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The developers shouldn't have to be anon for this type of amazing project. They should be publicly celebrated instead of having to hide for fear of being buried in legal trouble. Sad state of the world.
Which world state is sadder?
The developers shouldn't have to be anon for this type of amazing project. They should be publicly celebrated instead of having to hide for fear of being buried in legal trouble. Sad state of the world.
I think one need only to look a at happens in China to see the ramifications when you have flagrant disregard to IP protections. Which world state is sadder?
Why doesn't Nintento release their games to other platforms? I would love to play Zelda, but I am not going to buy a console just because of one game..
Nintendo is just Nintendo, and enough people have bought a console just because of one game (or several games) for them still have enough money to keep being Nintendo. I don't really want to defend them, but you need to look at the North American video game market crash of 1983 to understand their current stance. The entire video game market collapsed, because any old crap was being released as a game. Consumers lost…
Nintendo has occasionally licensed out their brands for other hardware, but it's rare. Examples that come to mind are:
- Home ports of Donkey Kong, most of which came out before the NES
- Various Mario-branded edutainment games and typing tutors[0], which were available for IBM-compatible/WinTel PCs (probably also Mac OS but I don't remember)
- Phillips CDi games such as Hotel Mario and the two Zelda games it got[1]
- Nintendo's spinoff mobile games such as Super Mario Run, Animal Crossing Pocket Camp, etc
A general unifying factor is that many of these were garbage. The mobile spinoffs are better, but those were made primarily to appease shareholders angry that the Wii U wasn't selling well. So I imagine Nintendo has had such a bad taste in their mouth from working with third party platforms that they'd rather just not. Furthermore, doing so means having to pay 30%, instead of receiving it from other developers.
[0] One of which was also Charles Martinet's first stint as Mario
[1] Notable for having lots of animated cutscenes that provided ample YouTube Poop material
The developers shouldn't have to be anon for this type of amazing project. They should be publicly celebrated instead of having to hide for fear of being buried in legal trouble. Sad state of the world.
I think one need only to look a at happens in China to see the ramifications when you have flagrant disregard to IP protections. Which world state is sadder?
i gotta ask, what kind of career path does one have to have to figure out how to make this sort of thing? just hacking nights and weekends for 2 years straight? because i dont know how anyone gets paid to do this and yet there is so much incredible depth to learn that is probably undocumented because of legal issues
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I've worked on large projects for almost 10 years before I started working in the field, though perhaps not as complex as an emulator. I dropped out of college due to medical reasons and was given the "opportunity" to receive disability benefits for the rest of my life. I accepted this and just continued my hobby doing programming. In that time I met many hobby programmers online who didn't seem to work or were tempo…
Good for you! Too many people are in it for the money and pure self interest. Now, I like the money our profession pays, it’s great - but I’d by doing something with computers either way, so what a blessing to get rewarded financially as well. Also, as an erstwhile professor who was at a top 3 program, a motivated and curious student is the best. If you had finished college you’d have done well with your attitude.
What? It’s a job.
You yourself say the financial rewards are a blessing. Sounds like you’re in it for the money, too. If you’re not, your boss might OK a 20 or 30% salary decrease should you request it.
The developers shouldn't have to be anon for this type of amazing project. They should be publicly celebrated instead of having to hide for fear of being buried in legal trouble. Sad state of the world.
I think one need only to look a at happens in China to see the ramifications when you have flagrant disregard to IP protections. Which world state is sadder?
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I think one need only to look a at happens in China to see the ramifications when you have flagrant disregard to IP protections. Which world state is sadder?
China disregarding IP protections to bootstrap their manufacturing base, military, etc was one of the greatest decisions they could have ever made?
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This isn't true anymore. It was their first approach, but since then they have switched to their own JIT recompiler. You can read their rationale here: https://github.com/Ryujinx/Ryujinx/pull/693 For the MacOS port, they also added an ARM-to-ARM JIT in case hypervisor runs into issues.
> they have switched to their own JIT recompiler ... they also added an ARM-to-ARM JIT in case hypervisor runs into issues Having worked in industry for some multiple of decades, I can say with some confidence that if a small team were to successfully build and deploy their own JIT recompiler to solve an actual customer problem, they would be considered gods by management and given bonuses and promotions. Realistical…
With a passion project, you start and stop whenever you want, and if you're not interested, you're not working on it anymore. So only the people who are truly intrinsically motivated will continue.
A paycheck is a form of compulsion. "You could be do anything, but you're doing this for me specifically because I pay you." You might also be very interested, but it's the only thing that specifically binds you to the company vs bound to the work itself.
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China disregarding IP protections to bootstrap their manufacturing base, military, etc was one of the greatest decisions they could have ever made?
At the expense of the private individual, yes.
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