Geologist
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- Comment on "It's a brave new world": GTA 6's PC port will release sooner than you think to avoid losing money to AI rip-offs, says former Rockstar tech director 4 days ago:
Similar story with Japan and Western movies.
Way back before decent internet and simple movie piracy methods, movies would take half a year or more to arrive in Japan. When people here (I think it started with university students) got access to high speed internet, they would download, watch and distribute the movies from cams, screeners, or places that already had them on DVD.
Movie people realized how much money they’d lose if people who wanted to see something had the option to watch it free and earlier, so they finally started bringing (most) movies here faster. There’s weird exceptions every now and then (recently Bond and Oppenheimer), but piracy improved things by a lot here.
Anyways, I think GTA V had a 1.5 year delay for the PC version? If there’s a AI decompile or whatever I’ll play that before waiting that long again.
- Comment on Needed to replace an older server while on a budget. Went for a rackmount chassis with "normal" ATX hardware inside 1 month ago:
Silverstone and Supermicro (I think) make 4U rack cases that can have desktop attachment hardware installed, which is fun.
I’m using a RM400 that I got used for like 80 bucks and installed the feet on it to use it vertically.
- Comment on Volkswagen knew what they were doing 5 months ago:
This is a top gear bit lol
- Comment on Nintendo 3DS prices skyrocket up to 76% — vintage Nintendo console rivals the cost of a brand new Switch 2 10 months ago:
Still using my release edition 3DS here (modded to hell lol).
I think a big part of the popularity is the portability. The whole folding family of devices from Nintendo naturally needs no case (the screen is protected), and it fits easily in pockets where the switch 1/2 doesn’t. Also it has a huge library of games that you can get for “”free””).
As for the more recent popularity, I think with how much Nintendo is jacking up the price of the switch2 and games, of course some people will look to older hardware, especially if they never experienced it when it was new. I’ve been a diehard Nintendo guy since the GBC and N64, but I’m skipping the switch 2.