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If the law actually allows applications to rely on an OS supplied age instead of forcing application authors to try to steal identity documents or face scans, this could be a privacy improvement.

Think of all the data breaches with Discord being forced by the UK government to ask for user IDs - if they could rely on a device API, that could be avoided

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Quoting: sarmadWhy would someone play CSGO when we have CS2? Is there anything that CSGO provides and CS2 doesn't?

a huge archive of old maps that are not compatible with cs2. also more game mods.

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They port games after one or two years delay and complain that sales are low, lol.
And their games, after all, are not so outstanding or even so good.
But I think the main reason is not relatively low sales. Over a million copies sold are more than enough to profit from porting games.
I think the main reason why they want to leave PC is they want to sell more consoles to drag people into their ecosystem, and mainly aim for 30% cut to keep for themselves.
They think average steam users willbuy a whole new console, while steam users often don't even bother checking alternative PC game stores.

But we know how it will go. We'll see sony few years later, quietly returning to Steam.

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I'd guess it cuts into their PSN subscriptions—you might not always be buying games, but you'll always pay to play online thru their consoles.

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I have a PS5, but this is not a good move.
After 2-3 years (on ps5) why not make more money just by re-release it for PC?
Easy money and ppl are happy. They wont hack your console, and after emulate your games on PC.

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Why would someone play CSGO when we have CS2? Is there anything that CSGO provides and CS2 doesn't?

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No offense to the parents on this forum (who are likely the exception), but from my experience, most children are better at navigating parental control features than their parents. So, of course, the kids will figure out how to circumvent them too.

But, then, as we've already established, it's not really about the kids after all ...

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I bought Stellar Blade for PC, but there was no way I was ever buying a Playstation or ever will.
Looks like they don't want my money going forward. Interesting business decision for out of touch millionaire execs. They don't live in world where not everyone wants to spend their limited money on consoles. I give it 3 years before they announce PC ports again.

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Quoting: GustyGhostFree and open internet <-----------(You are here)---------------------> The Great Western Firewall

Except the firewall is built around you and the only (back)door is locked with a state-owned key.

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Has anyone played it? I'm looking for more games in the vein of Talos Principle and Portal.

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Quoting: CatKillerMore than anything, it's an admission of a fundamental lack of self-confidence on Sony's part. If you're turning out bangers then PC ports are free money, and advertising for the next game. And that's the view expressed by Sony at the time. When they still had games studios.

I'm guessing this was an "excel decision".

Total revenue was probably not all that high compared to PS sales. Mostly likely reasons are: 20%-30% cut by Steam. Late PC releases, so a lot of people that had to wait a year for it might as well wait a few more months for a sale. And I doubt many PS owners would opt for a second copy just to play it on PC, so the market is already reduced. Now if, they'd to simultaneous releases on PC and PS the story might be different. But that would also mean PC would potentially cannibalise part of the PS sales and they definitely don't want that. So the corporate decision is probably that the potential FOMO outweighs the income that they do get.

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Quoting: poiuza) Please provide as source for said roadmap. b) I said like Spotify. c) Again: Stop inventing statements! I never claimed the DMA was instigated by Spotify.

The roadmap for the DMA started with the DSM during the Junker Comission and was defined here: [https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/attachment/8210/DSM_communication.pdf](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/attachment/8210/DSM_communication.pdf)

Regarding Spotify it was my interpretation of what you wrote that you meant that they instigated the DMA, it that was a misreading of what you wrote then I am sorry for having done that.

Quoting: poiuzI'm perfectly aware that "they" are Apple's business "partners". Any other reading you imagined.

Great that we are in agreement in this, your previous comment sounded like you saw "they" as the legislators when you wrote "You still fail to explain how the payment processing regulation is not about the cut" and refered to "they" which IMHO was a very strange wording since "they" did not create the legislation and thus it does not matter one ounce what "they" want or don't want. But perhaps you just worded it wrongly.

Quoting: poiuzThe effect is still the same: Businesses are allowed to use their payment processors & avoid Apple fees, i.e. would work as intended. Except it's not - because Apple still wants their fees & as such the process is still ongoing. Again: How can that be? (Emphasised so that you stop ignoring it)

What does this have to do with what we are discussing? Aka weather or not the DMA is about the specific cut that Apple et al is allowed to take.

