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Quoting: melkemindThey could also try to sabotage Proton or pull some other shady stuff.

While PC gaming continues growing beyond predictions, this is no doubt a move to protect the moat. It is one of the dangers of having normalized translation layers like Proton. Microsoft remains in the position to say 'jump' and any translation tool has no choice but to follow.

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I don't think the Steam Machine will age that well spec-wise. Low-end RDNA3 basically means bad raytracing, bad upscaling and only 8GB VRAM. Whatever the next Xbox will be will completely outclass this thing. Not to mentioned they don't have to worry about anti-cheat.

The only thing that Valve can really offer here is lower price and earlier availability. If they manage to launch a year earlier, they could snatch away some potential marketshare and establish their niche in the console space. For the right price of course.
But if they wait too long now, I fear they might miss their chance here.

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Microsoft has already said this will be a "premium" device. They're not even going to try to make it affordable, so I'm thinking $1,000 or more. I do suspect, however, that they'll allow third-party manufacturers to make cheaper versions, just like they do with handhelds.

The reasons people leave Windows won't change, and it'll probably get worse now that the head of their AI division is taking over Xbox.

The real danger is Microsoft pulling some anti competitive moves. They are one of the AI companies that bought up all the RAM and forced the prices up, and Nadella said they had a surplus. They could turn around and put that RAM into their Xboxen at no cost. They could also try to sabotage Proton or pull some other shady stuff.

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Like they are dealing with VPN's but with less arguments against it. Just declare it all illegal, and then OFCOM will come up with the most tone-deaf way to do it.

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If it indeed includes Steam support, then it's not really bad news for Valve - and if it doesn't, then it's not a real competition to Steam Deck Machine. Gaben wins either way, lol.

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Quoting: GoEsrThey're basically inventing a "pirate" industry where open-source software will have to implement these measures, then the community will create patches (cracks) to remove them. 😆

Ah, but you've touched on a good point actually. With open source - nothing stops people taking a distro and doing a spin with a patch to remove it all huh? How will they deal with anything like that...

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They're basically inventing a "pirate" industry where open-source software will have to implement these measures, then the community will create patches (cracks) to remove them. 😆

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Imagine if it's open enough that we can install SteamOS on it :D

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Was also stuck in the payment process for over an hour :P
I guess that is a good sign. Also, it is currently the top selling game on Steam :)
https://store.steampowered.com/charts/topselling/global

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The nitwits… with a little power, even less understanding or good intention

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One inch at a time, we are reclaiming and returning the web back into one with personality, instead of javascript-framework-of-the-month slop that it's become.

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From the consumer standpoint that is a clear win for consumers, having more universal devices that are not tied to only one platform is always a win. If the Project Helix will be as open as Steam Machine I don't have anything against it, although I really doubt it will be like that.

But as a Linux enthusiast I hope the Steam Machine will win this race!

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Those that appear in Epstein files targeting users under 18 in 3, 2, 1...

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This game should come with a voucher for a therapist specialised in addiction.

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Semi-related: digiphile has Planet Coaster for free right now:
https://www.digiphile.co/collections/planet-coaster-free-game-plus

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They say screen saver, but it's really just a lock screen, is it not?

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Quoting: CarollyI know about Prop 65 labeling

No doubt they had good intentions (consumer awareness can be a good thing), but since they are on almost everything, nobody pays any attention to them. So kind of useless, without some actions to actively reduce their frequency (like with PFAS).

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Quoting: EikeYou don't actually, literally think that you are talking to/writing with a hole in a backside. People get a money fine for insulting.

So what you are saying, is that you have to pay for the "privilege" of insulting (figurative) assholes.

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"driving" and "horror" go hand in hand! 😖🫣

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But can you oversalt the fries so people buy more soft drinks?

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Quoting: ZlopezI still think that things like these should be responsibility of parents and not state. I don't really understand all the "Protect the children" laws as they are usually just a way of control in disguise.

That's what this is. It empowers parents (presumably the computer admins) to set some restrictions on children accounts (or not if they don't want to) rather than submitting any actual private information to governments or corporations. The only privacy preserving alternatives are parents constantly monitoring their children or accepting children are at the mercy of the Internet.

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Oooh! Shiny!

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Quoting: ScottCarammellSurprised they'd do something so blatant, but given they're willing to use AI-generated content for their game it's not super surprising they'd also be pro-surveillance. goes hand-in-hand really

the discord integration was probably vibe-coded, I wonder if the fix was as well

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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.

I value the freedom to state your opinion.

I do not see any value in insulting people, no.

Quoting: Mountain ManAnd 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.

Well, obviously, nobody wants that. Would you link a source to read it up?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-woman-given-harsher-sentence-155055252.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2guYnJhdmUuY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJkDEsnQfKYIO7q2C2lvY9mh15uq-TDhQ3_J2MMqDh3B3RrJ7eO33jfUeowVQe7Ik2-TtBuxIBxD2KnrxUnaJfpUW9hsWa9O_MVXs8fsJeEuTbR3OfKeOtxkgNKKCBX0B_6v4MGqWyT90RdRI1Q6xoIeYMlw4DDkBsa0ggoqnSqE

To clarify, it was Germany and not the UK as I remembered, and she called her rapist a pig, not a dog. But she did receive a harsher jail sentence for it.

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Quoting: CatKillerMore than anything, it's an admission of a fundamental lack of self-confidence on Sony's part.

To be fair, based on the rest of your post it would seem to be a very justified lack of self-confidence.

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Quoting: CaldathrasNot much benefit to me. My Nvidia chipset is stuck on the 580 series. Ah well, I knew it would happen eventually...

No biggie, though. Nvidia drivers are messy on Xfce (at least on my Mint system) since the 590 series, so I had to go back to earlier versions for it to work properly on my GTX 1650.

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this SCREAMS of a vibe coded disaster. And if they are doing something so amateur as this bug, just IMAGINE what else is going on with this game that's not discovered / disclosed. Imagine how much WAS happening that got patched that will never get disclosed. Horrible devs.

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Quoting: JohnologueCan't hear the NVIDIA updates over the fans of my perfectly functional GTX 1070...

But... but ... how is nvidia supposed to survive if you don't use their new vibe coded drivers?

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Quoting: hardpenguinThat's interesting, I thought CS2 and CSGO are the same game, just rebranded.

I suppose it would be good to have CSGO available with just community servers, similar to CS Source and CS 1.6.

I believe it IS the same general code base and "project" from a technical standpoint, but some people prefer the greater number of maps and mods on the older CSGO

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Not a thing I'd ever be at risk from. Games would never be able to detect my discord and I'd certainly not give it. Just as discord would never be able to detect my game.

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