No.100717
>>100693>>100696Games made for Switch are better optimized than PC games and that trend will most likely continue with Switch 2. So it doesn't matter that Switch 2 will have 12GB of RAM and Steam Deck has 16GB of RAM. AFAIK Hogwarts Legacy didn't crash all the time on Switch like it did for PC. Companies see that PC gamers are more willing to tolerate bugs, crashing and lag than console gamers and wait longer for patches (even after the refund policy expires) than console gamers, where "day one patches" are the standard since the Wii U generation. They've figured out they could increase profits by substantially cutting labor costs intended for quality control for PC games, because customers are mindless retards who don't understand they reward bad behavior with their spending decisions. It's easy to gaslight PC gamers because customer service (if they have any, usually it's one dude they hired from India who calls himself "David" on a forum that posts once a month that vaguely addresses any of the complaints, or no humans at all, just an automated "AI" system) can just say "oh it's a problem with your end on Windows, please run a virus scan, please reinstall Windows, please ensure you have a genuine copy of Windows, please reinstall your graphics card driver, try upgrading to the recommended spec of RTX 4090 if problems persist", dragging it out until refund policy expires and just going in circles or ghosting the customer with a final message of "I will inform our engineers." This is how TPTB want customer service to be like for every business and government service.
No.100718
>>100717Deranged nintendie ravings.
No.100730
>>100710Given the limitations of my PC (which I don't plan on upgrading any time soon), a 1080p monitor is fine and it's more about the mechanical performance (the higher refresh rate/response time) that's important. Is it odd that this monitor came out in 2022? I thought 4k has been the modern standard for longer than that so it seems strange a display intended for gaming has such a dated resolution. I guess perhaps back then gaming in 4k still wasn't as common-maybe it's not that common even now.
Anyway, it seems to work well. My "Gamer Mid-Life Crisis" is mostly sated for the time being.
...heh
No.100734
>>100733This. Unless your screen is absolutely massive you can't tell a difference between 4k and 1080p. And even if you could, it would be so marginal that it isn't worth anything.
No.100735
>>100733I dont see the point in going over 1080p. For most of the things you do, you use 1080p. Upscaling just doesnt look good. And 4k movies usually look worse (bad transfers)
No.100736
>>100733For computer monitors, yes.
For televisions, it's 8k that's the meme.
I honestly don't think the human retina can resolve higher than 8k on a standard TV screen.
No.100737
1080p is fine. I grew up watching 480i on a standard CRT, 240p online videos with tons of graphical artifacts, and to this day 720p is good enough for me, frankly. These days you don't really even have the choice to use lower resolutions. Hell, even trying to play games on the PS3, released 20 years ago with VGA cables made the text in most games nearly unreadable. Stuff like that is noticeable. Even if the human eye can technically see the difference between 1080 and 4K, it's information your brain is just going to gloss over. It's not like people are casually pausing on frames, so they can meticulously analyze it like some museum curator.
No.100739
>>100737I have a 720p tv and it's perfectly fine. I think resolution is something people get hung up on for no reason. What's more important is the content you are watching, not the machine you are using to watch it.
No.100757
https://www.pcmag.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-price-cheaper-cost-in-japan-but-theres-a-catch
>US gamers will pay $449.99 for Nintendo’s Switch 2, a significant price bump from the $299 first-generation console. But in Japan, the console will be more affordable. In Japan, gamers can get a Switch 2 for about $343, but it only supports the Japanese language and won't work outside the country.https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-made-a-much-cheaper-japanese-language-only-nintendo-switch-2-and-even-duolingo-is-poking-fun
>As Japan is the only country in the world offering a mono-language console option for a cheaper price, this means players content to play in Japanese can save over $100 compared to the system the rest of the world has to buy, which is selling for $449.99 in the U.S.
>In some experts' opinions, the inflated international price may well be a result of U.S. president Donald Trump's recently announced international tariffs. "Nintendo probably factored in possible tariffs, the current inflationary climate in the world and the $700 Sony dared to charge for the PlayStation 5 Pro last year," said Dr. Serkan Toto, CEO of Kantan Games.https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2025/04/05/multi-language-switch-2-in-japan-feels-like-an-anti-scalper-strategy/
>Nintendo’s move to lock out the cheaper Japanese version from international sales by making it region-locked to Japanese games feels like a way of countering the scalpers who are currently making a fortune on the current Switch. No.100760
>>100757There are places it's more expensive than the US, then. They will still probably manufacture and sell original Switch consoles for $300-350 (and they will out sell the Switch 2, same as they continue to outsell every other video game console ever made)
No.100765
>>100757The price difference doesn't mean anything. The real problem is the region lock bullshit. Right now the Switch is very comfy and a lot of games just have language options you can change at your leisure instead of having separate versions for separate regions. It looks like there might be a situation now where we won't even be able to play JP only games, because they're only on the Japan E.shop, which doesn't work outside of the country. That's pretty kiked. If the international versions are region free though, then I don't give a shit. Frankly, if 450 dollars is a big deal to you then 350 dollars should be too much for you also. Can't brokies just stop CONSOOMING for 5 minutes?