Again I conclude that you have still not linked to a single piece of the DMA that defines what cut Apple et all are allowed to make...

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Just make the EULA make it not available in CA and CO. See how long these idiot 'lawmakers' hold out when suddenly all their expensive data centers are illegal... and processing software for the entertainment industry is illegal... and half their city infrastructure is illegal... and game systems are illegal... etc. I'm sure none of that is relevant to California is it nuisance Newsom?

I hate this fucking timeline.

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Free and open internet <-----------(You are here)---------------------> The Great Western Firewall

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So sad that the only good games are Sony Playstation exclusives, with literally no other games existing that are worth playing.
So sad.

<cries in backlog on GOG and Steam>

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[Bloomberg article without the paywall](https://archive.ph/hSXXu)

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We have similar legislation in France already, it's implemented differently but the intent is the same: since 2024 all new connected consumer devices (computers, phones, smartwatches, etc) must include some sort of parental control software/settings at no extra costs. The law mandates that users are prompted to set it up on first launch.

From what I understand, the major differences are:
- It doesn't focus on operating systems but on devices, in fact our law has an explicit exception for devices sold _without_ an operating system.
- It doesn't require the device to ask the user's age and doesn't mandate how the parental control software should works, only that it should allow blocking content which is illegal for minors.

EDIT: see https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/actualites/A17487?lang=en

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Tech has advanced enough to no longer justify making dedicated game boxes with locked down software that become e-waste. From a price perspective the games will cost more, not to mention the lack of access to the many marketplaces that include plenty of free ones, fan creations, or ones without DRM.

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More than anything, it's an admission of a fundamental lack of self-confidence on Sony's part. If you're turning out bangers then PC ports are free money, and advertising for the next game. And that's the view expressed by Sony at the time. When they still had games studios.

Since then, they've squandered all their money chasing a live service plan that would have failed even if had succeeded (which it didn't - it was just failure all the way through). The primary selling point of PlayStation - "the easiest way to play the best games" - isn't something they're capable of any more. They can't do "the best games" reliably, and nor can they manage "the easiest way." Even if the Steam Machine never actually happens because of the AI-induced component market destruction, just the prospect of what that would be is enough for people to say "no subscription? Free backwards compatibility forever? That's what I want: not PlayStation." And Sony can't meet that head-on with "here are the amazing games you'll get first on PlayStation" because they closed their studios. So all that's left is to lock up their trickle and try to lock in their existing customers, and wait for the end.

It's quite sad, really.

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It's bad news for PC people, but I suppose it makes sense from a business perspective. We all have seen how well XBox is, and a big part of its current state is because of their "strategy of having 0 exclusive titles. Why would I buy an XBox if on other platform I can play all those games and more? The answer previously was GamePass, but now that it's been enshittified, the platform has nothing.

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I buy games and I buy hardware, but I don't buy operating systems or closed hardware, and I'm certainly not going to buy in to a closed ecosystem.

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i wonder if the steam machines/ xbox made they change their minds, or if their plan was to make pc gamers get to know their games so they knew what they were losing then the sequels were no longer avaliable.

but sony is stupid, all they need to do is their own version of an steam machine, and a good client for pc, instead they chose to make less money.

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Shame. I'm very open in buying games, but there's no chance I ever dip myself into a locked console again. Well, it was nice while it lasted.

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So... not enough subscribe to PSN, do not fancy half/close to/over decade old game for full price just because it now have high graphics settings and/or rejecting some other stuff easily fed to console base...

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: Mountain ManTo be fair, we're still far behind Europe where you can and will be arrested for posting "offensive" messages on social media.

You can be punished for say calling someone an a**hole. Not for stating an actual opinion. (You do not really believe that a person is a backside - it's not an opinion, it's all insult.) I fail to see a problem with that.

You clearly do not value freedom of speech. And it's gotten rather extreme. There was one instance where a woman who texted a friend and called the man who raped her a dog received a harsher punishment than her rapist.

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Quoting: HamishYep, it runs just the same as with the Rage 128 Pro, you are limited to the glquake.glx binary for 3D acceleration.

Thank you for your response.

Can you play Quake: The Offering using quake.x11 or squake with GeForce2 MX 400?

