It's certainly the end of an era. I thought this part of the article was interesting:
> For years, decompilation communities attempted to establish that decompilation is primarily for research: we love these games and want to understand how they work, and to uncover the mysteries that the original developers left behind. That's not to say that ports aren't fun too; they're just not the sole reason a decompilation exists. Sloptubers and subreddits like /r/decomps have done immense damage here, freely using "decomp" to mean "PC port".
Historically decompilations were made for the benefit of other programmers. The binary code was transformed into source code, which made it easier for the game's community to understand how the game works. AI has dramatically increased the speed of producing a decompilation, and it can just straight up answer any question you have just by looking at the binary, so it kind of kills the community aspect. Now everyone has immediate access to every aspect of how a game works, so there's no point in seeking anyone else out.
It's certainly the end of an era. I thought this part of the article was interesting:
> For years, decompilation communities attempted to establish that decompilation is primarily for research: we love these games and want to understand how they work, and to uncover the mysteries that the original developers left behind. That's not to say that ports aren't fun too; they're just not the sole reason a decompilation exists. Sloptubers and subreddits like /r/decomps have done immense damage here, freely using "decomp" to mean "PC port".
Historically decompilations were made for the benefit of other programmers. The binary code was transformed into source code, which made it easier for the game's community to understand how the game works. AI has dramatically increased the speed of producing a decompilation, and it can just straight up answer any question you have just by looking at the binary, so it kind of kills the community aspect. Now everyone has immediate access to every aspect of how a game works, so there's no point in seeking anyone else out.