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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jason Schreier says Sony is backing away from putting single player games on PC⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The hardware shortage is also impacting Sony. Usually console hardware prices go down after launch, Playstation 5 went up. From their latest earnings call Playstation 5 sales are also slowing down and they’re focusing on the monetization of existing Playstation 5 owners instead of selling more consoles. And rumors are that Playstation 6 launch has gone from planned 2027/2028 launch to a planned 2028/2029 launch due to the same hardware shortage. What is strangling the PC market is also strangling the console market.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jason Schreier says Sony is backing away from putting single player games on PC⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re seriously overinflating the size of Sony (or seriously underestimating the cost of hoarding parts). Sony market cap is 130 billion. Amazon, Meta, Google and Microsoft combined are expected to spend 600 billion in 2026 to buy up hardware for their data centers. And that 600 billion is just 4 companies for this year (they spent almost 400 billion last year). There are bunch of other deals that also lock up hardware production like the Stargate project which also plans on spending 500 billion to build data centers. And bunch of unknown deals, like Apple definitely has some deal that guarantees they get their hardware.

  Hoarding all the hardware is extremely expensive and Sony wouldn’t even make dent even if they wanted to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t take a whole year to pivot, unless they sit on their ass for that whole year. I’m not saying it’s not possible they did that but it would be an insane level of incompetence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what is puzzling me. How was it so impossible to course correct the studio when it’s absolutely obvious how to put two and two together?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But that happened in 2024, Sony had the whole of 2025 to figure out what to do with the studio and it’s not like they don’t have highly desirable games to remake cough Bloodborne cough for a studio known for excellent remakes. I just want to know what the hell happened in 2025 for the studio to get literally no projects greenlit by Sony? Is Sony still continuing its stupid live service push or did the studio no longer want to make remakes or what the problem was? The path forward is so clear you don’t even need a business degree to make the decision that could’ve kept this studio alive so what the hell happened?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elder Scrolls 6 Is Powered By New Version Of Creation Engine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if it wasn’t owned by Microslop I don’t have any confidence BGS could make a good TES game. They’ve been sitting on their laurels for far too long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is such a horrific mismanagement of a studio it makes me question if the studio itself wanted to make a live service game and bit off more than they could chew. Because if this is on Sony, and it does have Sony written all over it, then they’re legitimately worse than EA. It’s like a low I didn’t even know existed because it would be an astonishing level of incompetence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saying that hardware price increase is good cause it forces the devs to optimize is not as good as it seems.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re mixing up “miracle tech that leads to nowhere” with “niche tech with little mass appeal”. A rotary engine car has won Le Mans, The Mazda 787. I’m pretty sure one of the recent Mazda plug in Hybrids (I refuse to call those EV-s) has a rotary engine as a backup for the electric engine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For the individual wealthy, they aren’t. Some loans might get paid off by taking another loan, but the goal is to take the loan to the grave. The loan would get paid after death because then the estate can sell the stocks without paying any capital gains tax.

  Let’s say you buy 1 million worth of stocks. The day before you die that stock is worth 51 million. If you cash out that stock you’re paying capital gains tax on 50 million. Let’s say the capital gains tax is 20% which means you’d pay 10 mil in taxes. So you get 41 million from the sale

  But if you die and that stock goes to the estate they haven’t gained any capital from the stock so when they sell it they pay no tax on it. The estate then sells the stock tax free to pay off whatever debt there was and the rest of the stock goes to the inheritors who can effectively continue doing the same thing.

  Basically it’s all just tax evasion for the ultrawealthy. Except it’s legal so technically it’s not tax evasion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh absolutely, but I doubt anyone is paying the equivalent of a 5090 to get the performance of a 3060. Server GPU-s aren’t optimized for gaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Being in the self-hosted community I know people buy used enterprise servers to set up their own services, but consumers who buy enterprise servers probably make up less than 1% of all the consumers who buy hardware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not really. They’re not making consumer grade stuff, they’re making hardware for data centers so unless you’re planning on doing a DIY data center you’re not buying the hardware. Hard drives are likely an exception.

  You’re more likely to see cheap VPS services than cheap secondhand hardware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games you fell out of love with.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Counter-strike. I remember it being a casual experience back in the 1.6 days and even in the earlier days of CSGO, but at one point competitive play took over. Eventually to be decent you had to know lineups, executes, economy, common angles etc.

