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Quoting: ExplosiveDiarrhea

Quoting: GoEsrEU laws don't apply in the US, yet every new iPhone has a USB-C port despite Apple yelling and spitting like a Visigoth against it.

And that's because the EU smartphone market is bigger than the USA, by a couple hundreds million users actually...
It only made sense for Apple to move away from their proprietary stuff in this case: splitting their product lines just for one tiny, in comparison, market was out of the question from an economical standpoint.

Apple were the ones fighting against it, as I said. The point is, per your original comment, that laws applied in important markets like the EU and the US do tend to just be applied globally because it's easier and cheaper.

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Quoting: Caldathras

Project Helix will lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games.

Strange to assume that this means the machine will open the ecosystem to Steam, Epic Games and such. M$ can achieve this statement simply by allowing owners of this new Xbox console to purchase the PC games through the Microsoft Store. No need to give competitors access to their closed market.

An Epic Games leader has said they're planning for EGS to be on the next Xbox "console" day one.

https://www.gamefile.news/p/epic-has-many-plans-for-its-game

“We definitely plan to be on the new hardware for Xbox, because, unless their policy or stance on it changes, they are telling us they’re going to welcome that. And we’re going be there, like, on day one. That will probably require us to build in whatever their requirements are, some sort of software to support that.”

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Updated with the statement Discord sent over.

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Absolutely wild trailer. That felt like an 80's fever dream.

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: Doktor-MandrakeYou don't really get console "generations" like we use to, when a new console offered a generational difference in terms of what games could do, it's more incremental increases, higher res, higher fps, better raytracing

The next generation of consoles will feature AI that plays games for you and they will advertise it as a replacement for twitch and youtube. Why watch some random dudes play games when you can have your best friend Cortana play the game before your very eyes, all the while unlocking accolades on your account.

Reading this reminds me of the xbox one launch lol

"TV"

"Streaming"

More TV, and then some more streaming

"Sports"

Yeah OK xbox, but where's the fun games to get excited about?!

To be fair, I liked the TV aspect of the Xbone and would've used it, but that was when I still had/wanted cable. (Though the USB antenna dongle was cool too if you didn't have cable.)

What pissed me off with the Xbone announcement was the whole software keys for physical games, but that was thankfully abandoned. The Xbone was never gonna be my main console that gen and when I did finally get my Xbox One X, it was for exclusives, Play Anywhere titles, and western 3rd party console games.

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Quoting: ArehandoroExactly. My question to @Geamandura was semi-rethorical, it probably wasn't clear enough, to make a point that OpenMW or Heroes would not fit the ScummVM ideology.

You cannot be rhetorical with that, since the whole world doesn't agree with you that 2D point and click is the same as 3D first person. Hence you would first need to present an argument why you consider a fully fledged advanced graphics 3D first person game (Penumbra) the same as a 2D point and click, and thus under this principle, fully congruous to be included in ScummVM.

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Quoting: pbWhy watch some random dudes play games when you can have your best friend Cortana play the game before your very eyes, all the while unlocking accolades on your account.

Not sure if Xbox Gaming Copilot support that at the moment, but when it does it would be ironic as heck, considering they had a feature called [Xbox Copilot](https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/account-profile/accessibility/copilot) that would let your human best friend do exactly that! 😄

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: Doktor-MandrakeYou don't really get console "generations" like we use to, when a new console offered a generational difference in terms of what games could do, it's more incremental increases, higher res, higher fps, better raytracing

The next generation of consoles will feature AI that plays games for you and they will advertise it as a replacement for twitch and youtube. Why watch some random dudes play games when you can have your best friend Cortana play the game before your very eyes, all the while unlocking accolades on your account.

Reading this reminds me of the xbox one launch lol

"TV"

"Streaming"

More TV, and then some more streaming

"Sports"

Yeah OK xbox, but where's the fun games to get excited about?!

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From what I heard, this is "compelled speech" which is illegal under the 1st ammendement of the constitution.

I could see it going up to the supreme court.

This is undoubtedly legal lawfare, they were going to impose these Totalitarian restrictions before 2030 anyways, it's just that now it serves a purpose to distract the public from "The Files", and "What's going on in the world" like Donkey Kong throwing barrels at Mario.

or, Zergling Rush strategy.

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Also, I wanted to add, I think now more than ever with Microsoft Github projects being axed regularly, that we should push Source Distros where users maintain a offline 1:1 copy all source code for the software installed on their computers.

Popular Distros should add this functionality, and users should Popularize distros which have local user-compiling. This will add additional legal protections in some places with "compelled speech" laws.

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Besides that, we're going to need to have access to some kind of hardware revolution similar to the NES 8086 and X86-64 where users can laser etch / print Circuit Boards and Assemble Modular silicon & common chips, even if it has a performance cost.

In W^2 2 the inexpensive modular equipment is what wins over fancy expensive stuff. A hardware revolution is going to come about one way or another as a result of this nonsense, either from the West or the East. Whichever one remains open will come out on top as developers choose the winner.

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The only other third element I could forsee would be the creation of a Git+Torrent where source code for software is distributed via P2P instead of centralized.

