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    "Steam Machine Verified" only guarantees 30fps at 1080p on the upcoming system

    Came here to say just this. I support this benchmark. It's a fine way of saying "it's playable", without demanding absolute perfection. And look, not every game is made for > 1080p or > 30fps. Are you just going to mark all the 30fps games as "unverified" because they don't natively support a...
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    Bowser is retiring from Nintendo at the end of this year

    Did people actually not like Bowser? Besides the general Nintendo hate, is there any particular reason, or is it just that he's no Reggie?
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    Man charged for selling fake Nintendo products on Amazon, allegedly made more than $2 million from counterfeiting

    I bought fake joy-cons once (although I think that was from Ebay, not Amazon.) They looked pretty convincing... Other than the colors being a slightly different shade than official joy-cons, the box and everything looked real. Functionally... The buttons would misfire, the triggers were extra...
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    Yooka-Replaylee release date announced, out later this year

    This game is not as bad as people say. Maybe it doesn't awe, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It's not that old. It didn't need a remaster. Looks fine. $30-$50 is steep for an indie remaster, especially when the original launched at $20 brand new. It also frequently on sale for $4. It doesn't look...
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    Man arrested in Japan for selling modded Nintendo Switch consoles

    It's a gray area. Depends on what the mod does. It's mainly the "circumvention of security measures" that makes it illegal, as most of the time what we mean by "modded consoles" is the ability to play pirated games, and modern consoles are explicitly designed to prevent running unauthorized...
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    Should i get a steam deck?

    Before I got a Steam Deck, I had to choose... Do I get this game for cheap on Steam sales/bundles, or do I want to play this on the go and get it on Switch? With Steam Deck, the choice is a no-brainer - always Steam. (I mean, technically check for Proton compatibility, but usually the answer is...
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    "Knuckles" Paramount+ series gets its first trailer, premieres on April 26th

    Knuckles has always been a bit bull-headed. Not necessarily "dumb", but intellect isn't his greatest strength. He is regularly duped by others and quick to lash out in aggression. I think it's fitting for his character. Actually, many of the Sonic games clearly take place on earth, or at the...
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    Valve announces new OLED Steam Decks with up to 1TB internal storage and some hardware revisions

    A ton of people do. If you're traveling, it's great for a plane ride, hotel, etc. But mostly I like to be able to sit and play next to family, regardless of where or what they are doing or if the TV is occupied. If you live alone that's probably a non-issue, but it makes a big difference for...
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    Meta announces its VR games subscription service, Meta Quest+

    All the people comparing this to Game Pass are hilarious. How quickly you forget Games with Gold (or PS+, for that matter), which is a much more accurate comparison. I'm going to defend Meta on this. VR games are expensive, and discounts are a lot more scarce than on other platforms. For many...
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    Nintendo Switch Online adds GB, SNES, and NES games this month

    Yo, Kirby Tilt 'n Tumble is legit a great game. I remember trying to emulate it several years back and it just wasn't the same with an Xbox controller. With proper motion controls, it's definitely worth a replay. :)
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    Nintendo eShop closing down in Russia, limited to only re-download pre-owned titles

    Nintendo had already stopped physical shipments to Russia a year ago, so effectively the eShop is what was left. Also the part that isn't mentioned which I think is kind of important is that many payment providers stopped accepting Russian currency. It's hard to blame Nintendo for shutting it...
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    Blizzard faces antitrust lawsuit against the US Justice Dept. over esports wages

    I don't think this one is as cut-and-dry as it might sound. While "suppress[ing] the wages of esports players" sounds horrible on paper, pay-to-win is equally bad. Maybe the goal was to prevent a corporation with a lot of money from swooping in and buying the best players, making it impossible...
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    [UPDATE] Microsoft signs 10-year agreement to bring Call of Duty games to Nintendo consoles

    This is entirely because Microsoft is trying to acquire Activision Blizzard and to do so they need to convince people they aren't anti-competitive.
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    16-year-old claims to have hacked Nintendo's developer portal, leaks 50GB of files

    This is just stuff every Switch developer has access to. While it is proprietary and under NDA, it's not exactly hard to imagine someone social engineering their way in. It also doesn't really do anything for users. A lot of this has leaked before, and while a newer SDK theoretically means the...
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    Early footage from Horizon Forbidden West's unreleased multiplayer mode discovered

    There's a lot of people speculating "I hope it ___ when it releases"... Given that this is from 2020 and leaking now, I doubt it is releasing. They probably scrapped it, and that's why the individual decided to leak it... Because their hard work will never see the light of day.
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