@slider1983 If you collect anime which I do and was seriously considering leaning more into after this week's events, Then a lof of shows and movies are locked to DVD and can only be watched on that format because of licensing hell or the distributor no longer existing.
@slider1983 I'm still buying DVDs and dedicated players are still being made. There is so much legacy contend on the second hand market and it's important we keep being able to watch them.
There's been a 10,000% increase in demand for new Blu Rays and DVDs plus players in the last year and that's' from a Tech radar article published a few days ago.
@Naeval I should mention I'm not saying their games are bad. Just they've been unknown until recently. I didn't even know they had a following in their own country either.
The controller ports in my Dreamcast don't have the strongest connections these days having something like this would be PERFECT as they'd be plugged in at all times.
The Morph 4k isn't that much more, I fully plan on getting one of those if I ever upgrade to a 4k TV. I have several consoles the tink doesn't do justice to or I can't connect to the tink because of an HDMI output.
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Re: "Like Having A Dead Body Handcuffed To You" - Co-Founder Of Codemasters Predicted The Death Of Physical Media 13 Years Ago
@slider1983 Some people just never upgraded their equipment A LOT actually.
For some reason their players still work.
It could also be because nobody actually owns DVD as a medium unlike Blu Ray
Although the ownership of Blu Ray might change very VERY soon.
Re: "Like Having A Dead Body Handcuffed To You" - Co-Founder Of Codemasters Predicted The Death Of Physical Media 13 Years Ago
@slider1983 If you collect anime which I do and was seriously considering leaning more into after this week's events, Then a lof of shows and movies are locked to DVD and can only be watched on that format because of licensing hell or the distributor no longer existing.
Re: The Video Game History Foundation Wants "Meaningful Solutions" From The ESA For "Preserving Digital-Only Content"
Solution- Disband and destroy the ESA
Re: Limited Run's Co-Founder Once Had Aspirations To Make A "Physically-Focused Platform"
Then somebody else got the same Idea and made the Evercade
Re: "Like Having A Dead Body Handcuffed To You" - Co-Founder Of Codemasters Predicted The Death Of Physical Media 13 Years Ago
@slider1983 I'm still buying DVDs and dedicated players are still being made. There is so much legacy contend on the second hand market and it's important we keep being able to watch them.
Re: Random: Evercade Pokes Fun At Sony Killing Physical Media On PlayStation
@GravyThief The factories aren't going anywhere.
Re: "Like Having A Dead Body Handcuffed To You" - Co-Founder Of Codemasters Predicted The Death Of Physical Media 13 Years Ago
DVDs and Blu Rays aren't going anywhere,
There's been a 10,000% increase in demand for new Blu Rays and DVDs plus players in the last year and that's' from a Tech radar article published a few days ago.
Re: "We Want To Provide The Content Our Fans Are Really Looking For" - SNK On Metal Slug's Upcoming Reboot
@Johnno137426 The PS2 game really isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be.
Re: Art Of Fighting 3 Remaster Coming To The Neo Geo Premium Selection, With Two New Characters & Rollback Netcode
These need to be more than just PC only.
Re: Sega's Rent-A-Hero Series Just Made A Comeback, And Somewhere, A Monkey Paw Curls
It's not even made by Sega
Doesn't count
Re: GG Aleste 3 Is Now Playable On The Master System, But Please Do The Right Thing
@Damo M2 made it for the Shottriggers Aleste collection not the Game Gear mini.
Re: Here's Every Retro Announcement From The Very First 'QUByte ReConnect'
@KingMike Rondo of Blood is what got the PC Engine it's popularity in the west.
EGM Heavily covered it back in the day.
Re: Here's Every Retro Announcement From The Very First 'QUByte ReConnect'
@Naeval I should mention I'm not saying their games are bad. Just they've been unknown until recently. I didn't even know they had a following in their own country either.
Alligator Hunt is actually pretty awesome.
Re: "It Feels Like Intellectual Theft" - Bitmap Bureau Isn't A Fan Of GenAI
@slider1983 Well I stopped buying things on Steam so...
But Denuvo games get cracked faster than ever lately
Re: "It Feels Like Intellectual Theft" - Bitmap Bureau Isn't A Fan Of GenAI
@slider1983 You can disagree doesn't mean I'm wrong
Re: Here's Every Retro Announcement From The Very First 'QUByte ReConnect'
Does anyone actually care about a Gaelco collection?
I don't think anyone cared about Gaelco until people started to find their weird games through MAME.
Re: "It Feels Like Intellectual Theft" - Bitmap Bureau Isn't A Fan Of GenAI
@slider1983 Lootcrates are pretty much gone and Denuvo is dying
Re: "This Isn't Your Granny's Flip Phone" - Commodore Defends Its $500 Dumbphone
The whole story about some random English guy working in film buying his childhood brand should've been a redflag from the start.
Re: "It Feels Like Intellectual Theft" - Bitmap Bureau Isn't A Fan Of GenAI
This AI Bubble WILL Burst and people seem to be forecasting middle of next year early 2028.
Re: Interview: "It's Been Quite A Ride" - Xeno Crisis, Terminator And He-Man Studio Bitmap Bureau On 10 Years At The Apex Of 2D Indie Gaming
Don't sleep on Battle Axe I feel like that's their most underrated game.
Nobody is doing sprite work like them right now either.
Re: Ninja Master's Is The Next Neo Geo Fighter To Get A Steam Port
Wish they'd put these on consoles.
Can't really do steam anymore
Re: "Not Touched For Nearly 40 Years" - Rare Copy Of Super Mario Bros. Sells For $3 Million
This is money laundering pure and simple and there needs to be an investigation.
