CaptObvious
@CaptObvious@literature.cafe
- Comment on Sony’s ‘ironic’ PlayStation disc decision upends gamer conventions and threatens a $7 billion resale market 1 week ago:
It doesnt “threaten” the market. It eliminates it. Of course, that’s been a goal of all publishers across all media for decades. Sony is just the first games publisher to take the lesson from textbook publishers and eliminate physical media that a buyer actually owns.
- Comment on Marathon’s player base is collapsing, and Bungie’s future looks increasingly bleak as concerns grow around the studio’s live‑service direction 1 week ago:
They know how to attract players. If they choose not to, that’s on them
- Comment on The death of physical media - Sony announced the end of PlayStation disc production 4 weeks ago:
This will also push away a not-insignificant portion of their user base. Probably not enough to make a difference, but a noticeable portion
- Comment on MindsEye studio reportedly installed monitoring software on staff PCs without their knowledge, as execs continue alleging sabotage 5 months ago:
I first read it as “Build a Bear” and thought it was some kind of roll-your-own scheme
- Comment on Square Enix Has Set Up A New Policy To Go After Harassers 1 year ago:
So people will either simply stop talking about Square Enix at all or make sure they use a VPN/Tor and burner email to do it. SE do know who their customers are, no?
- Comment on Elon Musk says too many game studios are owned by giant corporations so his giant corporation is going to start a studio to 'make games great again' 1 year ago:
Yes, but he’ll gaslight the rest of us into calling it “bee-GOH” Games.