Re:Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser
by hombre_fatal on Saturday November 07, 2026 @11:24AM
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> why would anyone pay for a game running in a browser?
The same reason you buy any game. Why did anyone pay for Runescape when it ran in the browser?
Btw, with webgl/webgpu/wasm you can make high fidelity, high performant 3D games.
But browser games isn't relevant to the point. It's just piracy. The only reason this is on HN is because "click here to play a pirated game" is a lot more interesting than "download a pirated game".
Re:Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser
by cubefox on Saturday November 07, 2026 @01:34PM
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It didn't kill it, but it did have negative effect on it, and this effect might get a lot worse now with LLMs cracking various copy protection mechanisms.
The same reason you buy any game. Why did anyone pay for Runescape when it ran in the browser?
Btw, with webgl/webgpu/wasm you can make high fidelity, high performant 3D games.
But browser games isn't relevant to the point. It's just piracy. The only reason this is on HN is because "click here to play a pirated game" is a lot more interesting than "download a pirated game".