Re: "The Single Biggest Creative Project Of My Life" - One Man's Attempt To Document The Namco Museum Series Is Almost Here
And the PS1 versions are STILL the best ones
We're overdue for another collection.
Re: "We Have The Means To Fight This Case To The End" - Gaming's Most Infamous Trademark Troll Is Back
@Deuteros
Christian sets the defendant table on fire SPEAR THROUGH THE TABLE OFF THE JUDGE'S DESK
Re: "We Have The Means To Fight This Case To The End" - Gaming's Most Infamous Trademark Troll Is Back
@Deuteros WWE owns the trademark for wrestling instances. Hence why he's Adam Copeland in AEW.
he's friends with Alter Bridge so Metalingus goes where he goes.
Re: "We Have The Means To Fight This Case To The End" - Gaming's Most Infamous Trademark Troll Is Back
What's Adam Copeland doing int he courtroom.....
Re: "The Battle Continues" - Cave Revives Classic Bullet Hell Shmup For New "Reignite" Release
I hope this hits consoles too. Certain developments have caused me to no longer use Steam.
Re: This Handy Gizmo Will Let You Use Any USB Controller With Your Dreamcast, Without Sacrificing VMU Support
MUCH MUCH needed
The controller ports in my Dreamcast don't have the strongest connections these days having something like this would be PERFECT as they'd be plugged in at all times.
Re: Review: Pixel FX Morph 2K - For $200, This Is Amazing Value For Money
@Deuteros Yes it's significantly cheaper than the Retrotink 4k.
Re: "How Embarrassing" - Sega's Getting Some Serious Blowback For Using GenAI In Crazy Taxi: World Tour
@Bot_Bot_69 I will not be gaslit
Re: Review: Pixel FX Morph 2K - For $200, This Is Amazing Value For Money
The Morph 4k isn't that much more, I fully plan on getting one of those if I ever upgrade to a 4k TV. I have several consoles the tink doesn't do justice to or I can't connect to the tink because of an HDMI output.
Re: "How Embarrassing" - Sega's Getting Some Serious Blowback For Using GenAI In Crazy Taxi: World Tour
@Yamanii It's the same thing just a different name
Re: "How Embarrassing" - Sega's Getting Some Serious Blowback For Using GenAI In Crazy Taxi: World Tour
@Bot_Bot_69 People don't know what they're outraged about
Re: "How Embarrassing" - Sega's Getting Some Serious Blowback For Using GenAI In Crazy Taxi: World Tour
Some people don't know what procedural generation is....
Re: Native PC Port Of XBLA Daytona USA Is Here, If You're Willing To Do Some Leg Work
@kitestar YES THE CAVE PORTS!!!!!!
Some of them don't work on Xenia so they'd be much MUCH welcome
Re: "I Think They Are Missing A Trick" - Evercade Boss Says The Games Industry Is Failing Older Players
HUH?
Evercade is just Retrocarch in a shell and the carts are glorified SD Cards
Re: Rumour: Sega Might Be Releasing A Low-Cost Handheld With Removable Game Carts
my arcade maybe?
They've been doing good work lately
Re: "A Small Tribute To One Of My Favorite Games" - Game Boy Tetris Is Being Ported To Sega Genesis
what an odd thing to do
Re: "We Were Hoping To Have A Better Update Than This" - Hyperkin's Portable Genesis, The Mega95, Has Been Delayed Again
as a rule, Hyperkin consoles are trash
Decent controllers though especially their XBOX replicas.
Re: We're Closer Than Ever To Getting Capcom CPS3 Games On MiSTer
@nilcam I'm getting a 512 Flash drive.
Seems the storage crisis has impacted that market the least. Expensive but not the bloated prices those AI bastids have inflated everything else to.
Re: "I Am Not Making Up This Story" - You Won't Believe What Yuji Naka Wanted To Call Billy Hatcher And The Giant Egg
More and more we realize that Yuji Naka like Keiji Inafune is a complete and utter fraud.
Re: "The Most Miserable Person I Have Ever Worked With" - This Former Sega Exec Has A Dim View Of Yuji Naka
So basically a Hack like Inafune was
Re: We're Closer Than Ever To Getting Capcom CPS3 Games On MiSTer
@nilcam Mostly getting it for Arcade cores, PC Engine, Neo Geo, a few handhelds and Japanese computers. I'm assuming there's an FM Towns core?
Re: We're Closer Than Ever To Getting Capcom CPS3 Games On MiSTer
Seems like I picked a good time to get a Mister.
But buying storage for all these cores and games is gonna be painful on my wallet.
Re: "We Are Deeply Sorry" - M2 Has Canned Ikaruga Successor Ubusuna
Try Iro hero on steam....
Re: M2's 'Toaplan Arcade Garage: Flying Fire Shark' Is Finally Heading To The West Later This Year
This is the best of the Toaplan Arcade garage titles.
Too Bad M2 never got to give Truxton the Shottrigger treatment.
Re: "An Unparalleled Experience No FPGA Console Could Come Close To" - SuperSega Is Back, And It's Even Crazier Than Last Time
Mentally Ill man tries to convince you fake Sega console is real. Almost destroys Slopes game room in the process.
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Has Unofficially Been Ported To The PC
The community does what Nintenwont
Re: Plaion Answers Ten Of Your Burning Questions About The Neo Geo AES+
Everything except what kind of memory the carts are going to use.
Re: The Making Of: Metal Slug - "I Never Thought That It Would Have Sequels"
@h3s Metal Slug 6's Stand Alone PS2 port is pretty good.
I do have a dreamcast but no Dreamshell to play the atomiswave games on.