I genuinely think that Nintendo believe it's pretty good, and at the worst playable most of the time.
Like since launch have they even addressed it outside of "online functionality improvements" in patch notes?
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Nintendo interrupts Smash Online Invitational Qualifiers commentary to defend its netcode
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I genuinely think that Nintendo believe it's pretty good, and at the worst playable most of the time.
Like since launch have they even addressed it outside of "online functionality improvements" in patch notes?
Well, obviously they're trying to make people think that the lag is on their end capturing the footage instead of from the game itself.
I will choose to believe that this is a post-ironic masterpiece, otherwise I will die from the cringe.
I know the video is titled "nintendo online" but it's really linked to smash's netcode, and not the online service. Plenty of games have no issues.
Fire all engineers who are responsible for this bullshit net code. For fucks sake Nintendo, I feel like your Online division is made up of people in their 60s who only know how to write code in Assembly and have no idea what internet is.
Get Harada or Tekken guys to fix it.
Get Harada or Tekken guys to fix it.
I was *SO* excited for Smash Ultimate. Like, super, super hyped. And the content and modes and movement all lived up to the hype. I should have expected it, but even when I was anticipating crap online, I was *still* disappointed. SU has the worst online I've experienced in a decade. It's horrible.
And yes, I have an Ethernet adapter. AND I have a gigabit internet connection at home. Most video games I get under 30ms ping.
The experience is inexcusable.
And yes, I have an Ethernet adapter. AND I have a gigabit internet connection at home. Most video games I get under 30ms ping.
The experience is inexcusable.
Sure, I mean I'm not suggesting they can't.
Probably to be honest, especially if the comments started to get a bit out of hand. I probably would have waited until after the match.
Bamco developed the game (and it's not like Tekken or Soul Calibur have great netcode either).
I'm just imagining a Vince McMahon style executive in their earpieces yelling "point out that the lag is fine, damn it!"
Yeah that is something you say at the beginnign or have something on the bottom of the screen. But to break in the middle of a match, jesus
I don't understand how in this day and age, I can play a 100 player death battle on a giant mode with 99 other people and it runs totally fine. For free.
But Nintendo has to interrupt their own invitational to defend their abhorrent online systems that we pay $20/year for.
But Nintendo has to interrupt their own invitational to defend their abhorrent online systems that we pay $20/year for.
The best part is they cut from the footage to tell us that. Looking at the actual twitch video and not the clip, they didn't even pause the match or footage (not sure if it was live or not), they match kept going. That's just bad presentation.
And lol at defending Smash's awful netcode.
And lol at defending Smash's awful netcode.
I've still only had one problem time playing online with about 500 or so matches played
and in elite smash pretty much everyone has a good connection
my question is, isn't this more a problem with people's internet speeds than it is with nintendos servers or netcode? im guessing the sheer number of people who play and own the new game means theres bound to be a large percentage with shitty connections
and in elite smash pretty much everyone has a good connection
my question is, isn't this more a problem with people's internet speeds than it is with nintendos servers or netcode? im guessing the sheer number of people who play and own the new game means theres bound to be a large percentage with shitty connections
the net play is so bad. Everyone's connection has to be flawless to get a good game going.
Why nintendo doesn't pony up for some dedicated servers for their biggest MP title is beyond me.
Why nintendo doesn't pony up for some dedicated servers for their biggest MP title is beyond me.
What's he saying here? That the server connection on the spectator client is bad, but not the players' clients?
that's been my experience with the game online, but like I ain't gonna delude myself into thinking it's like that for everyone with the shit I've seen and heard.
Oh don't get me wrong, I think it's inexcusable that the online is so bad, it's just even worse that they turn around and defend it rather than just not say anything.
I've had pretty mixed experiences with Smash Ultimate online, and my SO legitimately stopped playing in response to the low quality for online.
I wanna be totally fair here: Is there a way this isn't an actual lie? In the sense of somehow their feed of the match is creating lag that doesn't exist for players?
I wanna be totally fair here: Is there a way this isn't an actual lie? In the sense of somehow their feed of the match is creating lag that doesn't exist for players?
That's what I wanna know before people start jumping to conclusions, because they said the player connection was fine. Do any of the players have a Twitter or something that can verify whether or not it was the case? Because the way they worded it made it seem like they had buffering issues in that specific region. The rest of the matches in the other regions were pretty painless.
I feel like it would work, i'd definitely take the attempt over the current net code right now.
Nintendo needed to take into account that people might be microwaving hot pockets while playing.
There are a lot of people that can feel how bad the netcode is in Smash but have no clue what would be needed to fix it.
The only way for Nintendo to fix the problem is to tear out and rewrite the netcode, because it's obvious that it's a shoddily-implemented delay-based netcode. Delay-based can be relatively OK when actually coded correctly, but there's really no excuse not to have rollback netcode for fighting games in 2019.
Dedicated servers do absolutely nothing for fighting games outside of adding another hop between users.
Lmao they stopped it right in the middle of a set to mention that? Even though we know that's a fucking lie and it would have been better to not say anything at all. You KNOW the other 2 are gritting their teeth. They know he is full of absolute shit.
