• brucethemoose@lemmy.world
    541·
    3 days ago

    I’m a bit salty this was apparently announced through Discord. Was it even posted anywhere else?

    The future of social media is fragmented siloes, I guess.

    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
      16·
      3 days ago

      I will never not be pissed off that the overwhelming majority of communities that made the internet vibrant especially when nerding out about niche stuff just happily moved to discord and foreclosed their futures.

      Everytime I get down on the fediverse I think about what discord did to online communities I loved and I get fired up again.

      • refalo@programming.dev
        1·
        4 hours ago

        I think eventually if a federated system (or particular server) gets too popular they will just defederate from everyone else and perpetuate the same problem all over again

        • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
          1·
          2 hours ago

          Fragmentation is a concern but it isn’t the real issue, the issue is corporate capture of the commons as far as I am concerned.

    • Hazzard@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 days ago

      Yeah… even worse, it appears the admin didn’t even announce it, this is just one of the developers clarifying what the admin probably did.

      As someone who uses Ryujinx, I literally spent the afternoon curious about an error I was getting while updating about the build server being down “probably because it’s building a new version, check back in a few minutes”, only to find a Twitter screenshot of this linked in slack that evening.

    • jacksilver@lemmy.world
      25·
      3 days ago

      I wouldn’t have an issue with many different communications platforms if they didn’t all require an account (also Discord not being indexable sucks).

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
        18·
        3 days ago

        Discord is even worse, as you need to find an invite to a specific Discord, and sometimes go through a lengthy sign up process for each Discord.

        Some won’t let you sign up without a phone #.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
        12·
        3 days ago

        Matrix.

        And… Lemmy.

        It doesn’t matter though, the problem is the critical mass is migrating to Discord and shunting everything out of view. Honestly that’s much worse than being on Reddit, even now.

        • recklessengagement@lemmy.world
          5·
          2 days ago

          Matrix does not have seamless desktop sharing or voice chat, and has a drastically higher executive cost. It also does not solve the information silo issue.

          The fediverse as a whole is promising but likely needs to mature a bit longer. Theres a lot of potential issues that have yet to be worked through.

  • JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
    25·
    3 days ago

    I think anyone still in the scene will want to lay low for a while and work in the shadows. Only releasing after a few years.

    I hope they dont go for dolphin or cemu claiming that certain games are in their e-shop for the switch 2 release.

    Either way I think we should start backing up emulators and their source and require files regularly as a fallback.

    • josephsh5@lemm.ee
      4·
      2 days ago

      I hope they dont go for dolphin or cemu claiming that certain games are in their e-shop for the switch 2 release.

      That’s exactly what I’m afraid of

    • leopold@lemmy.kde.social
      2·
      2 days ago

      I mean, all of these emulators are already very well archived and available from several sources, not to mention downloaded to the devices of millions of people. I highly doubt we would be in danger of losing any of them even if Nintendo were to sue literally all of them overnight. Well, except for things like Github issues and pull requests, nobody bothers to archive those unfortunately.

      But yeah, IMO the danger is moreso that the attacks are leading to a massive chilling effect and loss of developer talent in the emulation community.

  • pyre@lemmy.world
    11114·
    4 days ago

    fuck Nintendo and fuck fanboys who defend them at every turn. breath of the wild was a 7/10 game

    • helenslunch@feddit.nl
      132·
      3 days ago

      I actually hated BotW 😂

      Its insanely repetitive and I got so tired of watching the same cut scenes over and over with no way to skip them…

      I know it’s a hot take but don’t downvote me for my opinion haha.

          • refalo@programming.dev
            2·
            3 days ago

            I would consider that cartoony as well. You might disagree but that’s ok. I’m not trying to pretend like my opinion is popular, it’s just how I personally feel.

    • DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml
      114·
      3 days ago

      Botw is easily a 9/10 for me . Totk too. I really like Nintendos take on open world. However, I still appreciate the other Zelda games a lot and I hope they don’t completely abandon that linear formula

      • dovahking@lemmy.world
        71·
        3 days ago

        The world is interactive but bland. Except a few scenic vistas, there’s nothing interesting about the botw’s open world.

    • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      I say this as a die-hard 3D Zelda fan:

      I was soooo boooored in BOTW! There was no current main story. It all happened in the past. You’re basically playing through the climax the entire time. And I hated it. I mainly play Zelda for the story, and this was a very poorly told one.

      TOTK was somewhat better because it gave us better characters (I will die for Tulin), a bit better characterization (I enjoyed Zelda getting a lot more fleshed out this time), and a somewhat better story… but there were still way too many reused story beats. That is to say, the story was fleshed out much better, but they still reused the overall story structure from BOTW (get the memories fight the four bosses in the four temples, etc.). They did add a fifth temple and a mid-game story thing, but that’s mostly it. They also didn’t even acknowledge how similar some things were to their counterparts in BOTW (ex. the Malice Gloom), which really bothered me. Also, some stuff just felt… unfinished. Like the reporter bird who, by the end of it all, just ends up pondering and trying to figure himself out… and that’s it. It felt like setup for DLC, but there wasn’t any.

      … That was a very unintentionally long rant.

      To summarize: hated BOTW; somewhat enjoyed TOTK, though it could’ve been much better.

    • GHiLA@sh.itjust.works
      102·
      4 days ago

      All the more reason to buy their next system at V1.0 with 0 games.

      …keep it in the box for a year and keep an eye on a hack hitting the news.

    • And009@reddthat.com
      81·
      4 days ago

      I desperately wanted a switch 2 and been gaming on my mac using emu and a handful of native games until release.

      But at this point I’ll probably pick up the ps5 or steam deck just to avoid these folks ^

      • turtletracks@lemmy.zip
        51·
        3 days ago

        The Steam Deck is a great option, I have a hub to be able to play on my TV, and don’t tell Nintendo, but a lot of Switch games run nicely.

        I have an SD full of every NES-N64 game with a bunch of GameCube thrown in too, it’s a beautiful thing. Plus gyro on old GameCube games is pretty funny

  • xan1242@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    43·
    3 days ago

    I need to remind some people here who don’t seem to understand something.

    Forks may be dead and development may not be as fast as the original.

    However - you must think about the future and not the situation right now. Yuzu and Ryujinx sources will be invaluable information for people making emulators later down the line.

    It’s a matter of when and not if someone picks it up again.