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This next few years are going to be very interesting to see. If the right plays are made Linux could stand to gain significant ground above and beyond the already billions of devices.

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You had right-wing assholes calling California dumb or whatever for the age verification bullshit. But I'm sure that the redneck states doing it is either okay, not a big deal, or cause "the liberals are doing it too." Always some sorta excuse, spin, or opportunism. Seriously, fuck American bullshit period and fuck imperialism forcing it on everyone else.

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Quoting: whizse

Quoting: BumadarThis is MS, where is the AI? It needs an AI agent and other AI stuff!!

See Xbox Gaming Copilot. It's already there on handhelds like the ROG Xbox Ally.

I'm not at all surprised, a lot of people want to bet spoon-fed every time they get stuck for more than 30 seconds, I say it will be quite popular. ([for reference](https://www.xbox.com/en-US/gaming-copilot))

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Quoting: Doktor-MandrakeYou don't really get console "generations" like we use to, when a new console offered a generational difference in terms of what games could do, it's more incremental increases, higher res, higher fps, better raytracing

The next generation of consoles will feature AI that plays games for you and they will advertise it as a replacement for twitch and youtube. Why watch some random dudes play games when you can have your best friend Cortana play the game before your very eyes, all the while unlocking accolades on your account.

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It's definitely an interesting move away from the traditional console

You don't really get console "generations" like we use to, when a new console offered a generational difference in terms of what games could do, it's more incremental increases, higher res, higher fps, better raytracing

For me personally I'm not as bothered by having raw performance anymore, or playing xbox games, as I tend to mostly play indie or older titles.. affordability is the main attraction for me

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Project Helix will lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games.

Strange to assume that this means the machine will open the ecosystem to Steam, Epic Games and such. M$ can achieve this statement simply by allowing owners of this new Xbox console to purchase the PC games through the Microsoft Store. No need to give competitors access to their closed market.

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I don't see this reverting Xbox trajectory. I witnessed two hardcore Xbox friends of mine jump chip to PlayStation.

At this time in videogame history, it is crystal clear that what attract consumers is not the hardware alone, is the games. Since the Xbox executives think they don't need exclusive games to make a profit, we can expect the brand to just dilute itself into nothing in the incoming years.

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Quoting: whizse

Quoting: BumadarThis is MS, where is the AI? It needs an AI agent and other AI stuff!!

See Xbox Gaming Copilot. It's already there on handhelds like the ROG Xbox Ally.

Ooh phew!!! I was worried there 😂

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Quoting: BumadarThis is MS, where is the AI? It needs an AI agent and other AI stuff!!

See Xbox Gaming Copilot. It's already there on handhelds like the ROG Xbox Ally.

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Quoting: GoEsrEU laws don't apply in the US, yet every new iPhone has a USB-C port despite Apple yelling and spitting like a Visigoth against it.

And that's because the EU smartphone market is bigger than the USA, by a couple hundreds million users actually. USB-C is also mandatory in India, which has a smartphone market about the same size of the USA, but it's expected to grow a lot in the coming years. Also China with its huge market (bigger than EU and US combined, by a lot) while not having mandatory USB-C laws, is pretty much aligned with the decision to adopt the better, common standard.
It only made sense for Apple to move away from their proprietary stuff in this case: splitting their product lines just for one tiny, in comparison, market was out of the question from an economical standpoint.

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Really enjoyed the first one, defo keeping an eye on this!

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This is MS, where is the AI? It needs an AI agent and other AI stuff!!

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Quoting: Jarmerso ... exactly how is an "internet enabled device" such as a light bulb supposed to conduct age assurance. This is all so stupid it just gives me a headache to even think about.

For what it's worth, at least the California law (I haven't bothered to read all of them) specify "general computing devices" which rules out things like lightbulb OSes.

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It’s always funny to me to see companies getting excited about selling a console that’s going to be a little closer to a desktop computer. Meanwhile I’m here with my desktop computer playing more games than their console will ever support on top of doing everything else.

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What is amusing that evryone is up in arms when there is a push to have "on device OS level age verification" and not so long ago everyone was "hurr-durr no to 'web-based verification'!!! it should be on device!!!" :DD

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If you think you enjoy this game now just you wait until we add controler support 😎 (Disclaimer, I am helping with this game in an official capacity).

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Both refreshing and surprising to see some developers still doing native ports.

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This is the way! With the same engine it should be possible to generate builds for Win/Mac/Linux

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so ... exactly how is an "internet enabled device" such as a light bulb supposed to conduct age assurance. This is all so stupid it just gives me a headache to even think about.

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I mean, this is xbox we are talking about here ... It's a dumpster fire of epic proportions in almost every single aspect right now (for a long time?). Their glorious new ai overlord boss announcing something like this means absolutely nothing whatsoever. I would wager she just yesterday learned about some vague plans for this "project helix" that Phil had cooking, and today wanted to get some kind of announcement out to detract from all the negative bad press xbox and microsoft have been getting.

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did you say cyberpunk arpg? YES PLEASE WHERE DO I DEPOSIT THIS MONEY

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