@chatsworth ...except how do you validate that the person on the other end of the Blockchain is who they claim to be. Just because you know the code of who updated it doesn't mean there's any way to validate that it's someone with the rights to sell the image.
@Ironcore While all assets have some form of decay, NFT's lack of regulations means the chances of decay are significantly higher than most other forms of assets. I've had several friends have to DMCA down their artwork that had been stolen and NFTed, and with so many competing registries we'll likely see most of them collapse in the next few years. That doesn't even get into the question of 'Why bother using crypto if you're going to depend on a centralized registry anyways'.
I don't think it's misinformation to point out that the fact that many, if not most NFTs will be worthless in the next ten years means that people need to get other people to take them off their hands before it collapsed on them.
@Ironcore Well, they are a type of pyramid scheme. NFTs are all ticking time bombs in when they'll become worthless eventually. (since they only work so long as the server the image is hosted on stays up). So the only way to make a profit in the market is to resell everything you buy at a higher value to someone else and let them get screwed over.
That still falls under pyramid scheme, even if it's not the typical method.
Well, Bungie has never made a Switch game, Activision had gotten rid of all it's Switch developers in exchange for more COD, and Blizzard ported it's only old console games already. I don't think any of this will affect Nintendo any time soon. Blizzard barely ever puts games on their systems anyways.
@Clyde_Radcliffe Do you know what Outride doesn't have...? Rumble pak support. Turning it off for that game would make no difference. They already have per-game setups for each title that enable different features implemented (that's why they turn off fog in OoT for some horrible reason despite it being in other titles).
@dopey-grin Given that Dread started development before Prime 4 went to Retro (it was immediately after Samus Returns came out) I highly doubt that's why. Dread wasn't made in 6 months or anything, it had a 4 year development cycle (which is longer than Retro's Prime 4 has had mind you).
I had no idea this series was on Dreamcast, I'd only played it on Nintendo platforms.
...Though admittedly, I didn't know Sonic Adventure 1&2 on GCN were ports either growing up, I was always just confused to never see Sonic Adventure without the DX in any stores.
@Specter_of-the_OLED I mean, this hack is definitely not on that level of constant go-go-go. For the most part, it's very similar to Celeste, alternating section of constant movement and safe break locations.
Admittedly, it starts in difficulty closer to around Chapter 5 or so, rather than Chapter 1, but that's to be expected when it's aimed at people who've beaten Celeste.
@MarioBrickLayer ...but FIFA as it is now is literally the butt of every joke about sports games? Articles on the regular talk about it being a casino, and I actually know parents who are starting to ban any sort of sports game from their household because of their reputation.
I think FIFA might be starting to realize that their brand is in danger if EA continues. It's only small damage so far, but I wonder how another 10 years of ultimate team adding more microtransaction would affect things.
@SuperZeldaFun There's no laws against hostile takeovers between Sony and EA, while there is between Microsoft and Nintendo. Nintendo also cares far more about being independent as a company culture. It makes more sense for Microsoft and Nintendo to remain allies over a buyout.
@dkxcalibur No they wouldn't, FIFA and EA are on the outs, their PGA deal expired, Tennis isn't centralized and 2K would still have NBA / WWE. They'd only have... Baseball, NFL and NHL I think?
@SalvorHardin ...no viral marketing team needed. All they did was offer the story to WSJ while the merger was the hot topic, internet forces will spread it from there without any outside interference.
@tabris95 I mean, not to anyone who's played both... the notes not reappearing after each death alone is the biggest possible QoL improvement there could be.
Unfortunately, I doubt Microsoft will ever allow Nintendo to use anything but the N64 original...
...mixed feelings. I don't think this is as monopolistic as people act. A-B has fallen significantly from their height as a publisher, CoD is their only regularly released product at this point. Considering Toys for Bob is on CoD duty and Vicarious Visions shut down (and both are the only studios to put out or announce any non-COD games this decade so far), the Activision side was collapsing. Blizzard hasn't put out a new game since 2016 (6 years ago), and WoW is finally dying (and was always Microsoft exclusive anyways).
They may be notable in terms of their IP catalog, but their very low output outside of a single franchise makes this not really monopolistic. Same thing with Bethesda. Removing them only is a drop in the bucket of major game releases, like... One cod game a year, and one blizzard game every ~8 years or so are all that's lost.
I can't see this getting stopped. Still dont like it but...
@Yorumi True, but so far every single videogame NFT has been centralized, and I don't foresee the companies agreeing to let GameStop do a decentralized service.
