illegal over here.

Dequei, do games w Why console makers can legally brick your game console
@Dequei@sopuli.xyz avatar

“Your game console”

watson387, do games w Why console makers can legally brick your game console
@watson387@sopuli.xyz avatar

That would be the last console I ever bought.

catloaf, do games w Doom in an art gallery

Isn’t this an art gallery in Doom though?

PunchingWood, do games w Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”

What he really meant to say was that he shilled out for the bags of money

OsrsNeedsF2P, do gaming w Former Ubisoft executives reportedly arrested over sexual harassment allegations

Five former Ubisoft executives have reportedly been detained for questioning by French authorities, years after they departed from the company amid widespread sexual assault allegations.

Whee

Computerchairgeneral, do gaming w Volition (Saints Row developer) shuts down

Disappointing, but not surprising given how poorly received the last Saints Row game was and how Embracer made it clear they were going to be closing studios once their Saudi deal fell through. Hopefully, some of the studio can land on their feet, but still, thirty years in the industry just to get shut down like that.

punkcoder, do games w Why console makers can legally brick your game console
@punkcoder@lemmy.world avatar

While these kinds of “bricking” clauses haven’t been tested in court, lawyers who spoke to Ars felt they would probably hold up to judicial review.

This is laughable at best, would 100% never go to court. The cost of losing would destroy so many models… and defending in it in the light of real consequences is going to make them popular… Ask the RIAA how suing customers made them look.

The threat of doing it is way more powerful.

AwesomeLowlander,

Threat? Have you not seen Nintendo suing their customers the last 4 decades or so?

jared, do games w Switch 2 preorders [in the US] delayed over Trump tariff uncertainty
@jared@mander.xyz avatar

Ah, fuck Nintendo anyway.

Bonesince1997,

So brave

jared,
@jared@mander.xyz avatar

Gobble it up, by all means.

gmtom,

Enjoy your worse steamdeck with $90 games

Bonesince1997,

This is an article about tariffs. They will affect many products in the United States and many companies, not just Nintendo, will have to respond. But by all means, let it be just another moment for haters like you all to show that’s all you got. Any moment to say fuck Nintendo, even when it has nothing to do with them.

bassomitron,

I mean, I think Nintendo is a shitty, awful, greedy corporation, but this is just the tip of the iceberg for how tariffs will effect consumers. It’s bad for the economy and the GOP are a bunch of fucking morons for letting their prophet get to this stage.

And yes, I know all the chums will pipe in that their strategy is for all the billionaires to swoop in and buy up everything cheaply. But that’s very short sighted, as this type of bullshit is causing long-term damage to the US’s soft power and influence. Our allies and trading partners are literally forging new agreements without us, meaning even once the tariffs are over, things are not just going to magically go back to normal, if they ever even do.

MellowYellow13,

Fuck the GOP

thingsiplay, do gaming w Twitch’s new storage limits will purge huge swaths of Internet gaming history

If they gave more time than just a few months, in example at least an entire year, then people could at least download those files before hand. Not sure how long this would take and how stressful this would be for their servers.

Is anyone actually surprised by this? How can you think Twitch is a longterm archive? Its like having backups on Microsoft or Adobe servers. Do not trust them and always have a backup plan! Not even YouTube is, because they deleted old unused accounts and therefore the associated videos. Not sure how far this gone though. I wouldn’t be surprised if Amazon/Twitch announces some premium service where all files will stay active if you pay a monthly fee.

nahostdeutschland,

If they gave more time than just a few months, in example at least an entire year, then people could at least download those files before hand. Not sure how long this would take and how stressful this would be for their servers.

They could also give the option to pay for this. They should know what storing a video costs and therefore could give creators the chance to cover that cost.

deegeese,

A lot more work to introduce a new product than to turn on a TTL in a DB.

Is there really enough demand (potential revenue) to justify the effort?

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