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- Comment on What do you create? 1 month ago:
Profit for shareholders.
- Comment on DarkPattern.games - a website that rates mobile games for their "dark patterns" 3 months ago:
Anecdotally Fifa (EA FC or whatever they’re calling it now) would have to be up there. Haden’t played it in years but gave it a go last season as it was free on Game Pass.
They’ve combined the addictiveness of card collecting with loot box mechanics, FOMO and moving the goalposts (pun intended) to get the best players. The gameplay also seemed pretty rigged to prevent grinding rewards out.
Then when the new game is out, rather than dishing out all the rewards to those still playing it instead becomes infeasible to unlock any more decent players so you’re pretty much stuck with what you have.
Even if you pay full price for the next game you’ll have to use low stat players as they only seem to start releasing decent ones half way through the season.
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- Comment on Xbox is still committed to making consoles, says boss Phil Spencer 10 months ago:
As always, it’s a trade-off between convenience and ability to tweak.
When it comes to gaming, the convenience slightly edges it for me at the mo. Enjoying Game Pass, play anywhere, Quick Resume and have made all the money back I spent on the Series X through Microsoft Rewards twice over.
Next upgrade will be a tough call though.
- Comment on Xbox is still committed to making consoles, says boss Phil Spencer 10 months ago:
Surely you still have to update drivers and OS?!
I dual boot Linux on my PC and run it on Raspberry Pis. Let’s not pretend it requires zero maintenance.
- Comment on Xbox is still committed to making consoles, says boss Phil Spencer 10 months ago:
I mean yeah by the technical definition but I’m not going to do work on a Steam Deck. My point stands, I meant desktop lol.
- Comment on Xbox is still committed to making consoles, says boss Phil Spencer 10 months ago:
Yes hence why I corrected to desktop. Sorry, just always used to using PC and desktop as interchangeable terms but see why you’d want to differentiate these days.
My point is I don’t want a handheld that I have to plug in. I prefer a desktop box so although the Deck is great, it doesn’t suit literally all use cases lol.
- Comment on Xbox is still committed to making consoles, says boss Phil Spencer 10 months ago:
True, but if I’m spending thousands on a machine, I tend want to be able to do other things so unfortunately Windows usually enters the equation.
Will consider a dedicated SteamOS box when I next refresh.
- Comment on Xbox is still committed to making consoles, says boss Phil Spencer 10 months ago:
I mean desktop, wouldn’t really class the Deck as a PC.
Been tempted to get one but I use the Switch or cloud gaming on the go so have most bases covered already.
- Comment on Xbox is still committed to making consoles, says boss Phil Spencer 10 months ago:
Ok but most of my games use Quick Resume so I am playing in under 15 seconds. To be honest the Switch has taken the crown for picking up where you left off since 2017.
I’ve used Moonlight but prefer not to stream really. Would be interested in how the latency is these days.
In the past I’d have said PC all the way but these days I’m glad both options exist. Biggest draw to the PC for me is mods. Would be tempted to make a dedicated SteamOS box next gen.
- Comment on Xbox is still committed to making consoles, says boss Phil Spencer 10 months ago:
Having been predominantly a PC gamer for 30 years… PCs more hassle to update and maintain. When I finish work I want to sit on my sofa and play with as little inconvenience as possible.
Consoles fit nicely in a living room and are better for local multiplayer. This generation they were also cheaper than buying the equivalent PC hardware at launch.
- Comment on Make sure not to underestimate the brilliance of 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' as it proves to be an exceptional movie! 1 year ago:
Same, what’s stranger is the volume of downvotes people receive from criticising it either here or previously at the other place.
The concepts were pretty standard multiverse stuff but they kept trying to shoehorn some kind of overly ambitious meaning into it. I found the juxtaposition between “literally anything can happen” and “family love crosses dimensions” particularly difficult to swallow.
Decent special effects on a tight budget though.
- Comment on Are humans the only great apes that can be "holy", or could for example an Orangutan be divine? 1 year ago:
This is a blatantly pointless reply.
- Comment on Are humans the only great apes that can be "holy", or could for example an Orangutan be divine? 1 year ago:
It’s a made up definition which varies depending on whose fairytales you believe.