@MatoFilipovic An NFT is just a code to 'something'. In the case of videogames, it's usually a code to a cosmetic of some sort you can use in game. It doesn't have to be a picture.
In the case of Quartz for example, every NFT let's you use a gun with it's specific pattern and serial #.
...Which is no different from the microtransactions before, other than costing more and having a serial #.
@NEStalgia Except everything you described doesn't require crypto to work... Not to mention that video game companies (i.e. Ubisoft Quartz) are making their NFT programs centralized, so they'll still be able to randomly revoke ownership, ban sales, shut down old versions of games or charge on every transaction, rather than the properly decentralized system crypto was supposed to provide.
@MatoFilipovic Typically? So far it's just been implemented as another form of microtransaction, but even more expensive since now there's a backend cost to it thanks to the blockchain.
Also, the companies that have done it so far have kept control of the ledger, making it literally no different than if they used a private database to sell the items, other than energy cost.
EDIT: The theoretical plus is that you can resell the items... But Steams been doing that for years with their cards without having Blockchain involved. And we all know how much those items go for. Thanks to the necessity of a purchase fee on every transaction with blockchain, you won't be making anything doing so.
Man, I missed Animal Crossing of all things. >.> . Well that and I couldn't recall the name of that particular DKC level. I've played all of these at least.
@Joeynator3000 Actually, in 2nd gen they had lowered stats (due to their stats determining shininess, and the stats that were shiny being low ones). It wasn't until third gen that they got up to normal ones.
@VoidofLight We probably will see it end when the Crypto bubble crashes. It's a completely unregulated market, and like the housing bubble before it is going to wreck the economy when the bottom falls out. But it'll also put an end to mining being in serious demand when that happens.
@XBontendo That's good to hear. I was quite looking forward to that one honestly, but for obvious reasons never got it. It looked so dang fun in the previews.
@rjejr you get my point, I'm tired okay. All I meant was that a delay means that something unexpected happened, not that the game was intrinsically harder to develop.
@rjejr You're telling me a game that took 5 years to develop using reused assets and physics engine, is likely to be delayed? I'm not saying developments gotten easier, but a game like this should be far easier to predict the length of development. The probabilitiy of delays aren't about how difficult a game is to develop, but how likely it is that unseen factors will break the planned timeline.
@Gwynbleidd They aren't patenting falling angles. The patent only covers situations where:
1. The button inputs involved are identical, specifically A for toggling states and R for speeding up. If a different controller labeling scheme is used it's invalid.
2. The falling character is wielding a bow and arrow
3. The archery stance is changed based on the angle between the current direction and a set reference angle
4. The player can speed up falls
5. The player can toggle between horizontal and vertical stances at will.
6. It's from a third person perspective.
If any condition is not met, the patent doesn't cover it.
Edit: also, the point of a super specific patent like this is it prevents anyone else from releasing a more generalized patent of the idea that this would be a specific instance of, making sure they can't be locked out of using it.
@Snatcher The goal was being able to open to menus at once (the same way cloning was done in v1.1). Once they found the fly menu could be glitched, the rest of that was just connecting that to the box menu. Complicated to pull off? Yes. To figure out? Nope.
@Vortexeo My point was that your post stated you could remove ~12 characters that easily (sorry not looking back to find it right now for exact numbers). But realistically, it's more like removing ~4 characters. Ditching Echoes barely counts in reducing roster size.
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Re: Team17's Development Partners Aren't Happy About The Publisher's NFT Plans
@chatsworth ...except how do you validate that the person on the other end of the Blockchain is who they claim to be. Just because you know the code of who updated it doesn't mean there's any way to validate that it's someone with the rights to sell the image.
Re: Team17's Development Partners Aren't Happy About The Publisher's NFT Plans
@Ironcore While all assets have some form of decay, NFT's lack of regulations means the chances of decay are significantly higher than most other forms of assets. I've had several friends have to DMCA down their artwork that had been stolen and NFTed, and with so many competing registries we'll likely see most of them collapse in the next few years. That doesn't even get into the question of 'Why bother using crypto if you're going to depend on a centralized registry anyways'.
I don't think it's misinformation to point out that the fact that many, if not most NFTs will be worthless in the next ten years means that people need to get other people to take them off their hands before it collapsed on them.
Re: Team17's Development Partners Aren't Happy About The Publisher's NFT Plans
@Ironcore Well, they are a type of pyramid scheme. NFTs are all ticking time bombs in when they'll become worthless eventually. (since they only work so long as the server the image is hosted on stays up). So the only way to make a profit in the market is to resell everything you buy at a higher value to someone else and let them get screwed over.
