I mean, he’s said before that shitty code doesn’t make for a good or bad game. He gave examples of lots of successful games that have “bad” code and that it doesn’t matter and people should just make games.

Was funny when they said they needed more original games like Hi Fi rush after firing the people that made Hi Fi rush.

All very good questions. If a lot of these are software updates … I was genuinely hoping they would go back and make it easier for those with the earlier handhelds. I bought my friend’s kid a ROG Ally (not an X) and it’d be nice if they got some of these benefits too.

I’m dubious until I see benchmarks from Steve, Linus, Dave2D? I think most of the videos that have been out have been what they’ve advertised/marketing rather than independent testing.

Sorry you’re getting downvoted too much. I mean, the joke is that Lemmy is all about Linux so it gonna be bad, but I didn’t think this much :P

I’m kinda excited too? Kind of?

Like this isn’t for me. I’m more of a Steam Deck guy.

If this lives up to the MS Marketing BS, this would be a handheld that I’d buy for a friend or I’d recommend a friend to buy.

I think they’re supporting “suspend” and other OS/software improvements so it feels more like an xbox handheld and has optimizations for battery and performance. They’re also introducing updating the microsoft store to have a “steam deck” compatible – like system with caveats and stuff.

If you own an Xbox series X or whatever they have now, you can stream seamlessly and stuff.

I really want to root for Nintendo but they make it hard.

Opening up my steam library from a console was such a big WTF moment and then being able to suspend games was so mind-blowing.

It’s still not that beefy for triple-A but I’m considering getting GeForce Now running on it.

What’s the news on Epic? I definitely OOTL.

I don’t use their store much. Except sometimes I think through the Steam launcher?

Reminds me of the Wadsworth Constant: https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/the-wadsworth-constant/ from back in the day.

Far better than most but Valve has some controversy with gambling and CS and stuff

I dunno, I heard about the history of Bungie and what Pete Parsons did to the company. There should be no surprise. He destroyed it and Marathon is just another indicator it seems.

I feel bad for the artist and hope they get more than just “exposure” after this.

I think Playable has a bit of a wider range. Verified means it can play optimally out of the box.

Playable means that there may need to be some tweaking. Maybe performance issues, maybe text too small to read on the screen, maybe input issues that require a keyboard/mouse. It varies from game-to-game.

I’ve played quite a few games that were “Playable” that I’ve had no issues with, personally. Others which I just couldn’t be bothered to get working correctly :P Most of the time there’s more information on each game and what these issues are.

Love Steve. He’s done some really hard hitting pieces.

it seems I’ve bought it too. Not gonna lie, after reading the description… I have no idea what I’m getting into.

I will buy indie games at full price, thank you very much.

First thing I did when I bought mine was to open up my Steam Deck and put in a new hard drive.

Most difficult thing was some of the screws felt over-tightened.

That was about it to be honest. I also heard the battery glue is really strong so I’m not looking forward to that in the future for me.

The Internet is quite segregated sometimes. I have a friend who is an “influencer” and sometimes brags to me about another influencer they’ve met up with. I’m like,

“sorry I’ve never heard of them”

“but they’ve had X number of followers and were really big on YouTube!”

“…” 🤷‍♂️

I loved the video. It’s very obviously taking the piss but I think this has been a sore spot to many Lemmy users that the humour isn’t gonna hit.

More on the Liberty Phone

https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4305815/why-i-wont-be-buying-purisms-librem-liberty-smartphone-even-though-i-love-the-idea

Besides the absurd cost ($1,999) for the terrible specs. It seems they’re hiding where they’re sourcing certain components like you said like the CPU, GPU,

Oh shit. Actually I completely forgot about that. I really didn’t like his takes on that …

I think he was arguing that it was going to be hugely costly to the developer to keep games running after the fact and how difficult it was going to be. I really wanted to give him a fair shake but it really did feel full of straw man stuff because the stopkillinggames stuff wasn’t really about that.

Oh I dunno, I avoid a lot of drama and just watch his takes on YouTube. Didn’t realize Lemmy really hated this guy (deserved or not).

It’s a shame he reacted that way to you, not cool just deleting the discussion.

[edit] to the downvoters *to this current comment *… on the original post it’s fine but for this specific one go fuck yourself, have a horrible day [/edit]

They tried doing something that would have fit with Windows 8 and they ROYALLY screwed that up.

I don’t know how you don’t think about how people that use Windows Server and how they have difficulties reaching the start menu. Seriously, trying to go into the top left or side with your mouse makes no sense. They have so many project managers, QA and process and somehow they screwed up that hard.

I see a lot of downvotes from people. Listen, it’s okay to disagree and we can have discussions about it. None of the comments so far are offensive or anything. Tell these people why you disagree.

