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  • john89@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    Why would they bother focusing on consoles at all?

    They would be way more successful investing in game developers.

  • massive_bereavement@fedia.io
    61·
    2 days ago

    They have some great game developers that could oh, wait they died at the front, nevermind.

    I’m sure uncle Yuri can use his previous experience developing accounting programs in an old scorpion back in the 80s.

  • ATDA@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    2 days ago

    I mean if it exists and isn’t just an old PC that’d be a miracle. If memory serves they got like 3 months or so to develop a plan…

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      131·
      3 days ago

      It’s doing fine.

      McDonald’s is a franchise, as you know. So Russia simply has a “pirate McDonald’s” with different branding. With “pirate Coke” among the drinks.

        • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          3 days ago

          I’ve just realized that I can’t remember what those things are named despite buying them a few times.

          But, long story short, I suppose some things are limited only by IP.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      3 days ago

      I think stats show that Russians are less drunk generally than Scandinavians (not a very surprising statement admittedly) and Baltic people and even Armenians and Georgians. And than Irish (again no surprise I suppose).

      What Russians are, according to stats, is people who have tea too often. And I don’t think that had a negative effect on the British Empire, but then UK might be more drunk generally than Russia.

      So perhaps being drunk is, in some unknown way, a civilization-level advantage.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      It’s actually advanced chip production. They can’t buy them because those chips are also really good for weapons. And making them requires tech they don’t have. (But will at some point)

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      401·
      3 days ago

      Nintendo intentionally under powers their stuff to cut down on costs in order target the all encompassing “family” demographic. It’s like their whole schtick since the Wii (The GameCube was the last time iirc they tried to compete with the Xbox/PS)

      • Anivia@feddit.orgEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        Technically the Wii U was the most powerful console at the time it released.

        But only because it released towards then end of the Xbox 360 / PS3 lifecycle, so it was a very short time period until it was once again severely underpowered compared to Xbox any Playstation

    • Bezier@suppo.fiEnglish
      312·
      3 days ago
      • Neither PS5 or XBOX are mobile
      • Switch also targets a different audience
      • As long as the hardware is competent, the software matters a lot.
    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      242·
      3 days ago

      Thankfully Nintendo has fun games. Not going to hold my breath for anything good on the ladabox

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        72·
        3 days ago

        Which is completely refreshing. If their lawyers weren’t so terrible and they were more open to digital preservation, they’d basically be the perfect gaming company. Their games are high quality at launch, fun for years of replayability, and the hardware is really reliable. They focus on the most important part of gaming: fun.

        • MaggiWuerze@feddit.orgEnglish
          3·
          3 days ago

          Their games are high quality at launch, fun for years of replayability,

          you mean all the WiiU titles you still have to play and pay release price for because they can’t be arsed to release anything new, or all the remakes, or the Pokémon games that look and play like a turd despite being the most valuable IP in the world?

          and the hardware is really reliable

          The Switch Hardware is notoriously unreliable. They even had a class action lawsuit because of it

          • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            WiiU titles you still have to play and pay release price for

            I said nothing about pricing, I spoke only of release quality and enjoyment.

            he Pokémon games that look and play like a turd despite being the most valuable IP in the world?

            That’s Game Freak, not Nintendo. Yes, Nintendo owns it, but Game Freak retains all creative control.

            The Switch Hardware is notoriously unreliable. They even had a class action lawsuit because of it

            Are you talking about the joycon drift? That was dismissed, and there are other options for controllers.

            I’m talking about the console itself. People are still using old consoles (NES, N64, Wii, etc), and the main issues with the Switch (battery and joycons) don’t really impact longevity of the console or games. If the battery dies, you can still use it docked.

            My Xbox, however, is practically useless once the disk drive dies and Microsoft kills the digital store, and the drive will die. The Xbox 360 was also notable for having the board fail (red ring of death), and spinning disks will eventually get too scratched to play. The GameCube, Wii and WiiU have similar issues since they use disks, but every other console uses cartridges, which have proven to be a lot more reliable long term. I don’t know much about PlayStation though (never had one), but I’d be surprised if they last as long as Nintendo products.

            If you want game preservation, Nintendo seems to be the best at physical preservation despite its hostility toward digital preservation. They want you to play on their consoles, and they make sure they’ll last.

    • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      142·
      3 days ago

      The Switch mostly lives on the talent and creativity of Nintendo devs. Russia seems to be lacking in the quantity and quality in that regard as well.

      Honestly, I would expect Russia to shoot more for PC gaming, rather than console gaming. But that would almost certainly require using home-grown or Chinese semiconductors. I’m not sure there are too many homegrown Russian semiconductor fabs, and Chinese chips aren’t known for their high performance like Taiwanese (TSMC, and by extension nVidia, AMD) and American chips (Intel) are.

        • cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          23 hours ago

          “Hacking” can be as easy as running some script you found online to prowl for vulnerable systems. This doesn’t take a lot of creativity. A lot of people/businesses/governments don’t practice good security hygiene (e.g. apply security patches as soon as they’re available) and end up getting popped by skiddies. I’d be more impressed if these Russian “hackers” could consistently repel attacks, but a simple google search suggests that they are struggling to defend their own turf