Thanks, TIL about the built in ip ban

I’m doing that + 2FA

I’m using cloudflared to give it a bit more protection over a plain reverse proxy

Yes, Vita was pretty good (and it had a great screen for its time - I have the fat/OLED model). Thor looks really nice but it’s definitely not worth it for me.

Yes, I did. And I have a Vita too, for the ripping the 3DS can’t play. Thor looks cool and nice, but honestly - its pricing is too high. These old consoles can handle older emulators and their native games easily (and with 3D effect for some on 3Ds), and I can’t imagine playing too many PC games on Thor.

I have been eyeing the Thor, but considering it’s nearly the price of the Switch it’s too expensive to me. For my really portable console needs I’m using my „New” 3DS XL ;)

Are you talking about the handheld ones? How does their footprint and battery size compare to S2?

Price wasn’t that much higher than OLED version.

I guess I’ve already answered that one. You should probably choose whatever fits you, I don’t think anyone can make any recommendations on the dumb bulbs not knowing where you are

They will at least in some way. Nintendo added the mode where you can play old games as if they were docked while playing in handheld. The old screen was 720p and the new one is 1080p, so that’s a bump. And you could make the same argument for games from PS4 that didn’t get an upgrade/remaster for PS5.

Smart switches, dumb bulbs if you don’t need colour/temperature/brightness support. Cheapest way to go is probably Zigbee using Zigbee2MQTT or ZHA

VR is not the future for mainstream gaming. It is and will continue to be a niche until some breakthroughs happen to make it mainstream (and it will still not be as accessible as traditional gaming). It is not a gimmick, but right now it’s limited .

Nobody is forcing anyone to buy it. But most Switch 1 games play better on 2, for many of these changing from „unplayable” and/or „ugly” to at least smooth and decent looking. It’s still a portable console (which has decent battery life and is not very heavy/big), but considering that have a look how you can play games like CP2077/Hogwarts legacy. It’s a big jump. Bigger than between previous and current gen Xbox/PayStation

Exactly. They’ve only enhanced the graphics 2 smoothness by a lot. That’s literally what other consoles are doing all the time, and many people are buying them for that (sometimes even doing the mid generation „pro” upgrades) and nobody complains. They’ve improved Switch 2 in a lot of small ways that add up. It’s evolution, not a revolution and I’m gladly taking that.

It is better in pretty much every way (the screen may be a wash, but it’s great even though it’s not OLED), which combined makes it a meaningful upgrade:) You have to remember performance wise it’s a totally different beast, which is able to run modern games reasonably well.

Yeah, I’m practice I’ve only had the first one happen to me

Or if the voltage is too high. Or at least they should be