Nintendo could embrace what they do best which is creating hardware. I have a plethora of different controllers including a steam deck and my OG switch pro controller is still the best one.

My favourite console of all time is the “new” 3ds XL. They need to lean into the retro gaming wave that is happening rn.

My modded new 3ds xl has a broken top screen after a recent trip and it is almost impossible to repair. Parts not available. If they just made a good handheld again I would buy.

In this instance I am not so sure though. Nintendo is a hardware company first and foremost. A lot of people only buy their console for the exclusive games. A ton of PC gamers also had a switch 1. But this time, if the games work so easily on PC, I don’t really see a lot of PC gamers picking up a switch 2.

I would have bought a switch 2 for OoT, but now I won’t.

Honestly the only thing that would get me back to nintendo is if they made a 3ds successor of some sort where games were sold on cartridges coming in pretty boxes. The switch 2 has no purpose in my life now that everything is weeks away from running on a steam deck or macbook. Nintendo needs to go back to its roots.

Or they could cave and just put all their exclusive games on steam. People will buy out of convenience then.

Get the newest version of Hookshot and compile all shaders before launching the game.

It takes like 3 clicks to get OoT running on windows. Was playing yesterday and it works great.

Nintendo honestly deserves this. But I still think that majority of people are too lazy and this won’t hurt sales much.

It survives exactly 75000 folds before it fails

No the people working at my datacenter eat across the street from the datacenter lol

How do you define skeleton crew?

No but it’s not a build it and forget it thing either like the common narrative thinks these days

Yeah but it’s 50 people in this very small scale example. Also all those people make good money and eat at restaurants most days for lunch. Etc etc

A big scale high compute datacenter would need hundreds of staff

I work at a tiny old datacenter that employs like 40 people full time. And we have only like 50 racks of servers

Do you think the thing just runs itself? You need electrians, hvac specialists, fire system specialists, UPS specialists, on top of all the computer related roles. There are tons of different moving parts

It’s also one of the best ways to still get into the tech industry because the guys physically racking servers and replacing disks can be hired fresh out of school no problem, and those people directly work with veteran sysadmins who get to absorb that knowledge and move up that way

Also poe2 is a much much different game than poe1. Way more than most people expected. Dodging attacks like dark Souls is a major mechanic.

Yeah you can play poe2 as a filthy casual. Expect to get stuck though at certain boss fights and having to redo your build. I just ask claude lol

Honestly I just play poe2 casually on my deck and I just play how I want. “Succeed” in poe2 wasn’t something I ever set out to do…I have a job and family etc etc

Who cares. Poe2 is better now than when d5 comes out

Vast majority of people

Typical Vancouver cidiot behaviour, nothing surprises me anymore

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Any timeline could be described in either weeks or months

It used to run on this arm chip though. They killed 32 bit support is the problem.

Lol l4d ran natively until recently. Should have brought my steam deck.