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I think this article is sensationalizing the situation a bit. It could be $700 (if you already have a case, hdds, psu, and cooling on hand.)
But really comes down to your desired resolution and frame rate. I know plenty of people who are fine with 1080p and 60fps.
1440, 2160 120 is another story. The higher end gpu would likely require a slightly higher tier PSU and more efficient cooling which could add a few bucks to the GPU and CPU investment.
I recommend checking out PC part picker to see what your ideal components would shake out to.
The headline kinda softens how bad it really is,
“Games revenue, under the WB Games division, dropped 41% year-over-year. Though Suicide Squad’s struggles were the main culprit, it was admittedly up against stiff competition: last year’s comparable included strong sales of Hogwarts Legacy, which launched in February of 2023 and continued to do exceedingly well throughout the year that followed. It (sold 22 million copies in 2023 alone), and has since reached 24 million.”
- Real-Time Strategy Fest: January 20 – 27
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- Steam Next Fest: February Edition: February 24 – March 3
- Visual Novel Fest: March 3 – 10
- Steam Spring Sale: March 13 – 20
- City Builder & Colony Sim Fest: March 24 – 31
- Sokoban Fest: April 21 – 28
- Wargames Fest: April 28 – May 5
- Creature Collector Fest: May 12 – May 19
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So they’re essentially charging double for season pass by splitting it into two season halves. Player are right to be upset, that’s just greedy.
Yet the article goes on to say, “In short, the news has hardly gone over well, and if you check out Apex Legends’ Steam page right now, its recent reviews have fallen to “Overwhelmingly Negative,” a distinction reserved for either the absolute worst games or the targets of Steam bombings. The latter happens to be the case here.”
Please explain to me how this is “review bombing”.
“Check out the confirmed list of countries that are technically restricted from purchasing the game due to its PSN account requirement (these countries officially isn’t supported by PSN).”
I thought they came out and specifically said it didn’t have these requirements after the helldivers stuff.
edit: I see it’s for the multiplayer sections and I do recall the prior announcements being about no PSN required for single player.
exactly