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Masahiro Sakurai refused to add Dolby Surround to a Kirby game because players had to sit through the logo
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this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
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Gonna just completely ignore that said 2s is otherwise unneeded so you can feel like you still have a point, hm?
Seeing an ad while walking does not require me to stop what I'm doing and wait for the ad. Putting an unstoppable ad in your pre-game logo does
Loading screens in a game take longer than two seconds and don't have the benefit of running one time before the game starts and adding surround sound support. So you would rather be greeted with a black screen as a game with less features loads instead?
Great idea.
People in this thread don't want to waste 2 seconds per use of a video game on a logo screen, but will happily waste the day discussing it.
Hey, let's not resort to name calling.
Don't really care, honestly.
Still not name calling.
It is actually unreal to be downvoted for saying this. What a place to be.
Yet you keep replying, how funny
Absolutely
The irony of not wanting to "waste time" when you're about to play a video game, too.
That's me time, not dolby time
Yeah. It's called principles. Maybe when your corporate overlords have some for sale you'll be and to afford them.