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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (10 children)

you made me picture a Back to the Future remake with a Tesla Truck as the time machine...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I always thought UHD used a different laser than standard blu-ray, but only just found out it was a trick of h265 encoding and triple layer discs.

Based on the mini-BD format, assuming triple layer, the upper limit would have been around 24GB.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Now you've got me curious what capacity a UMD form factor could achieve with a UHD Blu-ray laser.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago

Yes/No. Both Sony and Microsoft have quality control processes to ensure that whatever is published is going to play on first entry of the disc.

That said, publishers use A LOT of workarounds. Day 1 patches to "finish" the game. Download code inserts. And as of recent, mandatory online server check-ins. As far as I'm aware, Nintendo is the only one who allows publishing half the product with required download.

[–] [email protected] 152 points 1 month ago (14 children)

I'm afraid to find out how many people are still downloading OpenOffice, thinking it's the same software they heard about back in 2010.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Full replacement. It virtualizes the memory card as an image on the SD card. That lets you create whatever size you want, and cycle through them as well.

IIRC the second version allows you to manage it via WiFi.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

if you are looking at previously owned stuff... Don't touch any of the third party memory cards. Look for official Sony 8MB MagicGate cards.

If you're looking for modern solutions, go with a MemCard PRO which should allow you to save your games to SD cards. Then you can backup the SD card wherever you want.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's right there in the link. It sold more than Witcher 3, even though it did the wrong thing by releasing early and buggy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

...and they followed it with Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch but ultimate success. So I wouldn't hold CDPR as a high standard.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

FPGA console gets announced, guy behind the project is kinda weird, multiple demonstration videos are cheaply faked, project scales back, guy is actually really weird, more fake demos, SEGA shuts down the project, people charge back their pre-orders, guy turns to alcohol and does a bunch of drunk interviews/voicemails, and then he doxes his supporters while trying to prove he didn't commit fraud.

I really suggest you watch it though.

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