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EA want to put adverts in your video games to squeeze you for every penny
18 May 2024 at 9:27 pm UTC
18 May 2024 at 9:27 pm UTC
Umm, this news might be bad enough that I delete anything left on my computer that's related to EA. Do I have Titanfall 2 installed still? Probably nothing else installed besides that.
Square Enix shifting from "quantity to quality" and be more multi-platform
18 May 2024 at 9:21 pm UTC Likes: 1
18 May 2024 at 9:21 pm UTC Likes: 1
I think this news sounds great, you pessimists! This is what gamers want I'd say.
Probably a result of the feedback for all the FFVII versions and spin-offs. Well, partly at least.
Probably a result of the feedback for all the FFVII versions and spin-offs. Well, partly at least.
Manjaro 24.0 released with KDE Plasma 6, GNOME 46, Linux kernel 6.9
18 May 2024 at 9:13 pm UTC Likes: 2
18 May 2024 at 9:13 pm UTC Likes: 2
If you love Manjaro, I'm not going to change your mind. Good for you. Be happy. Promote it even.
I moved on because there were small differences between my kids' Manjaro systems and my Arch system, and I got fed up. I wanted to be able to expect my configuration actions to have the same results (like script functionality and software versions). Additionally, avoiding a "major upgrade" as is described here is the exact reason I am on a rolling release, so Manjaro's user experience does not jive with me. It's like a rounded step release instead of rolling.
I moved on because there were small differences between my kids' Manjaro systems and my Arch system, and I got fed up. I wanted to be able to expect my configuration actions to have the same results (like script functionality and software versions). Additionally, avoiding a "major upgrade" as is described here is the exact reason I am on a rolling release, so Manjaro's user experience does not jive with me. It's like a rounded step release instead of rolling.
NVIDIA switching to open kernel modules by default in future driver update for Turing+
11 May 2024 at 6:14 pm UTC Likes: 4
11 May 2024 at 6:14 pm UTC Likes: 4
I love this news.
For guessing why, my thoughts go toward a market larger than handheld gaming: cloud computing, which includes game streaming broadly speaking.
For guessing why, my thoughts go toward a market larger than handheld gaming: cloud computing, which includes game streaming broadly speaking.
The huge life-sim Life by You from Paradox hits Early Access on June 4
5 May 2024 at 1:46 pm UTC
5 May 2024 at 1:46 pm UTC
Quoting: hardpenguinI am going to hope and expect that Paradox's content strategy will be more appealing, with their free updates alongside paid DLC (SnowRunner does the same). Also, we might get real Linux support. Also, don't have to use EA Origin launcher. Also, don't have to use EA's DRM.Quoting: Liam DaweYeah lol it would be great if a high quality Sims competitor offered more for less. That would be some value. Otherwise, why should I play it over The Sims 4 or The Sims 3 for which I recently bought all the DLCs during a -50% sale?Quoting: d10sfanI personally won't since it'll have 100+ DLCsSo, just like The Sims then :P
Palworld is bringing in fun new Pals for you to put to work
5 May 2024 at 1:35 pm UTC
5 May 2024 at 1:35 pm UTC
SteamDB says the 24-hour player peak was ~45K, which is a far cry from the 2M a few months ago. 45K is still a very good amount of people, but methinks this game loses luster pretty quickly. A couple of my friends who got sucked into the hype played it for about two weeks I think.
GTA 6 publisher Take-Two reportedly shutting Roll7 and Intercept Games
5 May 2024 at 1:30 pm UTC
5 May 2024 at 1:30 pm UTC
There is a problem with the CEO making more money after cutting all those people. But guess what, it's exactly how CEO pay incentivizes them to make decisions. Say your base salary is $1M with the potential to make $2M when the company meets certain annual profit goals. Guess what you're going to do when the profit numbers don't look good.
Yes, there is a problem with the model. And yes, there are other business models that share more of the wealth, so solutions already exist to CEO caps. But why don't those other companies hold much market share? I'm guessing one of the reasons is start-up money. Investors aren't going to give money to an entertainment company for charity -- they want something back for letting a company "borrow" their money and taking the risk that the company may never be capable of paying it back. And then you get CEO's driven with a profit purpose.
Yes, there is a problem with the model. And yes, there are other business models that share more of the wealth, so solutions already exist to CEO caps. But why don't those other companies hold much market share? I'm guessing one of the reasons is start-up money. Investors aren't going to give money to an entertainment company for charity -- they want something back for letting a company "borrow" their money and taking the risk that the company may never be capable of paying it back. And then you get CEO's driven with a profit purpose.
HELLDIVERS 2 sees over 130K bad reviews on Steam as Sony double down
5 May 2024 at 1:03 pm UTC
5 May 2024 at 1:03 pm UTC
Quoting: mphuZA more practical guess is cross-platform play.Quoting: _wojtekWhat I don't understand is why even require psn account in the first place? what's the "benefit"?To inform at the next shareholders' meeting, "look how our numbers have grown!"
HELLDIVERS 2 sees over 130K bad reviews on Steam as Sony double down
5 May 2024 at 1:00 pm UTC
5 May 2024 at 1:00 pm UTC
Yes, well-done article with very important details.
I will say that I personally knew it required a PSN account and performed the linking right at the beginning, and also informed friends they'd have to do the same.
Keeping people happy is all about setting expectations, so I'll repeat the first sentiment from Ehvis: whose fault was it to allow purchase in countries where a PSN account is not legitimately possible? That's the "bad guy" or at best, the person who made the major judgment call failure.
Imagine if you were blocked from the game all of a sudden and given a refund, for a game that you've possibly put in 20-60 hours and are still playing. The refund would not be good enough. You would be outraged.
I don't participate in review bombing games, but if Sony does not look at Discord, do they look at the Steam forum? So, I can sympathize that it may be the only effective way to get attention unfortunately, even though the gameplay does not deserve bad reviews.
I will say that I personally knew it required a PSN account and performed the linking right at the beginning, and also informed friends they'd have to do the same.
Keeping people happy is all about setting expectations, so I'll repeat the first sentiment from Ehvis: whose fault was it to allow purchase in countries where a PSN account is not legitimately possible? That's the "bad guy" or at best, the person who made the major judgment call failure.
Imagine if you were blocked from the game all of a sudden and given a refund, for a game that you've possibly put in 20-60 hours and are still playing. The refund would not be good enough. You would be outraged.
I don't participate in review bombing games, but if Sony does not look at Discord, do they look at the Steam forum? So, I can sympathize that it may be the only effective way to get attention unfortunately, even though the gameplay does not deserve bad reviews.
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