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Interesting, does that mean there is just one primary account and to be part of a family group with it you essentially can’t have your own account or purchases?



Because if they don’t then you can essentially just give a game away, and that means less sales


How would you make it so you can only share games with your family? As in what technical definition of “family” would you use that can’t include your friends?


Sounds like it’s no more DRM than the limits of a physical cartridge, right?


Brand new account immediately starts spamming about cryptocurrency “games”? Seems legit.



If you’re wanting to build a game, do it for you and not someone else. It’s going to be a difficult and thankless task, so make sure that you are enjoying the process!



what other game can you accelerate to literal infinity and beyond by simply driving backwards

Watch GDQ, turns out quite a lot of games!


My personal hypothesis is that everyone likes online multiplayer initially because it’s pretty cool, then you get bored it when you realise playing with angry randos is no fun. It’s not that a younger generation prefers online multiplayer, it’s that they haven’t got sick of it yet!



Actual answer:

The data shows that from January 2024 to December 2024, 67% of player hours on PC were spent on a game that was six or more years old. A further 25% of player hours were spent on games that were two to five years old, and the remaining 8% of time was spent on games that are less than two years old.

Sample:

The results are extrapolated from a yearly in-depth survey of 73,000 players, alongside data from over 10,000 games


Mario vs Rabbids is how you trick kids into playing XCOM, great game!


Apart from the bait title it’s a reasonable article. If they’d have called it “Six things Microsoft need to do for their portable Xbox to compete with the Steam Deck” it could have had exactly the same content.



I think this is a bit of a harsh review; “not as good a puzzle as Portal” and “not as funny as the Stanley Parable” are like criticising an indie film release for not being as good as Lord of the Rings!

It’s a short puzzle game with an interesting unique concept and a few hidden secrets, I don’t think it’s trying to be funny or revolutionary.


The quick check is to search for a game on Proton DB and see how well it runs (usually pretty well!)


People are people; I feel we’ve generally got quite a good vibe going on so don’t let the grumps bring you down!


Absolutely. If all you care about is the win at the end then maybe you don’t actually enjoy the game, you just enjoy dopamine.


The Last of Us was one of the most disappointing and dull games I’ve every played. Over-hype definitely didn’t help, but it looked brown and dreary, seemed to mainly involve walking around waiting for press X to do thing to appear on screen, and threw plot at me when I actually wanted to play a game.


Lol fair point. A couple of the newer characters I remember being easier too, Aria is impossible though.


Bard is good for learning the mechanics at a slow pace (if I remember correctly, it’s been a while!)





I also tried loading it on my laptop and it just stuck on the coloured horizontal lines


Seems to run fine on my phone

Actually you’re right, it runs but it doesn’t seem very playable!


See the tweet from Balatro’s developer:

Since PEGI gave us an 18+ rating for having evil playing cards maybe I should add microtransactions/loot boxes/real gambling to lower that rating to 3+ like EA sports FC


I don’t think the Sega Saturn was particularly popular with neonazis


I guess they really did learn from the WiiU!


I don’t think Nintendo have ever done a Console 2 before though. I was hoping for Super Switch but as ever Nintendo absolutely refuse to be predictable!





Key quote:

Microsoft is looking at combining Xbox and Windows experiences together — and that we should see changes this very year, rather than needing to wait for an Xbox handheld that might still be years away

So there probably will be an xbox handheld, but don’t hold your breath. In the meantime they actually are a little worried about how much SteamOS is showing Windows up.


The ones on Lemmy are pretty good!


Running x64 Windows games on x64 Linux with Proton is way easier than running x64 binaries on arm. That said, Apple have managed it so maybe one day!



It’s crazy how many full games you can play for free nowadays, I claim them way faster than I can play them!


Itch.io is also having a summer sale (including a lot of freebies)
We're all well aware of Steam's summer sales, but don't forget that indie storefront itch.io also has a lot of games on sale this week. I've linked to my post in [email protected] which covers 22 games that are currently completely free, but you can browse their [games on sale](https://itch.io/games/on-sale) page directly for a huge number of indies (of varying quality!)
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Itch.io is also having a summer sale (including a lot of freebies)

Super Mario Maker is shutting down, how should I prepare?
Alas, the live service, bane of the patient gamer. I picked up the original Super Mario Maker on WiiU for cheap a few years ago but haven't really played it much (who knew that professional level designers are better at designing fun levels than internet randos?), but apparently its servers are being shut down on 8th April. (This has apparently been announced for a while but I only discovered it from [recent articles](https://www.gamespew.com/2024/03/wii-u-super-mario-maker-fans-have-just-23-days-to-beat-its-last-level/) about players trying to beat every level!) Does anyone know if there's any way to mass-download levels before the servers go offline? Is it just a case of manually downloading all the top levels one by one? Should I just play it intensely for two weeks assuming it'll then be reduced to the default levels regardless? Are there third-party tools to download levels on Cemu instead?
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Anti-doom-and-gloom post
I was writing this out on my local [email protected] and realised I was basically making a patient gamers post, so here's a copy and paste: Despite everything you might read from gaming journos about corporate greed destroying the gaming industry I still think it's an amazing time to be into video games. I'm absolutely spoiled for choice with games to play and I think it's just down to not caring about online multiplayer or getting caught up in marketing hype. You don't have to pay through the nose to buy a fancy machine to play half-finished blockbusters, there are *decades* of classics that you can still play. Borrow a friend's old console and play some old games-of-the-year, find some random classics on Humble Bundle or GOG, see what random freebies I've posted in [email protected], stick an emulator on your phone or find one that runs in a web browser. Example: I played Metroid Prime after seeing a Lemmy post talking about. I could either: * Dig out a GameCube or buy a Wii on eBay for £5 and find a copy of the game at CEX if I fancy the retro experience * Buy the remastered Switch version if I fancied splashing out * Just pirate a ROM if I feel rebellious * Dump my own ROM and play it on PrimeHack if I feel like tinkering This is just one example of a great game that passed me by, there are thousands of others out there. We have a crazy amount of choice not only of what to play but how we choose to play it. The bittersweet part is that this could all change so enjoy it while you can!
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I've just replayed Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, and I think this video sums up quite well why 2 wasn't *quite* as good as the original. It's more than it just being more of an expansion than a sequel, it's the little bits that make it feel a bit more special.
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I’ve created a community for free game offers
Hello fellow patient gamers, this is a cheeky self-plug for [email protected], a community I've created to post limited-time full-game free giveaways. The reward for being patient is that sometimes you get freebies; post them here if you spot them first, or comment to say whether it's a must play for everyone or if zero cost is still too expensive!
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Hello fellow patient gamers, this is a cheeky self-plug for [email protected], a community I've created to post limited-time full-game free giveaways. The reward for being patient is that sometimes you get freebies; post them here if you spot them first, or comment to say whether it's a must play for everyone or if zero cost is still too expensive!
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