MrScottyTay
@MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on What’s Your Oldest System? 8 hours ago:
I sold my PS2 and every game I owned for it for like 3-4 360 games. About 5 or so years later I massively regretted that. Ended up trying to go for a full PS2 PAL collection, likely to compensate. Stopped collecting at around the 600+ mark.
- Comment on What’s Your Oldest System? 8 hours ago:
MegaDrive. Don’t remember how I got it, I just always had it. I don’t play it that often if at all anymore as I prefer the ease of emulating on my HTPC with retroachievements. Even got a nice saturn style fight pad that works great for MD games.
Also the model I have is the region free Asian one even though I live in the UK. I’ve always had a JP copy of sonic 1 too. No idea how they ended up in my hands.
- Comment on The Amiga Is Getting A Dune II Remaster From One Of The Original Developers | Time Extension 2 days ago:
I’ve only ever played 2000 on ps1, pc and openra. Will be interesting to try out this remaster
- Comment on Why Low-Res Still Rules for Retro Gaming 4 days ago:
I always much prefer to play at the marine resolution of what I’m playing. Not only do i want to have the same experience as of i was using the console but upscaling can often cause some oddities. Especially with 3d games whereas polygons are sharp and any 2d elements are still pixelated. I think that mismatch looks way uglier than the whole screen being pixelated.
- Comment on MicroJournal is a distraction-free writing tool with Cherry MX hot-swap keys - Liliputing 1 week ago:
It’s just a planck with a screen attached to it. Could easily make your own with a pi zero and a screen and turn you can use any keyboard and will be able to call it around a bit easier than that awkward shape
- Comment on Beyond Good & Evil remaster arrives next week with "improved graphics", new in-game content, and more 1 week ago:
That’s just how camera controls were best then, they were always horizontally inverted and not many key you change it. If you emulate or play it on pc, you can at least rebind it so its no longer inverted
- Comment on China's AI-Powered Sexbots Are Redefining Intimacy, But There Will Be Limitations - Are We Ready? 1 week ago:
Where’d he come from Where did he go, where’s the sexbot: Gigolo Joe?
- Comment on QWERTY Keyboards on a touch screen are still the stupid! 1 month ago:
Qwerty is bad for physical keyboards, but it’s actually pretty good for mobile especially for swipe typing. I use coleman-dh on an ergo split keyboard but i still use qwerty on my phone because it just works better.
- Comment on Steam is now banned in Vietnam 1 month ago:
If you faked your death you’d likely never want to tie yourself to any platform that requires you to make an account that could in time be used to identify you
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam 1 month ago:
Recommended is absolutely meant to be “the game runs well on this” not just it runs
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam 1 month ago:
I remember hearing even some high specced pcs were having issues and you had to essentially be luck that you had a configuration that they had the time to optimise for. Just having the best gpu wasn’t enough, for example
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam 1 month ago:
I hope this doesn’t make them think they can do this again though. This should make them realise they should’ve always gave the Devs more time to cook our been more realistic with scope from the get go
- Comment on Nintendo Switch Is Removing Integration for X, Formerly Twitter 1 month ago:
Ah yeah, forgot about the non emulated games they have with the subscription
- Comment on Nintendo Switch Is Removing Integration for X, Formerly Twitter 1 month ago:
Have any NSO games been removed before? I’ve only ever heard of them adding new ones
- Comment on The reason prosthetics are so good in Star Wars is because the Jedi use live lightsabers to train. 1 month ago:
We have been shown that there is some weight to a lightsaber when lit though. Like in Rebels and the Mandalorian/Book of Boba.
And this weight is different to how a normal sword would work. The length adjustment is to finetune this power/weight distribution to fit the user and their style of fighting. Which is why we get shotos and claymores, as well as different sizes for different sized species.
- Comment on Pokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémon 1 month ago:
They never really dealt with the games biggest issue though and that was the massive battery drain. Once they hype died down it was just a way to kill my phone faster when I’m out and about and will more likely need it before I can charge it again.
- Comment on “Dumb phones” offer an escape from the endless scroll 1 month ago:
I would love a phone with a slide out keyboard
- Comment on Glorious Victory 1 month ago:
It’s on PS5, what you on about
- Comment on Glorious Victory 1 month ago:
I was one of them to begin with but once I found out about the whole thing with people of certain countries not able to have an account even though they had already bought the game and we’re even previously able to play are more locked out, then I was on board.
I’m not against just making accounts, I must have thousands across the internet, what would be one more if I hadn’t already had a PSN account.
- Comment on The PlayStation 2 1 month ago:
Kingdom Hearts I & 2, Final Fantasy X, Jak trilogy, the Ratchet games, GTA 3D trilogy. So many games I still go back to this day.
