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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader dev Owlcat comes out swinging in support of Stop Killing Games: 'Every player deserves lasting access to what they’ve paid for'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Dammit. Always a catch after all… ;-;

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨discord⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Love it or hate it, this is exactly why PayPal is good for online transactions. You can just sever it off entirely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader dev Owlcat comes out swinging in support of Stop Killing Games: 'Every player deserves lasting access to what they’ve paid for'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  All Warhammer game devs try not to be based challenge (impossible)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women are anonymously spilling tea about men in their cities on viral app⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Saw that coming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft concedes that 'The Outer Worlds 2' retail price was too high — Xbox says it "will keep our full priced holiday releases at $69.99," with refunds incoming⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  And then the next storefront or launcher will come along. Or GOG/Epic start making moves that appeal to a wider demographic. Or indies publish on their own sites (Vintage Story). Or someone releases a simplistic cracking tool for steam gamers.

  There’s a lot more options than you think for those who aren’t happy with the status quo. Going back full circle, on consoles, you are SOL in that situation. PC never had that issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elder Scrolls Online devs detail “inhumane” Microsoft layoffs as Xbox expects the “carcass of workers” to “keep shipping award-winning games”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I suppose, sorry. I meant your progress that was meant to last forever being dragged out from under you (server shutdown). I guess rugpull might be more for something like scams.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elder Scrolls Online devs detail “inhumane” Microsoft layoffs as Xbox expects the “carcass of workers” to “keep shipping award-winning games”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually, some talented people have managed to make locally/community hosted WoW a thing, so at least you have that backup plan :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft concedes that 'The Outer Worlds 2' retail price was too high — Xbox says it "will keep our full priced holiday releases at $69.99," with refunds incoming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought the outer worlds for $10 on a steam summer sale. The list price and the price a customer pays tends to be much lower on PC (many wishlist and wait), and piracy is an option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft concedes that 'The Outer Worlds 2' retail price was too high — Xbox says it "will keep our full priced holiday releases at $69.99," with refunds incoming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How’s Brazilian regional pricing doing so far? I heard some countries are getting the short end of the stick now because of some users VPN routing to another country for deals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft concedes that 'The Outer Worlds 2' retail price was too high — Xbox says it "will keep our full priced holiday releases at $69.99," with refunds incoming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m referring to that consoles can set the price period. You don’t have another marketplace (except for the used physical market, if you console supports it) to acquire first or third party games. Therefore, those who own the market can set the price as high as they’d like.

  I remember when console prices were standardized at 60 USD during the 7th generation. On steam I’ve never paid more than 40.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨facebook marketplace⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah bo3 zombies is alright

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The company behind Candy Crush is preparing to lay off around 200 employees amid a push to replace designers, researchers, and creative staff with AI.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft concedes that 'The Outer Worlds 2' retail price was too high — Xbox says it "will keep our full priced holiday releases at $69.99," with refunds incoming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Consoles are a walled garden - the only reason they can do what they do is because of the lack of options for the customer to use their hardware.

  PCs are the only gaming platform (apart from perhaps smartphones) that have an open framework untouchable by publishers or game platforms. You don’t have to publish with Sony and Microsoft, and the majority don’t.

  Unless your console has homebrew, you will always be screwed by the platform holder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elder Scrolls Online devs detail “inhumane” Microsoft layoffs as Xbox expects the “carcass of workers” to “keep shipping award-winning games”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I never really trusted any sort of MMORPG that wasnt able to be community hosted with my time. It always ends up being a rugpull.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's dangerous to go alone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  AI slop? Text looks very non-uniform, link’s name is misspelled, and the camera foreground/background focus doesn’t make sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan using generative AI less than other countries⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Shorter term: less investments in the speculative industry casino of AI

  Longer term: A less brainrotted workforce

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PAPERS, PLEASE - The Short Film⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s definitely fair, but there is the argument that the largest source of change for major powers is through harming their economies.

  Sort of like, I like the artistry from this person from X nation, but by giving them money, I am indirectly helping fuel the economy of X nation, therefore giving their goverment less incentive to change existing behavior.

  The problem is that in order to achieve that collective impact, a whole lot of innocent parties who have no support for or active hostility for the existing regime are also badly impacted. Usually individuals will greatly suffer before the political or structural systems will ever change.

  So it’s a bit of a bind. Support Russian media, comes with the side effect of supporting the Russian regime, at least indirectly from their income flowing into taxes. End of the day, it’s a choice to make.