That still falls under pyramid scheme, even if it's not the typical method.
Re: PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Says "More Acquisitions" Are Coming
Well, Bungie has never made a Switch game, Activision had gotten rid of all it's Switch developers in exchange for more COD, and Blizzard ported it's only old console games already. I don't think any of this will affect Nintendo any time soon. Blizzard barely ever puts games on their systems anyways.
Re: Popular Video Game Music YouTube Channel Receives 1,300 Copyright Claims From Nintendo
@Daniel36 SilvaGunner is non-monetized. They don't make money off these videos. So they'd totally allow Nintendo to stake a claim if they wanted to.
Re: Switch Hackers Add Controller Pak Support To N64's Online Library
@Clyde_Radcliffe Do you know what Outride doesn't have...? Rumble pak support. Turning it off for that game would make no difference. They already have per-game setups for each title that enable different features implemented (that's why they turn off fog in OoT for some horrible reason despite it being in other titles).
Re: Metroid Prime 4 Developer Retro Studios Is Seeking New Team Members
@dopey-grin Given that Dread started development before Prime 4 went to Retro (it was immediately after Samus Returns came out) I highly doubt that's why. Dread wasn't made in 6 months or anything, it had a 4 year development cycle (which is longer than Retro's Prime 4 has had mind you).
Re: Metroid Prime 4 Developer Retro Studios Is Seeking New Team Members
@ecco6t9 Given that Bayonetta 3 is coming out this year, and we've seen actual gameplay and story trailers, I'd say that.
Re: Metroid Prime 4 Developer Retro Studios Is Seeking New Team Members
A... Tools Engineer? I'd assume they're replacing someone who left, cause that's one of the first things you'd need.
EDIT: I wouldn't say it's developmental hell? It's only been 3.5 years since Retro started, and the average game these days takes 5 years to make...
Re: Dreamcast Star 'Kao The Kangaroo' Is Making A Surprise Comeback On Switch
I had no idea this series was on Dreamcast, I'd only played it on Nintendo platforms.
...Though admittedly, I didn't know Sonic Adventure 1&2 on GCN were ports either growing up, I was always just confused to never see Sonic Adventure without the DX in any stores.
Re: Random: This Fan-Made SNES Hack Combines Celeste With Super Mario
@Specter_of-the_OLED I mean, this hack is definitely not on that level of constant go-go-go. For the most part, it's very similar to Celeste, alternating section of constant movement and safe break locations.
Admittedly, it starts in difficulty closer to around Chapter 5 or so, rather than Chapter 1, but that's to be expected when it's aimed at people who've beaten Celeste.
Re: Japanese Magazine Nintendo Dream Might Be Teasing A New Game
@gcunit Has Nintendo ever put out a mobile title and a console/handheld title around the same time in the same IP?
Re: Random: Piplup's Time In The Spotlight Continues With His Own Pokémon Music Video
@Greatluigi Well, given the other members of her team (Quilava, Mamoswine, Togekiss, Buneary, and Pachirisu) I'd wager this is explicitly anime!Dawn.
Re: First Activision, Now EA? FIFA Publisher Is Tipped For Takeover
@MarioBrickLayer ...but FIFA as it is now is literally the butt of every joke about sports games? Articles on the regular talk about it being a casino, and I actually know parents who are starting to ban any sort of sports game from their household because of their reputation.
I think FIFA might be starting to realize that their brand is in danger if EA continues. It's only small damage so far, but I wonder how another 10 years of ultimate team adding more microtransaction would affect things.
Re: First Activision, Now EA? FIFA Publisher Is Tipped For Takeover
@RR529 I was responding to a theoretical if Sony bought EA what the title list would be.
Re: First Activision, Now EA? FIFA Publisher Is Tipped For Takeover
@SuperZeldaFun There's no laws against hostile takeovers between Sony and EA, while there is between Microsoft and Nintendo. Nintendo also cares far more about being independent as a company culture. It makes more sense for Microsoft and Nintendo to remain allies over a buyout.
Re: First Activision, Now EA? FIFA Publisher Is Tipped For Takeover
@dkxcalibur No they wouldn't, FIFA and EA are on the outs, their PGA deal expired, Tennis isn't centralized and 2K would still have NBA / WWE. They'd only have... Baseball, NFL and NHL I think?
Re: First Activision, Now EA? FIFA Publisher Is Tipped For Takeover
Why bring up FIFA? It's an open secret that EA is losing the rights to FIFA after next year, so it hardly counts towards their purchase evaluation.
Re: Nintendo's Giving Away A Set Of Awesome N64 Posters (Europe)
I'm American, so maybe I'm missing something, but I thought Europeans had Lylat Wars, not Star Fox 64?
