[-] magic_smoke 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My PC is so backwards compatible it can run games meant for OS's my OS's main competitor, and their ancestors as well.

Better yet it can literally run those OS's over things like KVM/Qemu and DOSBox.

I guess Nintendo made that Wii container for Wii U like once lol.

[-] magic_smoke 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just in case doesn't mean I actually wanted to use them, I've got a transition to finish, I'm trying to fucking make it to Canada if I gotta.

I just think dying in a gun fight sounds better than going to a camp is all.

[-] magic_smoke 17 points 3 days ago

That sharing part is a mistake. My mother has chickens and a rooster, I can't imagine shed have any trouble parting with excess eggs/chicks.

Building up your neighbors helps build the network that keeps everyone alive.

[-] magic_smoke 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Unironically suicide by cop sounds better than a men's prison as a trans woman.

Like not even close. This isn't just like off the rip either, this is an actual calculation I've been making in my head since my egg cracked and it scares the ever loving shit out of me.

[-] magic_smoke 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Name one game Nintendo has made that is so technically advanced or mechanically complex they can justify charging twenty more smackers than any other AAA developer?

Its not about telling people how to do their job. Its about the fact games are cheaper and easier to make than ever, and one of the biggest names in the industry is suddenly charging more than everyone else...

[-] magic_smoke 6 points 3 days ago

Using a pre-built engine/modern toolset and not doing anything yourself are two different animals.

No one has to painstakingly write their games out in assembler like they used too. Nor do they have to pay for the costs of manufacturing/logistics for digital copies.

Also keep in mind, their sales are way higher than they where 30 years ago because of market growth.

There's a reason indie games are flourishing, its because games are cheaper and easier to make than ever. (Not that their cheap nor easy)

[-] magic_smoke 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I mean that's not shocking. Its basically where pokemon was like 15 years ago.

Which funnily enough puts early versions of MC at about the halfway point between now and the release of Pokemon Blue in 96.

There are kids who grew up on Minecraft who's kids are now playing Minecraft. Its on damn-near every platform, and sells well everywhere its sold.

[-] magic_smoke 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If it has to be used as a defence then its probably not satire or performance art.

No one thinks Erik from Commentiquette is like how he is on video in real life.

[-] magic_smoke 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yes but that group by in large won't be buying a switch 2 for at least a couple of years. $450 per console plus $80 a game is brutal, especially if you're buying for more than one kid.

On the other hand a switch lite can be had for like $100 and used games aren't too expensive either. So for the price of a switch 2 you could get all 3 kids a switch lite + a game. No fucking brainer.

The sort of people who bought a switch at launch, after drinking Nintendo NX leaks like kool-aid, aren't as impressed this time around. They're also getting really pissed off at Nintendo's behavior towards the emulation scene.

Lots of those people, myself included, will be getting a steam deck. A lot of us will also probably end up buying a switch later on after sales/price drops/cheaper revisions. The same time most parents will be snatching them up.

Lifetime sales won't be affected nearly as hard, but I don't know that the first year will be as big as the OG switch's.

That being said if M$ can figure out a good UI for windows portables W/ Xbox integration that might make things even harder for them.

[-] magic_smoke 2 points 5 days ago

The steam deck can play literally any Mario Kart except for MK World...

[-] magic_smoke 1 points 5 days ago

What's the difference?

[-] magic_smoke 6 points 6 days ago

Not if you view feminism as a class struggle. There's nothing inherently wrong with redistributing wealth.

There is something, however, wrong with not acknowledging why that wealth needs to be redistributed in the first place.

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