Nintendo intentionally under powers their stuff to cut down on costs in order target the all encompassing “family” demographic. It’s like their whole schtick since the Wii (The GameCube was the last time iirc they tried to compete with the Xbox/PS)
Which is completely refreshing. If their lawyers weren’t so terrible and they were more open to digital preservation, they’d basically be the perfect gaming company. Their games are high quality at launch, fun for years of replayability, and the hardware is really reliable. They focus on the most important part of gaming: fun.
The Switch mostly lives on the talent and creativity of Nintendo devs. Russia seems to be lacking in the quantity and quality in that regard as well.
Honestly, I would expect Russia to shoot more for PC gaming, rather than console gaming. But that would almost certainly require using home-grown or Chinese semiconductors. I’m not sure there are too many homegrown Russian semiconductor fabs, and Chinese chips aren’t known for their high performance like Taiwanese (TSMC, and by extension nVidia, AMD) and American chips (Intel) are.
“Hacking” can be as easy as running some script you found online to prowl for vulnerable systems. This doesn’t take a lot of creativity. A lot of people/businesses/governments don’t practice good security hygiene (e.g. apply security patches as soon as they’re available) and end up getting popped by skiddies. I’d be more impressed if these Russian “hackers” could consistently repel attacks, but a simple google search suggests that they are struggling to defend their own turf
The Nintendo Switch can’t match PS5 or XBOX either, yet outsells both.
Nintendo intentionally under powers their stuff to cut down on costs in order target the all encompassing “family” demographic. It’s like their whole schtick since the Wii (The GameCube was the last time iirc they tried to compete with the Xbox/PS)
This has been their schtick since Game and Watch.
Seriously. They legit called their first console Family Computer.
Thankfully Nintendo has fun games. Not going to hold my breath for anything good on the ladabox
The nintendo switch isn’t trying to compete with Microsoft or Sony. They do their own thing on purpose.
Which is completely refreshing. If their lawyers weren’t so terrible and they were more open to digital preservation, they’d basically be the perfect gaming company. Their games are high quality at launch, fun for years of replayability, and the hardware is really reliable. They focus on the most important part of gaming: fun.
The Switch mostly lives on the talent and creativity of Nintendo devs. Russia seems to be lacking in the quantity and quality in that regard as well.
Honestly, I would expect Russia to shoot more for PC gaming, rather than console gaming. But that would almost certainly require using home-grown or Chinese semiconductors. I’m not sure there are too many homegrown Russian semiconductor fabs, and Chinese chips aren’t known for their high performance like Taiwanese (TSMC, and by extension nVidia, AMD) and American chips (Intel) are.
Idk, Russian hackers have plenty of talent and creativity.
“Hacking” can be as easy as running some script you found online to prowl for vulnerable systems. This doesn’t take a lot of creativity. A lot of people/businesses/governments don’t practice good security hygiene (e.g. apply security patches as soon as they’re available) and end up getting popped by skiddies. I’d be more impressed if these Russian “hackers” could consistently repel attacks, but a simple google search suggests that they are struggling to defend their own turf
I only know of one Russian game. Tetris.
Durak is basically a land war in Asia.