Nintendo is all set to launch the new Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5, 2025. And they have exciting news for their fans. Plenty of games from the original Switch
  • UlrichEnglish
    -6•2 months ago

    Interesting. My copy of Half Life from 1998 never got an upgrade for new hardware 😞

      • Akatsuki LeviEnglish
        1•2 months ago

        And its fucking GLORIOUS I can now annoy the scientists on my computer

      • UlrichEnglish
        -6•2 months ago

        Oh, which hardware was this upgraded for?

        • missingno
          6•2 months ago

          If you try reading those patch notes they’ll tell you exactly what kinds of modern hardware some of these changes are targeted at:

          • Steam Deck optimizations
          • Improved controller support
          • Default gamma reduced since you’re probably not playing on a CRT anymore, and resolution no longer defaults to 640x480
          • Ultrawide FOV support for ultrawide monitors
          • Lowest quality settings removed since no one is running hardware that weak anymore
          • Software renderer fixed on hardware that doesn’t support 16-bit color
        • BombOmOmEnglish
          4•2 months ago

          Works perfectly fine on my machine I bought over two decades after the game came out, looks significantly better than when the game came out too. Not sure how much more upgradability you could possibly want.

          • UlrichEnglish
            -5•2 months ago

            Weird, considering it came out several years after Steam Deck and it works just fine on my desktop PC…

            • @catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
              2•2 months ago

              And the games in the article would have worked just fine on the Switch 2 as well.

              • UlrichEnglish
                -4•2 months ago

                I mean that makes sense, considering they’re Nintendo games and it’s a Nintendo console.