emogu

@emogu@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Steers Onto Train Tracks It Apparently Mistook for a Road, Police Warn⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Elon take the wheel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The FTC isn’t too happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The FTC Bukkakes Microsoft Over Activision Blizzard layoffs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Angry Call of Duty Fans Are Review-Bombing the Wrong Modern Warfare 3⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s so much that they’re out of ideas but that they’re too scared to risk new ideas. These games are so expensive to make now so they squeeze out as much as they can with MTX and season passes to stuff their pockets as much as possible. The longer they can keep you playing, the more money they can make off of you with minimal additional effort. Wrapping up that plan with a nice widely-recognized Call of Duty logo makes them a lot of guaranteed upfront cash.

  Doing the same thing for a new unknown property won’t have that guaranteed audience, will require a lot more marketing effort, and possibly years of underperforming results before it starts becoming worthwhile. And even then it’ll be impossible to catch up to the behemoth of the biggest shooter franchise in gaming history. So it just makes financial sense to keep remaking and rebooting the tried and true. Their CEOs and shareholders demand it and their audience (for now) is happy enough to keep it that way with their wallet votes.

  tl;dr With development costs growing exponentially, publishers looking for the easiest path to the most profit, and gamers already primed to keep buying the next installment no matter what, sticking to old ideas is what makes the most sense. Goes for movies too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  After 10,000 years I’m free! It’s time to conquer Earth!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twitter is throttling traffic to websites Elon dislikes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. It’s easy to complain or change your profile picture or share a link but if putting your money where your mouth is results in even the slightest discomfort or change to your comfort zone, that’s usually where people stop having a problem with the latest offense.

  As long as our lives keep moving unaffected we’ll abide anything 😞

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A decade after a disastrous launch, is Apple Maps finally good?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been using it almost exclusively for the past 4 years or so ever since Google Maps missed multiple exits on the way home from Newark airport. The next time, I tried Apple Maps and it didn’t miss the exits and I haven’t really had to look back since I made the switch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone know what this is?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Your belt onions are looking spiffy today