Persona 3 and 4 I found out about during the PS3 era and dusted off my PS2 just play them as well.
- Comment on The PlayStation 2 1 month ago:
And the PS2 was also reportedly the hardest to work with, especially early on in its life before the tools had matured. It proliferated purely on the install base (partly thanks to the DVD playback)
- Comment on The PlayStation 2 1 month ago:
OG Xbox had JSRF too though and it’s stuck there. Never had a re-release
- Comment on The PlayStation 2 1 month ago:
Guitar hero for me was a 360 thing. I’ve always wanted to go back and try out the PS2 ones though, just not had the hardware.
- Comment on Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account 1 month ago:
Yeah specific single game launchers are pretty awful
- Comment on Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account 1 month ago:
You can still do all of that stuff without owning the game via steam
- Comment on Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account 1 month ago:
Right, so you hate steam too then?
If you do, I’m more talking about the cognitive dissonance of others that love steam just because it’s the lesser evil of the launchers, but vehemently hate the idea of buying a game on another store front.
- Comment on Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account 1 month ago:
People nowadays hate having more than one account anymore. They can’t even bare having more than one exe that launches other exes installed on the same computer
- Comment on The “Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state” petition just got a response. 1 month ago:
Full Response:
The Government recognises recent concerns raised by video games users regarding the long-term operability of purchased products.
Consumers should be aware that there is no requirement in UK law compelling software companies and providers to support older versions of their operating systems, software or connected products. There may be occasions where companies make commercial decisions based on the high running costs of maintaining older servers for video games that have declining user bases. However, video games sellers must comply with existing consumer law, including the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA) and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs).
The CPRs require information to consumers to be clear and correct, and prohibit commercial practices which through false information or misleading omissions cause the average consumer to make a different choice, for example, to purchase goods or services they would not otherwise have purchased. The regulations prohibit commercial practices which omit or hide information which the average consumer needs to make an informed choice, and prohibits traders from providing material information in an unclear, unintelligible, ambiguous or untimely manner. If consumers are led to believe that a game will remain playable indefinitely for certain systems, despite the end of physical support, the CPRs may require that the game remains technically feasible (for example, available offline) to play under those circumstances.
The CPRs are enforced by Trading Standards and the Competition and Markets Authority. If consumers believe that there has been a breach of these regulations, they should report the matter in the first instance to the Citizens Advice consumer helpline on 0808 223 1133 (www.citizensadvice.org.uk). People living in Scotland should contact Advice Direct Scotland on 0808 164 6000 (www.consumeradvice.scot). Both helplines offer a free service advising consumers on their rights and how best to take their case forward. The helplines will refer complaints to Trading Standards services where appropriate. Consumers can also pursue private redress through the courts where a trader has provided misleading information on a product.
The CRA gives consumers important rights when they make a contract with a trader for the supply of digital content. This includes requiring digital content to be of satisfactory quality, fit for a particular purpose and as described by the seller. It can be difficult and expensive for businesses to maintain dedicated support for old software, particularly if it needs to interact with modern hardware, apps and websites, but if software is being offered for sale that is not supported by the provider, then this should be made clear.
If the digital content does not meet these quality rights, the consumer has the right to a repair or replacement of the digital content. If a repair or replacement is not possible, or does not fix the problem, then the consumer will be entitled to some money back or a price reduction which can be up to 100% of the cost of the digital content. These rights apply to intangible digital content like computer software or a PC game, as well as digital content in a tangible form like a physical copy of a video game. The CRA has a time limit of up to six years after a breach of contract during which a consumer can take legal action.
The standards outlined above apply to digital content where there is a contractual right of the trader or a third party to modify or update the digital content. In practice, this means that a trader or third party can upgrade, fix, enhance and improve the features of digital content so long as it continues to match any description given by the trader and continues to conform with any pre-contract information including main characteristics, functionality and compatibility provided by the trader, unless varied by express agreement.
Consumers should also be aware that while there is a statutory right for goods (including intangible digital content) to be of a satisfactory quality, that will only be breached if they are not of the standard which a reasonable person would consider to be satisfactory, taking into account circumstances including the price and any description given. For example, a manufacturer’s support for a mobile phone is likely to be withdrawn as they launch new models. It will remain usable but without, for example, security updates, and over time some app developers may decide to withdraw support.
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- Comment on Rabbit R1 is Just an Android App 1 month ago:
I thought we always knew that the device was going to be Android.
It’s crazy you can just download and run it on any other android device though. If have thought they’d have locked it down somewhat.
- Comment on Are you prepared for the ramifications of windows 10 EoL? 2 months ago:
It’s mostly just to force the hands of businesses that will now have to upgrade to stay compliant with security standards