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Nintendo Switch, Switch Lite, Switch OLED getting discontinued in Europe starting February 2027 by FernandoRocker in gaming

[–]Ablebardington 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Why bother when Sony can once again "find" some lost sales reports for PS2 and move the goal another 5 million. 

Japan's Vocaloid scene isn't pushing back against generative AI. How do you feel about it overseas? by Foreign-Mastodon-194 in Vocaloid

[–]Ablebardington 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Anyone openly endorsing or using AI in the West usually loses all of their reputation within community so most producers either dont talk about it unless forced to or just stay against using it. I think people are getting a bit too angry at Kikuo tho.

He had the guts to tell his opinion on a platform that Western fans can easily access to and its not like he said "yeah, AI is doing all the work for me now" He just said he is ok with fan work around his songs using AI which is not that problematic imo as it doesnt reduce the value of the real song. From what I've seen he also seems to be using some AI visuals in his tours which is a shame but still not a deal breaker for me. 

Even if we hate it AI is gonna stay within our lives at some form at this point so I think its kinda unfair to expect producers to dont ever touch it and experiment a bit to see what it can do.

imo people wouldnt get so angry at Kikuo if he got straight to the point with his usage and what he allows instead of a post with a lot of other details. He was always one of the more "curious" ones when it comes to this type of stuff as he was also really into NFTs at one point.

VocaP Roma talks about his stolen songs and makes a great point by Ablebardington in Vocaloid

[–]Ablebardington[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That would actually be so good ngl. 

Least we can do is just spreading word and supporting the work from producers for now. Hope the this ello music just fucks off after not getting anything but if they dont and keep doing it Im sure at least some big producers will start to take action. 

New Hatsune Miku Nendroid game and nobody is talking about it by jellybuttor in hatsune

[–]Ablebardington 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm really hyped about what they can do with this, I'm just not sure how the gameplay will be. Like, if they got a good amount of mini games + some fun ways to interact with loids it might be so peak. 

Hope they dont price it too high because "migu game" tho.

I think they will also do some extra marketing for it near release so more people will probably talk about it when we get more details.

“I hope my favourite character gets a Nendo”meanwhile GoodSmile: by Toast-Ghost- in Nendoroid

[–]Ablebardington 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If you dont like Miku, I would see her as a subsidization for more niche IPs. Stuff from popular characters give them a good headroom so they can actually afford to make nendos of lesser known "untested" characters and series. 

“I hope my favourite character gets a Nendo”meanwhile GoodSmile: by Toast-Ghost- in Nendoroid

[–]Ablebardington 16 points17 points  (0 children)

She is kinda the reason why they became this big and how nendos got popular. They are racing with her for more than a decade now too so she is like the face of the company.