Quoting: dubigrasuWell, at the ridiculous (as we see it now) resolution of 640x480 it wasn't that bad. Probably the framerate wasn't also that great, but something like 30 fps was so sweet for a PS1 player like me, accustomed with 24 fps or less, add some overclocking, some graphical tweaking, the TV placed 2 meters away (less sensitive to low fov and fps)...it was great! 😄

The screen resolution or low settings weren't a problem for me. I think 32-bit processors aren't great for playing these two games. I do not doubt you did a lot to improve the performance of Doom 3. Sadly, I remember Doom 3/Quake 4 started to slow down when I got closer to the doors in buildings. I saw videos with more powerful computers that had the same issue.

Quoting: dubigrasuFrom what I understand, Quake 4 was more graphically intensive than Doom 3, but I did played it with the same card (...I think?), both awesome games. Apparently these Linux versions had some features disabled, which would explain them running better on Linux, but my eyeballmeter couldn't see a difference back then. It still was a blast.

They were awesome games, but graphically, they were much ahead of their time, which was problematic for owners of older computers. I can't make any comparisons because I didn't play any of them on Windows.

I remember that Gnome in 2004/2005 required 256 MB of RAM to run smoothly. In this case, I used twm when I wanted to play Doom 3 or Quake 4.

When I first started out though, the received wisdom was that if you were serious about gaming on Linux, you needed to get yourself a Nvidia card and use their proprietary drivers.

I think GeForce and Sound Blaster Live! (the OSS emulation in games) was a nice combo of hardware to avoid many issues on Linux back then. Surprisingly, more modern GeForce cards had issues with Quake: The Offering for Linux.

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I've never bought a game on Playstation, for myself. It's not going to change. Sony doesn't want my money? So be it. It's been fun while it lasted.

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couldnt they at least port gravity daze/gravity rush 1 and 2 rush to pc before they make this stupid decision?
:v

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It's kind of looking like MS and Sony both saw the RAMpocalypse, crunched some numbers and perhaps decided that it's possible to squeeze out another console generation after all - at an inflated, but still relatively lower vs the PC enthusiast market price. So, they're hitting their respective brakes hard and pivoting. Maybe? The timing is at least curious for both the regime change at MS and the Sony pivot.

To me this means I won't be playing any new Sony games. Nintendo you ain't, Sony. Most of the time these days even Nintendo ain't Nintendo.

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Quoting: fenglengshun

Quoting: Stellathe only reason they used Ptyxis in the first place was because of Konsole's seriously lacking container support, which are very important for the immutable distro workflow.
I personally dislike Discover as it feels slow and bloated due to the many different backends it supports and despite being called Discover, the discoverability of apps feels lacking in comparison to Bazaar. I even started using Bazaar on my Steam Deck.

What counts as "seriously lacking container support" here? I've been using konsole with distrobox just fine even before I got on ublue, and that's before we even have Bazzite and only had ublue-kinoite. I can enter my container pretty quickly - just use an alias or zsh-autosuggestions if you want to do it quickly.

re: Discover and Bazaar

Spoiler, click me

I don't care about Discover's problems with Flatpak and others. I just want to be able to keep my applets, themes, and kwin scripts updated. If it bothers people so much, just include Bazaar, pin it in favorite, hide Discover in Utility category.

What I hated was Discover being removed when Bazaar still sucked. I did give it a try back then - it locks the entire app if you clicked Update, it was still pretty slow, I know it crashed on other people, and I find the way it loads on each keypress while searching to be rather uncomfortable as I am a bit sensitive to flashing screens. It wasn't ready, it was shoved in my face, and what I needed was removed while restoring it isn't as straightforward as with Konsole. The last time an operating system didn't something similar, I left and learned an entirely new operating system.

Honestly, I don't even want to talk about Bazaar anymore - it just keeps making me angry remembering how it was implemented in the ublue ecosystem. I don't even care how good it is now, the initial introduction left such a bad taste in my mouth.

with the Ptyxis terminal you can easily open a new container session from a dropdown in the UI, Konsole did not have this until very recently (we're still waiting for the merged commits to land in an actual release, but you'll be able to select your containers if you right click the 'new tab' dropdown)

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