  I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I love watching competitive CS and think for viewers it’s one of the best esports games to watch, but I can’t get back into CS without having it take over my life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Wars: Galactic Racer - Gameplay Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. Burnout: Galactic Racer is looking kinda sick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Untitled John Wick Game - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can check out Suit for Hire. It’s probably the closest John Wick experience that is released.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gothic 1 Remake | Release Date Trailer (June 5th)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going to be cautiously optimistic. I really want a Gothic remake. The story and setting are unique but the originally hasn’t aged that well.

  But I don’t know enough about the remake to be super excited, so I’ll do the sensible wait for the reviews thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blizzard reportedly partnering with Arc Raiders owner Nexon to revive StarCraft as a shooter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wasn’t saying that we need another blatant cash grab. I was actually implying that if you want the IP to stay even remotely relevant you need to start looking beyond the RTS genre because that genre doesn’t pay the bills.

  But since you went there, yeah I’d absolutely take who knows how many cash grab attempts if it means even a chance of getting some great games. I’m going to point at Warhammer because the other person also brought it up. Warhammer 40k franchise is also full of “cash grabs”. But between those cash grabs are absolute gems like Space Marine 1 and 2, Dawn of War series, Darktide, Rogue trader. If we rejected all Warhammer games as “blatant cash grabs” we’d actually be worse off. I’m not saying whatever shooter they’re working on is going to be great or anything of the sorts, but I’m not going to instantly dismiss it because it might be a cash grab. I’ll form that opinion when I’ve actually seen something more than an industry source stating they’re working on a shooter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blizzard reportedly partnering with Arc Raiders owner Nexon to revive StarCraft as a shooter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So you would rather get no Starcraft games than get a Starcraft game that is not an RTS?

  Because I don’t know if you’ve looked at the numbers but RTS is pretty much dead. One of the biggest RTS-s of the past 5 years was a remaster of Age of Mythology and that sold less than a million units. Starcraft 3 would have to sell something like 3 million units at launch and have an estimate of hitting at least 7 million in 2 years, because ActiBliz has certain expectation for sales and those expectations far exceed what Starcraft 2 sold in its entire lifetime. Starcraft would have to sell Diablo numbers.

  I’d be very surprised if we ever saw another mainline Starcraft RTS. I don’t think we’ll be seeing another Warcraft RTS either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You do know that it’s bullshit? Unless they’re incredibly incompetent they’re lying to you. If the data never leaves the client then all the checks are client-side, which means it’s relatively easy (compared to a server side check) to bypass those checks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically speaking the UK is not in the EU. And while technically (I think, it’s not really clear) the royal assent can be denied in practice the last time a bill was refused was over 300 years ago. The royal assent is effectively a formality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Benefit of the doubt" is a very important aspect of a game's success⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, I’m looking at 2 hours, not exactly high.

  Some games don’t need even 2 hours of playtime to see the flaws. It took me a single COD match to understand why I hate that kind of gameplay. Getting to some arbitrary time spent would be time wasted.

  The example is a free game. There’s also a difference between moving on and leaving a negative review

  There are no free games. You still need to invest time and effort into the game. I got Star Wars Outlaws for free. I understood I’m probably not going to enjoy the game before the tutorial was over. I still gave it a shot under the same “benefit of doubt” idea and in hindsight I should’ve just put the game down when I got the first hint that I’m not going to enjoy it, because I probably would’ve given it a more generous evaluation. Instead I ended up with the opinion that the game is a waste of time because playing it was a waste of my time.

  I agree there’s a difference between moving on and leaving a negative review and I think it’s stupid for people to leave negative reviews just to feel like they’re part of some kind of a zeitgeist. But the negative reviews don’t change anything because the reason a game is getting negative reviews is because it’s not a good game. Had Highguard been the new Overwatch it wouldn’t be in the overwhelmingly negative category even if the initial impression of the game was negative. Just look at Doom 2016, prior to launch it ticked all the boxes of being a bad game (development hell, tacked on multiplayer, poor marketing material, no review copies etc) but then it came out and people loved it. I don’t think the benefit of doubt would’ve saved Highguard. It simply would’ve made the trend from a nosedive into a steep slope and the “dead game” claim would just come a few months later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta progression in roguelites was fun for a while, but it's starting to feel unrewarding⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The meta progression in Noita is so meta you don’t even notice it. The meta progression is knowledge, the more you know the easier the game becomes. For example if you don’t already know you don’t need to collect hearts at the holy mountain. If you have full or near full health it’s better to skip the heart, continue exploring and then come back to pick it up when you have low health, because it’s also a full heal. More often than not I completely skip the first two hearts to see what the snowy depths have and then circle back to the mines to heal up on a second comedown.

