I mean, my phone can emulate switch games at a better quality than a switch can play them in docked mode. Considering that when it launched the switch wasn’t it wasn’t top of the line specs, and I don’t expect 2 to be.

Edit: pressed post before I was finished 🤦

Above the line was typed before I got curious about what the actual specs are.
Nintendo states that the CPU/GPU are “Nvidia custom chips”.

However, this article from 16th of January (updated 24th of March,) references a leak that says the CPU is an Arm Cortex-A78C, a chip from 2020, it’s an ARMv8.2, and the GPU is an Nvidia T239 Ampere.

The T239 is apparently a variant of the T234, and Nintendo are receiving a further modified version. T239 likely does run a modified A78C. The T234 is used almost exclusively in automotive infotainment systems. It (T239) supposedly is based off RTX-30 tech, the article(last link in above paragraph) rightly notes that that’s a bit suspect.

Below is a screenshot of the spec table(again from the final article linked) comparing the T234, T239, and RTX-2050. Link to said screenshot for people on instances where embedded media is broken.

This article I keep referencing notes that the hardware in the switch 2, if everything is actually accurate and not a bait-and-switch² (eh? eh? 🤓), would be considered behind the curve…for when the Steam Deck released!
I know we were talking about emulated NS1 games on the NS2…but I fell down a fucking rabbit hole and wanted to drag everyone down with me.

So, compatibility layer minimum for playing NS1 games…might actually be a fiction?

This is the A57(NS1 CPU) spec write-up on wiki.
And the A78 again.

Below is the spec tables from both wiki pages.

A78, link to screenshot here.

A57, link to screenshot here.

There’s differences, obviously, but…not insanely so?

I mean, if that is true, then playing switch 1 games on the 2 wouldn’t be emulated as has been reported. Hopefully it’s the way you think, but I’m not too sure.

Nintendo for reasons completely lost to me refuses to allow that.

Because consoles are a net loss in terms of R&D, production, shipping, warranty claims for when they almost always fucked something on the first or second version, etc etc etc. Locking people into the platform means you make all your money on game sales, even 3rd party, indie, and asset flip shovelware makes Nintendo money. It’s the “Walled Garden” method, Apple is shit hot at this. They make an everloving fuck tonne of money from their app store. Even free apps have to pay to have the app hosted on the store servers, and in app purchases are subject to a percentage cut for Apple.

The fact that having digital backups of games/music/media you have purchased is perfectly legal in more than a couple countries, as is emulating, is a thorn in these sociopathic cancers of megacorpic greed’s paw. That’s why Ubisoft is pushing for widespread legal acknowledgement of “game purchases are actually just paying to be granted a revokable for any reason or no reason at all licence.” That’s (partly) why Nintendo is so very aggressive in their litigation of anyone who attempts to make a highly functioning emulator for one of their systems, often with games running better with higher resolution and more options for QoL things. Because instead of trying to sell to as many different systems as possible, they want literally all the money, and they refuse the idea that the little money sacks who buy their shit might actually be legally allowed to run back up copies of their purchases on hardware that wasn’t sold by them. Refuse the idea that the money sacks have rights or deserve to pay for something and actually own it.

You will own nothing, and you will be happy.

I haven’t been interested in any self-proclaimed AAA games for ages anyway. And my 5+ year “out of date” hardware is still handling nearly everything I ask it to anyway.

Personal opinion warning:
Last actual AAA game released in my mind is BG3, and my hardware runs it 60fps medium settings with absolutely no issues.
Any Mega-Dev monopoly that claims to be AAA can suck my left nut and settle for a more realistic C-. And that won’t change in my mind until such time as the start making games as art again, for people to enjoy, instead of an effort to wring every penny pence or yen from everyone they possibly can…
The expectation of infinite growth is a fucking cancer.

I refuse to call it the “Threadiverse” I feel like it gives Meta a valid place here, and frankly? They can get themselves well and truly to fuck.

