if an game is made using an proprietary game engine, it dont matter if it get relased under source avaliable, open source or what, we still have an layer of code that we cant change (the game engine code), otherwise anyone can say that something is open source, despite now showing any thing but: call_magic_function1():

withotu any explanation of what this function do and how, its an api from an game engine made inhouse or from a thirdy party.

looks like they used FNA so... its we really can see how it works.

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Quoting: TheRiddick

Quoting: elmapulthen, not only they dont relase here, but its just one region this time.

Doesn't Brazil have some sort of INSANE tax that Valve wouldn't be able to get around?

yes, games are treated as "bad luck games" (those that you bet real money), they are taxed in 60% wich is absurd... well nowadays some games are in fact bad luck games, but we shouldnt treat all of then like this.

in any case the tax are different for consoles than for games (they are much worse for the games thenselves and even then we had good prices in the past on steam, things changed but we still have massive sales)

regardless of tax, they earn a lot of money here, and maybe the steamdeck could enter the new taxes (if they dont change again with the new government) or enter here as pcs?

in any case, despite this problems i think it can sell well, steam is one of our savior for cheap games after all.

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honeslty, im REALLy sad now.

Steam deck relased in 4 regions initially, then later on in more 4 regions...
i saw the countries were steam had the biggest revenue, and saw that Brasil should be in the next batch of 4 countries...

then, not only they dont relase here, but its just one region this time.

i dont know why i still create false hopes.

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never heard of it, is this website legit? it has some... suspicious titles...
https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/larry-lotter-and-the-test-of-time [External Link]

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loved the name UwU

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looks like it was not their fault, but who knows, in any case...
i hate how people dont think twice before donating money for crowdfunding that didnt delivered anything, but think a million of times before donating to an open source project.

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Quoting: robvvI recently noticed that the suyu gitlab repo has been closed, too. Computers are supposed to be learning and creative tools, and instead we have this walled-garden situation created by greedy companies. Maybe devs should host their repos in countries that are not too bothered about what Nintendo says...

computers are creative tools, then nintendo take down their own servers of mario maker, because they want to sell mario maker 2 or something...
not to mention "wario ware do it yourselft" and others.

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Quoting: WMan22

Quoting: Mountain ManIf you want to play Nintendo games, then buy a Nintendo console. It's as simple as that.

I HAVE been buying Nintendo Consoles all the way back starting with the Nintendo 64. I am even one of the 5 people who bought a WiiU.

But they don't really make TVs with composite slots anymore, everything's HDMI now. So it doesn't matter if I have physical hardware (Which I DO by the way), CRTs are dying one by one, I won't be able to play the games I grew up with forever unless emulators are allowed to exist. A future without emulation is horrifying. Entire generations of culture lost because of hardware that is not compatible with modern TVs.

There is no good argument in favor of removing emulators from existence. If you approve of this, I literally see you as no better than people who burned books under fascist regimes.

Additionally, let's say in a completely hypothetical scenario (which isn't our reality, let's be crystal clear) that all games were still readily available and that I didn't need an emulator to play Geist on modern TVs because N-Space is currently defunct and therefore cannot sell their game on virtual consoles while receiving money for the game. There's still a strong argument in favor of emulation due to being able to remaster games yourself. For example: On a WiiU emulator, you can play Breath of the Wild at 8k 240fps given powerful enough hardware. On a switch, it barely hits 720p 30.

not to mention stuff like region locked games.
hell imagine import an game, only to realize that you also need to import an video game and maybe even an tv to play it, then after you finally stole a bank to purchase all that, you still need to learn another idiom....

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Quoting: Talon1024The organizations and companies that support individual Linux distributions don't place restrictions on third-party developers either. However, most proprietary software developers don't release for Linux because the market share and fragmentation of Linux is generally not profitable.

you are ignoring that most repositories from most distributions refused to distribute proprietary software, didnt had any way to purchase then (up to until today i guess?) and lack any form of DRM, wich is especially hard to enforce on an open source system...

those are the main reasons why they dont relase games for us.

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Quoting: ShadowXeldronThe Yuzu and Citra takedowns basically put me off purchasing any new Nintendo titles (at least for their current platform; to my knowledge they get nothing off the secondhand market for the obsolete stuff so I'm still collecting for that), and this only gets me to go further. If they don't want us playing their games, then we won't.

Yet I'm nowhere near as furious about this takedown as the last one? Don't get me wrong, I'm still mad, but I guess it's because I was actually affected last time on account of actively being a Citra user when it happened. I have got Lime3DS installed, but it's only really a matter of time until they go after it.

actually the second hand market give then money.
i mean, if an person sell an game, this person might use the money to purchase an new game from the same company.

on the other hand, if such person is stuck with an copy they cant sell anymore, they might think twice before investing again in an game with no resell value.

[update]
i dont know if the term resell exist, so let me rewrite that:
no value in the used market.

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