Syncthing?

That’s really cool that he’s happy with what he’s got. Something that us adults should really learn from.

On the one hand, I agree that consoles get less relevant and important with each new generation. On the other hand, Netflix gaming isn’t what kids care about. Most kids I know play Roblox, minecraft and fortnite on underpowered PCs.

They don’t care about the new GPU launches either because even average home PCs play these games.

Hard agree. Games have looked really good for a decade. Super high fidelity graphics means super expensive development, which these days also means that the game design is geared towards anti-consumer monetisation and safe bets in terms of proven gameplay formulas.

It’s so much better just to hold onto the card that you have and enjoy the hundreds of good games that released in the past + Indies that actually innovate on gameplay.

Please be real…

Or just $5 million dollars would do it: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-gold-card-eb5-visa-5-million-immigration-oligarch-cbs-news-explains/

It’s still going to sell really well even if it’s just pretty Skyrim.

“Game preservationists have long argued that a move to a digital-only future will cause games to be lost forever if proper preservation measures aren’t put in place.”

Unfortunately, even physical game discs so often don’t contain the full game files and requires access to servers in order to download and access the game. No longer is buying physical the answer to the game preservation problem.

I’ve not heard of Zachtronics, but love puzzle games. Do you have a recommended one of theirs?

Edit: thanks everyone!

DRM-free is the biggest positive of GOG. Steam Family Sharing recently has been just so pro-consumer as well though. I gave my mate my old steam deck after getting the OLED deck, and he’s now got a library of 200+ games right out the gate.

I’ve got half a mind to buy on GOG instead, just to get some more assurances around access in the distant future when Gabe passes. Steam just provides such a better service with controller support and the reviews though.

From EA? Interesting

Great, I’m sure localthunk got a packet for that because Balatro obviously sells really well. Glad to see more people are able to experience it.

This is why I’m unconvinced when people make the argument that “the PvP hero shooter market is just too saturated” when a game like Concord flops.

The Chinese gaming market is really heating up it seems.

The real cost of Ubisoft games is your time

The moguri mod fixes some of the biggest issues with 9 and upscales the backgrounds. That’s our remaster right there.

Damn I should quickly get a copy of this before it’s too late. Thanks Sony.

That was the case for me when I got my PS5, I had to manually set the PS5 to being the primary, even though I didn’t even own the PS4 any more.

Yeah I was thinking about that. Maybe with Saturdays, you might say they are 50% of the weekend (which may be the only time that matters), meaning £1.15 should be refunded lol

PS4 may still be your primary console.

Oh yes, some people did recognise that the arm gesture in question may have been used by the Romans. Very neutral, we all know the Romans were around a long time ago, so…

How good does Doom run! It is incredibly well optimised. My steam deck was getting a solid 60fps on medium settings from memory.

Oh, I thought Fable was getting released sometime later this year. Google suggests as much.

I had a game pass sub a couple of years ago and quit it because the games that I wanted to play quickly ran out. I had a sub for a month until a few days ago and I must say game pass is in a way better place than it used to be.

Nine Sols, Kunitsu Gami, Cocoon, Chants of Senaar and black ops 6 campaign were all unexpectedly good experiences.

Black Ops 6 and Indiana Jones released in this measured quarter. Mainly COD pulling these numbers up.

30% is huge though. I think with game pass, keeping those subscribers means adding more high quality games at a good cadence. Doom the dark ages, Avowed, Fable releasing this year might be a part of this strategy.

I thought that was pretty weird. The camera pan range should be double to triple what they are.

Lol at 20 million. That’s like me paying 20 dollars

Yeah, I have a sub atm while I work through some games. It’s in a good place right now (compared to a couple of years ago), but I’ll probably drop it in a month or two.

10 years ago now :O

You could add them to your steam family to give them access to your library?

Otherwise, seeing as he’s played a lot of console games, maybe an RTS would be a good option? Something where kB+m is a better controller layout.

I bought Alan Wake 2, and glad I did. Accidentally decided to buy Red Dead redemption 2 on there because of a discount code making it much cheaper than steam a couple of years ago.

Huge mistake. I added it as a non-steam game so now to launch Red Dead redemption 2. I need to launch steam which then launches epic which then launches Rockstar Games launcher which then launches the game.

Thanks!

I remember that clip of the dude parrying a nuke, can’t remember the game but it stuck with me.

Crazy. The benchmark for age ratings should be based in the game design, not solely aesthetics. Balatro doesn’t tell you to enter your credit card details and use psychologically manipulative tactics to maximise player spend, like other games good for ages 3+.

Of course, then PEGI would need to do some actual research into the games they’re rating.

It’s an indication to the industry about how successful their IP has been.

Companies live and die because of sales, and to know how much something has sold is usually a pretty good indication that we will see more of it, or not.

SkillUp alleged that apparently the devs giving Troy Baker VA direction told him to sound a little less like Ford, potentially for copyright reasons.

Maybe! There’s much bigger spaces in this one, more assets to load etc. Recommended specs are an RTX 2060 for 1080p 30fps low settings. I would say the steam deck sits around there?

Oh man I’m very impressed with it. First “console” in many years that I’ve been really really happy with.

It’s surprisingly capable hardware. Doom External was running at solid 60FPS on medium or high settings (can’t remember) for me. Sure, it’s a very well optimised game, but it’s a real looker too.

I still have windows for VR. Maybe there’s a solution, but VR is enough of a hassle. I’m glad I’ve still got the windows drive around in that sense