No.100820
>>100814Tbh the way Nintendo is going I can genuinely see some sperg on GitHub get so furious at them that be codes a Switch 2 emulator and distributes it by Telegram or some shit, out of abject hatred for anti-consumer practices.
No.100824
>>100820Ryujinx is over 500k lines of code and Yuzu is almost 800k lines of code.
It's not something one guy can do in a relatively short amount of time for a complex project, as in the commit statistics you'll see it's teams of people, who've collaborated on Discord, worked on both emulators to make them playable. Both had Patreons to fund their labor.
One could use gitee.com (Chinese) and gitflic.ru (Russian) to evade DMCA and Japanese lawsuits.
https://gitee.com/L1024201879/yuzuhttps://gitflic.ru/project/mattscreative/ryujinx-mirrorInstead of Discord, who not only have instantly shut down their Discord channels, but would also gladly hand over personal info to Nintendo lawyers, they should've self-host Matrix chat on a Russian server.
Ironically Andrew Anglin knows how to evade website takedowns and handle online financial transactions better than these naive nerds.
No.100826
>>100824What about uhhhh....Revolt is it called? I think it's a decentralized Discord clone
No.100841
>>100831A damn shame geraldina of my shelikal bromance
, trooned out.
No.100845
>>100841This is the first time hearing about this. I just thought the dude became fat and talentless.
No.100847
>>100845The pictures will hurt your eyes. I can't even look it up and save a pic and repost it. It's that bad. Worse than gore.
No.100854
>>100851I'M OKAY NOW
BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO LISTEN TO ME
I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH
I MEAN IT, I'M OKAY
TRUST ME
I'M NOT OKAY
I'M NOT OOOKAAAAAAAY
No.100856
>>100854Oh him. Not sure how I didn't realize that lol.
He looks better than I expected considering he's a nearly 50 year old man. Seen far worse, unless anon is referring to a pic I'm not seeing.
No.100857
>>100854I am not surprised.
No.100942
This mechanical keyboard is so goddamn loud even with extremely gentle operation I feel like I'm terrorizing my neighbors what the fuck heh
>t. never had one before
No.100946
>>100943I'm not usually up until/past 4 like this but I woke up early and have been on a tear since yesterday helping an internet friend with "defrauding" their employer. They recently landed a job similar to my own but told the whitest of white lies (imho) and fibbed on their resume about their work experience. I have worked in the field for 12 years and have been writing down every minute detail about what I do and how to do it for their benefit.
It's a simple retail job but there's actually a lot of nuance to it and I'm kind of enjoying speaking about it to someone who's genuinely invested/dependent lmoa
No.100947
>>100946>Hello I would like to scrub toilets an arrange dino nuggies in the freezer room in total humiliation for minimum wage from 6pm to am, please give me a job so I don't have to be homeless>Okay everything seems to be in order with you applicat->OY VEY >What's this? You said you had a year's unpaid experience in mop handling working at Avid's Anal Enterprises but it was actually only 364 days and 23 hours and 59 minutes and 59 seconds?! I'm calling my lawyer/mohel cousin Shmule immediately you fucking criminal fraudster!!!I would wish only the most painful death upon email-senders and toilbergs, inshallah.
No.100952
>>100942Mechanical keyboards are the best, tho. The noise is very soothing.
No.100990
>>100946This is actually quaint to read because the person that lied assumes that the HR corporate managerial class that enforces the state's gayops doesn't fib on their resume. Constantly.
No.100992
I would just like to make a general statement:
photorealistic graphics is in the top 3 worst things to ever happen to video games.
Vidga going from niche to mainstream is also in the top 3.
I'll leave you to guess what the 3rd and last one is.
No.101000
>>100935I heard jimmy fallon made this image using AI
No.101023
>>100992>I'll leave you to guess what the 3rd and last one is.DEI slop?
No.101027
>>101023DEI is what happens when the hobby goes from niche to mainstream
No.101034
>>100992Microtransactions and "live service" are both contenders for number 3. In fact I'd place either of those higher than realistic graphics. They turn video games into casinos for children. You can't even call it a mainstream normie thing because they're targeting a very specific demographic of superwhales who really buy into this shit.
No.101044
>>101043It's all just ESG and DEI. There's nothing organic about hiring w*men to program video games.
No.101067
>>101062>based women that stay in their lane can make some cool stuffyou don't say?
No.101546
who /erenshor/ here?