idunno, to me the heavy reliance on platforming and metroidvania-style traversal far outweighs any superficial RPG elements in those games. I just get annoyed rather than immersed in the game.

KOTOR. just existing in a Star Wars world and becoming a Jedi. really have no idea why we can’t have another Jedi RPG, do you not like money Disney?

once in a while there are rumors. absolutely not “always”.

there are specific rumors causing it that the article goes into. not saying it’s real, but it’s also not just gamers being bored.

outer wilds

can you link to your privacy policy and/or data collection practices?

I think that makes sense for items of finite/low quantity like eBay. Then you have to make sure your offer is at least reasonable so it beats other offers. But with an unlimited resource like software you don’t have to worry about that.

skyrim, 307 hours

the number of times i add a game to my isthereanydeal list and have no idea wtf it is when i get a sale notification.

does that include a VAT?

so why do we need this app again?

except we know Chinese people have been review bombing other games because BMW didn’t win. Sure doesn’t seem like a joke to them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

there’s an easy fix for that, don’t come anymore.

and what is the benefit? why should I take a 5% CPU hit for an NVIDIA app?

Why does it even need to be using CPU cycles while in a game anyway?

Ridiculous that this is even a discussion.

I mean, the Chinese players aren’t totally wrong, support from sales IS an important metric. Swen definitely should have worded that better. But is that worth a negative review, IDK. This seems to line up with Chinese culture as a whole though, which is usually polar opposite to the West.

rampant capitalism over workers’ desires lines up with Chinese culture?

and shitty health insurance.

this is not huge news.

but also when you rework game mechanics, add content like expansions, etc there will be even more new bugs. it’s a moving target.

are all the bugs ever gone from any game?

to save you a click this is just the announcement for the announcement on dec 10.

oh management speak.

and… instead of getting $60 immediately, they are getting $30 or whatever later. clearly one is better than the other, no?

I think my tastes have remained mostly the same, it’s the industry that is losing me as a customer for two reasons:

1. more and more games now are based on shit that I hate - multiplayer, GaaS, micro transactions, copy and paste gameplay mechanics with new coats of paint, etc.

2. studios that used to make my favorite games have really gone downhill over the last decade, like Bethesda, Bioware, and maybe CDPR (hopefully the cp2077 release was just a fluke but we’ll see).

if it was discounted then they didn’t get as much money.

$2k, jfc.

$249 is 45% more than $172.

This is reddit behavior is what it is.

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Lemmy is meant to be a direct alternative to reddit

There are whole instances without downvote buttons for example.

well this is not one of those instances.

if i was planning to upgrade my rig soon i’d save these games for the new hardware.

if that was the intended layout of lemmy comments they wouldn’t have vote buttons at all.

it’s not about anger, the point of downvoting is to put low effort or other random crap comments below any others that may actually contribute to the topic.

steam says I played Fallout 4 for 436 hours, but that seems very high. not sure if that count is accurate.

are there any 2k games left worth playing?

ok, I was not aware of the coke stuff. even so, it’s possible they’re doing much more of it now than in the past.

difference is now they’re basically product placement, and easily able to hoard by people with money and time to game the system.

it’s not too complicated to give people an elevator pitch. of course there is more detail and nuance to get into (as with with literally everything), but it’s not needed to get the general point across.

Well the general idea of federation is not the same as “fediverse”. most “fediverse” sites are FOSS which is the main selling point in my opinion. They cannot be sold and do not rely on ad income (and thus preying on people’s cognitive weaknesses with algorithms) to operate. Federation is an added bonus on top of that which allows you to set up your own instance if you want.

Sure meta could make a federated service of some kind (like bluesky has done), but without being FOSS there’s always the high likelihood of enshittification.

elon musk bought twitter and turned it to shit. elon (or someone else) could do that with Bluesky too, but can’t with Mastodon.

maybe not your mother, but anyone who left twitter recently (because musk) should understand. that’s who we are talking about.