Have they tried threatening the console with nukes?
this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2024
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TIL that exists.
But then who on this planet was expecting that.
"Unpolitical" Russians?
I wonder how their McRonald’s is doing?
I wish them good luck!
Is that guy really crying?
The Nintendo Switch can't match PS5 or XBOX either, yet outsells both.
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.
talent and creativity
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
Thankfully Nintendo has fun games. Not going to hold my breath for anything good on the ladabox
Why would they bother focusing on consoles at all?
They would be way more successful investing in game developers.
How would they sell their games to other countries?
Yeah there are a lot of things you can't do when you're half drunk all the time.