I mean, I played Firewatch. It’s part suspense and mystery but I felt there was a possible romance angle there that is hard to deny. You can make it platonic and straightforward but I remember feeling quite connected to the person on the other line.

Then again, I’m twice the age of a “teen” so I don’t know if it fits.

Yeah … I mean why not keep going with other things to R&D? The game industry is apparently full of these types of shenanigans.

It’s a what-now?

I quite liked the Kinect btw.

I heard they invested a lot into Unknown 9 and it turned out to be a dud.

Me pretending to care about David Sacks claim:

lol no worries, my comment came off as arrogant so it’d be deserved. Reserving judgment is good and something I some practice more as well.

Yeah you’re absolutely right in terms of concept. I mean if you dig into my example, Suicide Squad could have been a good live-action shooter as well. Marvel Rivals is cooking right now.

I think my initial impression was switching a single-player studio over, but I lost that message in my reply. I also think it could be fun to take down mechs together as a team.

Just pulling it out of my ass, I didn’t think I see the appetite and if it’s not there then we could be left with a lackluster game.

I’m a big Horizon fan. Although I need to try Monster Hunter, my friends love it.

Oh, I didn’t mean this-therefore-that … I was trying to say that these two games in my experience having enjoyed the single-player, I think would have failed in the multiplayer realm as the desire doesn’t seem to be there. I’m certain there are examples in the opposite direction.

The IP “could” make sense as the gameplay goes for a very fetch questy type of mechanic and the land is vast and they could expand the lore.

I was just assuming (out of my ass) that these successful single-player story driven games are “forced” to do multiplayer games for cash grabs.

Albeit Blizzard did it for WarCraft, but I always saw Blizzard differently in this regard as it seemed like they had (very much past tense) the desire to do so.

Once again, all assumptions. I’m wrong, often am.

Yes, I’m in my 40s … I think at the time most people wanted an MMO of that RTS game.

I don’t see the parallel between that and the lore of the single player story-driven Horizon Zero Dawn but hey, maybe I’m wrong and a Horizon MMO was gonna do gang-busters.

But it worked so well with the multiplayer shooter Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League by Rocksteady Studios! /s

I know it’s not an MMO but there’s parallels there

I love the Horizon games (didn’t play the Lego version though) and it’s similar to the Batman games but don’t have any interest in an MMO or Live Action Shooter for them.

I almost bought Diablo 4 a few times but remembered who the company was. The Overwatch 2 fiasco made me avoid joining in. WC3 Remake was a disaster …

After hearing about Bobby Kotick (sp?) the prick CEO who destroyed the company to completely enrich himself and hearing stories from Thor (PirateSoftware) about Blizzard it makes me never want to support them ever.

Makes me sad because I remember a time where I was such a champion of Blizzard. I just knew any game they had was solid back then.

Reminds me of when Apple price the iPhone X at $1,000. Set the standard.

Yeah I think I can invite people if you want to send me your steam handle.

I’m playing it, I really enjoy it and I never played Overwatch. I was and am still a Heroes of the Storm player, which is fun and I like.

I think at the end of the day it’s just fun. 6v6 and you get to mess with your ults. There’s characters that you don’t need good aim for and need to be strategic instead. You can also go ham like Wolverine, Iron Fist and Cap. It’s just fun to dive in and go for it. There’s only three classes: tank, DPs and healer or Vanguard, Duelist and Strategist. You’ll pick it up quickly and the help menu is just F1 so you can read about the abilities at any point.

If you prefer a third person game that’s more MOBA, there’s Deadlock. It has multiple lanes and minions to push. Marvel Rivals is more like ARAM and people using their ults to do insane cheating-like moves.

lol let me be clear, I’d be upset if I get thrown in too and I’ve been on losing streaks as well where I just couldn’t get it going for one reason or another.

I guess it does make sense from their perspective for player retention? But I agree with your guys sentiment overall, I would have hoped they’d not opt people with a certain number of hours into this.

I figured it was to get some practice rather than a morale boost.

Like the article says, it does mess with stats but it is only for Quick Play rather than ranked though.

I’d like to think they provide a useful service. “useful” as in entertaining and a sense of community. They get things wrong but I’d like to think that they try and in the “churn” of making videos and running a company you screw up every now and again.

I haven’t watched an LTT video in a while though. I just hate their thumbnails (I get the algorithm forces them) but over time I think their content just isn’t for me, but I can see why others would.

ooo I didn’t know that, due to my carpal tunnel and finger problems I’ve been leaning towards more controller based games and I thought PoE2 wouldn’t be like that … maybe I’ll try it in early access this holiday season.