Other than that one point of contention, absolutely agree. If broader use and acceptance as an alternative is what we want as a community, we need to have these niche spaces that places like Reddit currently have the bogart on.

Some people automatically assume building a PC means you need to buy brand new everything, but if you were smart about it you could used to be able to get it down to the same price as a brand new console.

I’ve not upgraded my desktop since spring 2020, my mobo, gratuitous amount of RAM, everything is still ticking away taking everything I tell it to. Only thing I even want to upgrade is my gfx card. And that’s already more than an entry level console. Even the used market is completely tits up. Just a quick look at eBay, 4060/70/80/90, starting average £650ish for a 60 and a used 90 FE is £1700…free shipping though! I’ve decided to let Intel cook on their gfx cards a bit longer, and I’ll probably getting one off them when I eventually upgrade…I can grab a used a770 or b570 for under £250 today.

Narrator:

We won’t…

Like I said in a different comment.
My last build ran me just over $500 Canadian, the gfx card was the most expensive piece, and I reused my case, cooling system, storage and power supply…but last gen gfx, mobo and a gratuitous amount of RAM was to be had for cheap enough to not have to save at all to buy it.

Pre-pandemic I was able to build a pc with part 1 generation behind current, including the case and a reasonable cooling system (air) for $500 Canadian. Now you can’t even get a modern graphics card for that much. So no, this is definitely a recent thing.
I built my current desktop at the start of the pandemic, the 20xx series was being bought by more people, the most expensive part was the 1060 I bought second hand for $200. It still came to just over $500 with all the parts. Yes I reused my case, cooling system, storage and power supply.

I’m not entirely sure we’re missing out on all that much with a few porn instances missing.

… obviously porn…you’re missing the porn

CrossOver actually. Which is a paid packaging for wine, with a per-program configuration, kinda like Bottles…but paid. There’s a load of quotes directly from the CrossOver parent company CEO…

The developer, Bit Reactor, has some of the minds behind XCOM, Civilization, Gears of War, Elder Scrolls Online, and more.

Which Gears though? And which Civ for that matter!

I play tested the Gears tactical game, it was good for the state it was in when I had a shot. However! It was super obvious that there was going to be heavy lootbox mechanics implemented, and I’m worried that this will end up being just a MTX money wringer…

Being a passion project, I’m confident Skyblivion will be better optimised, with no sepia brownout tint to everything, fewer bugs etc etc etc… I’m convinced that a few years ago Bethesda saw Skyblivion was starting to generate excitement, and figured they’d slap something together to take advantage of it. No use leaving money on the table right?
Last time I posted this pet theory a few folk said Bethesda are using this as a way to test out UE5, work out any kinks for TES-VI. UE5 is notorious for having features the “streamline” a lot of things for devs. I say notorious because these streamlining features often result in poorly optimised bombscare games. Bethesda doesn’t need help making a broken mess of a game.
Skyblivion has been cooking since “2012”, there’s no chance this project, staffed by fans, made for fans, as an homage to a beloved entry in the TES series…no chance it’s going to be half-baked… Skyrim has seven unique releases across nine different platforms. And it’s still bugged to fuck…

Thanks for reading my rant, disjointed as it was…

Mildly disappointing… but acceptable

It still seems like no one is willing to ask the actually important question… what’s your favourite dinosaur? 🦕🦖

Wouldn’t charging money for blue checks or adding a subscription leave them open to lawsuits? That’s really the only reason I can think of, wanting to make money.

A fairly large portion of governments globally

I like the idea of GMOs, being able to engineer plants to survive in harsher conditions and have a greater yield.

Unfortunately, they also like to engineer them to not produce viable seed. Roundup Ready canola/rapeseed can only be reseeded once, if I remember correctly, forcing farmers to purchase more seed to keep farming. And if there’s cross-pollination in a neighbouring farm, Monsanto likes to sue the neighbour for illegally planting their crops, despite it being the result of plants doing plant stuff.

🤮

@brucethemoose@lemmy.world is right…I’d buy that!