It’s roughly the same for BG3, technically an independent indie studio but also one of the most massive production teams on any game.

IMO indie studios aren’t studios without a publisher anymore, if anything a lot of studios with publishers are more indie than many studios without. Reminds me of decades ago and people calling Blizzard an indie studio before the Activision merger.

I think there’s more to it as well as every tool or technology has had an impact on human labor. A lot of the complaints against AI I have found are complaints about capitalism.

But on topic of the post I think noting when AI is used is good just like I’d like to know when it’s a picture of a painting or an actual painting being sold.

Hmmm let me just look at the title of this post. Oh yeah. PC at PC price. Holy shit no way.

None of them are comparable to the Steam Machine as it’s not a console. I’m just saying $650 is pretty average console pricing now.

You stated incorrect information then doubled down that your incorrect information was true till finally actually looking it up to then assert that out of 3 consoles $500, $650, and $750 that $650 is not console pricing. So yes, $650 is console pricing, what’re you gonna do tell me I’m wrong again because you have some strong feelings?

No, the disc driveless PS5 is $500. I’m looking at it right now on the playstation website. The PS5 Pro is $750.

$650 is console pricing now. You don’t have to like it but that is the reality.

The Xbox Series X is $650 and the PS5 is $500.

While I agree it is cheaper to build your own it also wont be as small as the Steam Machine.

It’s just that Valve has made a point that it will be priced like a PC, if it is priced like a PC then $650 is far too close to current console pricing. I want to be wrong here, I want it to be cheap and really push Linux into the mainstream. I’m just far too cynical and I expect it to be the most pointless product until proven otherwise.

Plus those Cyberpower PC’s have to factor in a Windows license into the cost.

Honestly, the Steam Machine needs to be less than $800 to be viable.

Damn, you connected to the internet via a phone line? because you’re spitting straight fax.

Why would you need a bailout if you’re losing? Seems like it would be better to copy China and nurture successful industry growth instead of constantly bailing out the failures.

Do you like Jazz?

I’m not sure if they can anymore. Civ 7 broke me on how it shoe-horned in systems to make money that ultimately broke what was a tried and tested formula.

I think it should be taken a bit further and just don’t buy anything from 2K if you can.

I fucking wish

I just hope all the developers unionize. Microsoft is such a diverse company it’s nearly impossible to boycott into any type of pressure. If firing one group could cause another team to strike it might at least slow them down.

Really, what don’t those people melt down over. They’re reactionaries, they by essence have to melt down over everything.

It doesn’t really matter as a PC does so much more than play games. It’s like arguing that a Nintendo Switch is cheaper than an a flagship smartphone. Ok, have fun trying to file your taxes, run blender, write code, browse the web, or backup media on your playstation.

I wasn’t just talking about blockage but also servers being taken down physically or via ISP. I don’t think I’m nearly as well versed in Signal as you are to go into depth of how it circumvents blockage via protocols but I assume they don’t decentralize their hosts.

It makes a difference in that you have to play perpetual whack-a-mole not only with VPN’s but with hosting servers.