Re: Activision Blizzard Boss To Leave When Xbox Deal Is Done, Report Claims
@SalvorHardin ...no viral marketing team needed. All they did was offer the story to WSJ while the merger was the hot topic, internet forces will spread it from there without any outside interference.
Re: Banjo-Kazooie Joins Switch Online's Expansion Pack This Week
@tabris95 I mean, not to anyone who's played both... the notes not reappearing after each death alone is the biggest possible QoL improvement there could be.
Unfortunately, I doubt Microsoft will ever allow Nintendo to use anything but the N64 original...
Re: Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard, Now Owns Call Of Duty And Crash Bandicoot
...mixed feelings. I don't think this is as monopolistic as people act. A-B has fallen significantly from their height as a publisher, CoD is their only regularly released product at this point. Considering Toys for Bob is on CoD duty and Vicarious Visions shut down (and both are the only studios to put out or announce any non-COD games this decade so far), the Activision side was collapsing. Blizzard hasn't put out a new game since 2016 (6 years ago), and WoW is finally dying (and was always Microsoft exclusive anyways).
They may be notable in terms of their IP catalog, but their very low output outside of a single franchise makes this not really monopolistic. Same thing with Bethesda. Removing them only is a drop in the bucket of major game releases, like... One cod game a year, and one blizzard game every ~8 years or so are all that's lost.
I can't see this getting stopped. Still dont like it but...
Re: Kingdom Hearts Cloud Collection Arrives On Switch In February, Pricing Revealed
Man, I really wanted portable versions of these games. If it's cloud only it's useless unless I'm at home...
Well, even then it'd be useless, my internet sucks lol
Re: Feature: Our Totally Infallible Predictions For Hisui Forms In Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Machamp just got a Gigantamax form, it's not that unloved.
Re: Random: The OG Tomb Raider Looks Amazing On Game Boy Advance
@Deerock69 multiple people in the youtube comments have discussed how it plays on their official hardware, so I'd say yes.
Re: Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Wants Cross-Platform User Bans
@Ralizah ...I think this article was confusing. He was talking about user created block lists, not account bans from the system runners.
I.e. if you as a user blocks a player on PSN, it would also automatically block them for you on Steam.
Re: Random: LAPD Officers Fired For Catching Pokémon Instead Of Crooks
@Gamer_Zeus it's not about who wants it. You have to take an IQ test to become a cop, and if you score too high you're banned.
(Just so you know I'm not joking, here's the court case where the practice went public)
http://www.criminaljusticeschools.org/blog/man-ruled-too-smart-to-be-a-cop/index.html
Re: GTA Publisher Take-Two Buys Farmville Giant Zynga For $12.7B
I thought Zynga had shut down... I don't recall the last time a game they put out made waves.
Re: GameStop Is Betting The Farm On NFTs, And Investors Are All For It
@Yorumi True, but so far every single videogame NFT has been centralized, and I don't foresee the companies agreeing to let GameStop do a decentralized service.
Re: Sega Could Reverse Decision To Sell NFTs Following Fan Backlash
@MatoFilipovic An NFT is just a code to 'something'. In the case of videogames, it's usually a code to a cosmetic of some sort you can use in game. It doesn't have to be a picture.
In the case of Quartz for example, every NFT let's you use a gun with it's specific pattern and serial #.
...Which is no different from the microtransactions before, other than costing more and having a serial #.
Re: GameStop Is Betting The Farm On NFTs, And Investors Are All For It
@NEStalgia Except everything you described doesn't require crypto to work... Not to mention that video game companies (i.e. Ubisoft Quartz) are making their NFT programs centralized, so they'll still be able to randomly revoke ownership, ban sales, shut down old versions of games or charge on every transaction, rather than the properly decentralized system crypto was supposed to provide.
Re: Sega Could Reverse Decision To Sell NFTs Following Fan Backlash
@MatoFilipovic Typically? So far it's just been implemented as another form of microtransaction, but even more expensive since now there's a backend cost to it thanks to the blockchain.
Also, the companies that have done it so far have kept control of the ledger, making it literally no different than if they used a private database to sell the items, other than energy cost.
EDIT: The theoretical plus is that you can resell the items... But Steams been doing that for years with their cards without having Blockchain involved. And we all know how much those items go for. Thanks to the necessity of a purchase fee on every transaction with blockchain, you won't be making anything doing so.
Re: Nintendo Is Adding Another 3DS Course To Mario Kart Tour
@Spookles I'm hoping they actually are, and we'll see a lot of these courses in the base version of 9 when it releases...
