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Nintendo Announces 2DS XL (theguardian.com)
The future for Nintendo is the Switch, or is it? Nintendo continues to keep things interesting. From a report: The ever-unpredictable hardware veteran has announced the Nintendo 2DS XL, a new version of the 2DS, which was itself a refreshed version of the 3DS. Featuring two enlarged displays, 4.88in on top and 4.18in on the bottom, and a clamshell design, the new format is lighter than the 3DS XL and of course lacks that machine's stereoscopic capabilities. Available in black and turquoise or white and orange and with built-in NFC support for amiibo cards and figures, it's a fully featured member of the extended 3DS family, even boasting the secondary C-pad nub like the New 3DS XL. It is priced at $150.
I'm waiting for the Nintendo 1DS XL.
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Protip: if you've got traction issues with the little rubber nib C-stick on these things, you can rip it off and replace it with the nib from a PSP. The PSP nib is shorter, wider, relatively hard, and deeply textured.
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Nintendo also launched the Game Boy Micro in 2005 after the launch of the Nintendo DS back in 2004.
This isn't a new thing for them. The Switch isn't compatible with 3DS games, and they obviously want to provide a cheaper path for people interested in looking back and seeing what the 3DS library has to offer now that the Switch has caught people's attention.
"the original copyright terms are 25 years"
[citation needed]
Not sure what you may be referring exactly, but my guess is patent, but even that is wrong as patents are 20 years. Works created for hire have a copyright of either "95 years from first publication or 120 years from creation", so no 25 years is not even close. None of the NES titles have fallen out of copyright and likely never will with the way copyright law keeps extending the term.
https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf
I bet you believe that "abandonware" is legal, which is very much false. Just because something is not sold anymore or the copyright holder went out of business, died, or is not findable does not mean the copyright became void. Sure, you may be able to get away with infringement without any fear of consequence, but don't act like it's legal.
...the 2DS XXL.
The Nintendo Switch is region free, do you have that?
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I never liked the 2DS because I wanted the clamshell design to protect my screens. But the 3D is useless to my eyes. It just gives me headaches as I try to focus it. $150 is a bit more than I want to spend but if history is any indicator these'll be $100 come November.
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I think AC #54319087 was proposing a repeal of three-generation copyright in favor of a return to the copyright term under the Copyright Act of 1790, which was 28 (not 25) years with a maintenance due after 14.
Confirmed. The current copyright law is so far from the spirit of its creation that it's a crime in itself.
COPY. RIGHT. The RIGHT to COPY, after some time is given to the original author to profit from it.
The 1DS still has length: _
The 1DS XL has more: __
So you're saying artists shouldn't be allowed to sell permanent rights? Or that a past contract isn't valid?
That is exactly what we want.
These contracts have already been made. The original artists already sold permanent rights to their creations, and were compensated for it, and I don't think it's the right of the government to come in and change existing contracts.
You can buy real estate, only to have it be taken away later by eminent domain or the taxes can increase on it dramatically forcing you to sell it at a loss.
If you want, you can try to create a fund where copyright holders that are still reporting profits on an asset could apply to receive some portion of the fund. There is no way it can completely cover their loss, but it is potentially an option.
Businesses also are able to write off losses on future taxes. We'd need some tax code to make sure a bunch of businesses don't write off an infinite amount of money for the next 100 years, but there is likely a pretty straight forward solution here.
I suppose the government could step in and make it illegal for artists, in the future, to sell lasting copyrights. But I don't think it's the job of the government to disallow artists from freely entering into contracts. Artists & creators are already able to sell 28 year rights if they so choose.
It's precisely the job of the government to create laws and change those laws to reflect new realities. We must be able to roll back things if we find they are not working.
I wonder why sort of compensation was offered to slave holders after the government took their "property" away from them by forcing the freeing of enslaved people. (it makes my eyes water to think in these terms)
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The Switch is a really nice piece of hardware, but in its current iteration it is not rugged (or cheap) enough to entrust to young children. The battery life is also well short of what you'd want for a dedicated portable, at least when running demanding games. The clamshell design is really nice for durability.
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You could always turn the 3D slider all the way down to "off" which puts the display into 2D mode.
yup, this part i understand : slider controls how much horizontal separation between the pictures generated and sent to each eye.
In fact, it turns off the lenticular grating too so it's not just faking 2D using a 3D screen.
huh? how come? you mean the separation into left and right side is software activated ? that you can actually shut it down and gain twice the horizontal resolution?
how does this software controlled grating/lenticular work?
i'm genuinely interested.
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Games for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS are designed to be played offline at least in part. Games for mobile phones have no such requirement for certification.
managed to find the answer my self.
apparently, some display have an *LCD* stereo grating barrier.
i.e. the barrier it self is a second black-and-white transparent LCD stacked above the main colour screen.
thus the barrier can be turned on or off
some autostereo displays even feature alternatives grating. by switching fast enough between odd and even columns, grating can change whitch eye sees which half of the display.
thus these fast-switching display can increase their visible resolution by horizontal interlacing.
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