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> The BBC was just about to drop a long-researched exposé Source?
It's been an ongoing story ramping up since May, but this I believe is the main story with all the research they did. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58255865
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Twitch is certainly that way as well. The median viewer count is likely single digits. Though I can say with considerable certainty that a lot of wannabe Twitch streamers think that being a streamer just means having people watch you play a game, which may be true for story-driven games that don't get a lot of viewers, since it creates a more movie-like experience, and may be true for highly-competitive games where y…
In the Justin.tv days, the median viewer count was zero: At any given time, 2/3 of the live channels had literally nobody watching.
People predicted this very transparent publicity ploy when the news first broke. There are no surprises here, other than perhaps how quickly they played their hand.
I don’t think this is true. Adult content is heavily policed by many important parties, including PayPal and mainstream payment processors. It’s certainly possible, but it’s wishful thinking IMO. Some were pointing to specific new restrictions coming from MasterCard as an example.
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> People really do just want a one click solution for creating adult content, and consuming adult content. Once they know it's possible, people want a one click solution for anything. The subject being taboo has nothing to do with it. This is one reason why Youtube, Spotify, Steam and Netflix did such a good job combatting piracy for music, video games, and movies, while ROM sites are still a ubiquitous problem for 2…
Netflix is getting into games for a reason. It's unclear if they only play to make new ones or also license old ones. But I agree with you, I'm surprised Steam doesn't have a way to get old ROMs.
They sell old games, e.g. Sonic the Hedgehog: https://store.steampowered.com/app/71113/Sonic_The_Hedgehog/
That's a Windows program that runs a Sega Genesis emulator that loads the game's ROM.
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I don't think they can undertake Xbox/Playstation. Nintendo is a niche while Xbox/Playstation another. I guess they just want people to buy newer consoles and games, which make sense for them.
I don't think selling smash bros 64 again will hurt their nintendo switch sales very much.
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"Sex workers" is synonymous with prostitution. Pornography is a form of art. "Sex artists" would make more sense. "Sex worker" sounds very pedestrian, we don't call actors or singers "theater workers". As for the girls just sitting in their desks that doesnt sound like sex-related work at all, they might as well be called cam-artists. This is a not a tiny niche anymore, there is space for more than one terms.
> Pornography is a form of art. Pornography is as much art as streaming video games or uploading card opening videos to YouTube are a form of art. Pornography is entertainment, and not all entertainments are art. In spite of all the more or less recent porn videos labeled "Art Porn," which, in fact, rather depicts passionate sexual intercourse, pornography cannot reasonably be considered art in the traditional sense.…
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there'd probably be a netflix for ROMs if there were enough demand (I imagine the copyright holders would get onboard if the demand and $$ was there)
Until then, archive.org has lots playable in-browser. e.g. https://archive.org/details/internetarcade https://archive.org/details/sega_genesis_library https://archive.org/details/atari_8bit_library_games
My understanding was that they were being cut off by payment processors and banks and that drove the decision. Was this resolved?
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Until then, archive.org has lots playable in-browser. e.g. https://archive.org/details/internetarcade https://archive.org/details/sega_genesis_library https://archive.org/details/atari_8bit_library_games
haha, the genesis library is about 90% just different hacked versions of Sonic 1, with different sprites replacing Sonic. And one I found particularly cute, "Sonic's Unexciting Quest", which starts in a level called "Straight Line Zone".
I didn't know how to filter out the romhacks, if you scroll down the majority of the collection is original games.