Re: Nintendo Winter Wonderlands - Can You Name All These Festive Levels?
Man, I missed Animal Crossing of all things. >.> . Well that and I couldn't recall the name of that particular DKC level. I've played all of these at least.
Re: Random: Twitch Streamer Encounters Double Shiny In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Starter Battle
@Joeynator3000 Actually, in 2nd gen they had lowered stats (due to their stats determining shininess, and the stats that were shiny being low ones). It wasn't until third gen that they got up to normal ones.
Re: Global Chip Shortages And Supply Issues To Continue Into 2023, Says Intel Boss
@VoidofLight We probably will see it end when the Crypto bubble crashes. It's a completely unregulated market, and like the housing bubble before it is going to wreck the economy when the bottom falls out. But it'll also put an end to mining being in serious demand when that happens.
Re: Balan Wonderworld Is Officially The Worst Switch Game Of 2021, According To Metacritic
@XBontendo That's good to hear. I was quite looking forward to that one honestly, but for obvious reasons never got it. It looked so dang fun in the previews.
Re: Don't Worry, Zelda: BOTW 2 Is Reportedly Still Aiming To Launch Next Year
@rjejr you get my point, I'm tired okay. All I meant was that a delay means that something unexpected happened, not that the game was intrinsically harder to develop.
Re: Don't Worry, Zelda: BOTW 2 Is Reportedly Still Aiming To Launch Next Year
@rjejr You're telling me a game that took 5 years to develop using reused assets and physics engine, is likely to be delayed? I'm not saying developments gotten easier, but a game like this should be far easier to predict the length of development. The probabilitiy of delays aren't about how difficult a game is to develop, but how likely it is that unseen factors will break the planned timeline.
Re: Don't Worry, Zelda: BOTW 2 Is Reportedly Still Aiming To Launch Next Year
@rjejr Not every one... direct sequels like Majora's Mask, Link Between Worlds, Spirit Tracks, etc have all historically launched without. delay.
Re: Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2 Gameplay Concepts Revealed In Nintendo Patents
@Gwynbleidd They aren't patenting falling angles. The patent only covers situations where:
1. The button inputs involved are identical, specifically A for toggling states and R for speeding up. If a different controller labeling scheme is used it's invalid.
2. The falling character is wielding a bow and arrow
3. The archery stance is changed based on the angle between the current direction and a set reference angle
4. The player can speed up falls
5. The player can toggle between horizontal and vertical stances at will.
6. It's from a third person perspective.
If any condition is not met, the patent doesn't cover it.
Edit: also, the point of a super specific patent like this is it prevents anyone else from releasing a more generalized patent of the idea that this would be a specific instance of, making sure they can't be locked out of using it.
Re: Random: One Fan Has "Poorly" Drawn Nearly 700 Hollow Knights While Waiting For Silksong
Don't Hollow Knight / Silksong announcements always come in full directs, not Indie ones? I wouldn't get hopes up for it next week.
Re: Rumour: Could Square Enix's Latest ROM Takedowns Mean The Return Of Chrono Trigger?
Wasn't Chrono Cross Remake leaked earlier this year in the graphics driver leak? That was confirmed true? Doesn't seem news.
Re: New Duplication Glitch Discovered In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl 1.1.2
@Snatcher The goal was being able to open to menus at once (the same way cloning was done in v1.1). Once they found the fly menu could be glitched, the rest of that was just connecting that to the box menu. Complicated to pull off? Yes. To figure out? Nope.
Re: Poll: Paper Mario Is Out Now On Nintendo Switch Online, Will You Be Playing It?
@neufel That's another thing I'm waiting for them to change before I subscribe lol
Re: Poll: Paper Mario Is Out Now On Nintendo Switch Online, Will You Be Playing It?
Still waiting until they stop adding new games so I can get the service for a month and then be done with it.
Re: A New Smash Bros. Would Need A Smaller Roster, Admits Sakurai
@Vortexeo My point was that your post stated you could remove ~12 characters that easily (sorry not looking back to find it right now for exact numbers). But realistically, it's more like removing ~4 characters. Ditching Echoes barely counts in reducing roster size.
Re: A New Smash Bros. Would Need A Smaller Roster, Admits Sakurai
@Vortexeo Yeah but... removing all the Echo fighters combined wouldn't equal even a single fighters worth of complexity. They're literally just skins.
Re: Rumour: Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection Is Coming To Switch
Man, I only ever played II, wanted to play the others... Hm...
Re: Updated Nintendo Policies Push For Increased Transparency And Diversity
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