  But the game is pretty unforgiving so I usually recommend new players pick up tinker with wands and health containers mods from the steam workshop. Honestly tinker with wands should be always active because that perk is downright the best perk in the game, not just because it makes early game easier but because it also reduces pointless backtracking to drag wands into the holy mountain (without triggering the collapse) just so you could make the wand you want. It’s not “how the developer intended” but I consider both mods something of a QoL thing, because if you know what you’re doing then from a certain point onward health becomes effectively irrelevant and eventually you’re going to get the tinker with wands spell. Lack of healing and lack of tinker with wands only makes early game harder, late game you’re going to have other problems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Overwatch 2 Is Just 'Overwatch' Again And Five New Heroes Arrive Next Week⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The reason Hytale exists is and is popular is because outside of exploration (and creative mode) Minecraft kinda sucks. The combat is boring, the enemy variations (including bosses) are pretty limited, the survival element is trivialized within the first hour of the game, the progression is weird (to put it nicely). There’s so much to improve over Minecraft that something like Hytale or Vintage Story (which goes so far in the other direction that a comparison with Minecraft or Hytale becomes pointless) can exist.

  The same isn’t true for Terraria. Terraria has taken its originally simplistic combat and turned it into something relatively deep with different classes all with their own unique twist to combat. The enemy variations are through the roof with not only different types of enemies depending on the biome but also depending on your progression. And the progression is the core of the game. The reason to play is to get good gear to beat a strong boss to get better gear to beat even stronger bosses. And finally there’s variety in building, automation and fishing. Terraria is a far more complete game than Minecraft which is why you’re never going to see the Hytale of Terraria.

  Terraria does its thing so well you can’t just take everything Terraria does and do it better. You can only take things Terraria does well and do something different with it, like Core Keeper, Don’t Starve or Valheim. If you try to take everything Terraria does but do it bigger and better you’re going to end up with Starbound.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Stardew Valley. I don’t know if the game has gotten easier since I first played it or if I know what to plan for but I’m not even done with year 1 and I already have 5 of the 6 community building stars and the last star is stuck behind a crop I can’t access until year 2. This is a stark contrast to my first playthrough where at the end of year 2 I had only 3 of the 6 stars.

  I love how much has been added to game since the 1.0 release, it’s all so seamless I’m having a difficult job telling the new stuff from the old stuff. I’m having a blast but I should’ve taken one the new farm layouts instead of sticking to the original, but I guess I’ll give that a go when I do a modded playthrough.

  The only negative I have is that I wish the controls were improved. It was my biggest criticism at launch and it’s still my biggest issue with the game. Input buffering and remembering the original orientation of the character after certain actions (such as eating) would instantly make the game feel more responsive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel announced plans to start making GPUs, challenging NVIDIA's dominance⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that article was a waste of space. Intel has already stepped into the GPU market with their ARC cards, so at the very least the article should contain a clarification on what the CEO meant.

  And I see people shitting on the arc cards. The cards are not bad. Last time I checked the B580 had performance comparable to the 4060 for half the cost. The hardware is good, it’s simply meant for budget builds. And of course the drivers have been an issue, but drivers can be improved and last time I checked Intel is actually getting better with their drivers. It’s not perfect but we can’t expect perfect. Even the gold standard of drivers, Nvidia, has been slipping in the last year.

  All is to say, I don’t understand the hate. Do we not want competition in the GPU space? Are we supposed to have Nvidia and AMD forever until AMD gives up because it becomes too expensive to compete with Nvidia? I’d like it to be someone else than Intel but as long as the price comes down I don’t care who brings it down.

  And to be clear, if Intels new strategy is keeping the prices as they are I’m all for “fuck Intel”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean there’s nothing preventing them for doing the same thing here. But if we could get a more even split of users between instances it would arguably be harder for them to pull the same thing because a) the admins can intervene and ban those accounts because the admins are not corporate slaves, unless they are in which case b) other instances can just ban the instance that is letting corporations go wild. We’ve already seen that level of “moderation” with Lemmygrad being ostracized from the wider Lemmy/Piefed ecosystem.

  It’s going to require more work from mods and admins, but I imagine we’ll fare better than Reddit. After-all Reddit has an incentive to support this kind of behavior.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not generating any code. You don’t even get a game out of the model, you only get a video of what you played. It’s like an AI video generator except you have control over the camera and character.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even better, it’s Starfield but your character is moving in 4D space and things pop in and out of existence depending on your position in the 4D space. And of course no loading screens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that’s something I didn’t think about before. How would you even release an AI game? It’s just a prompt and the rest is a black box.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because one is completely useless and the other is great at making the illusion of not being completely useless?