Alright, adult.

I’m sorry that you just take what Papa Activison says you have to take. Poor guy.

I didn’t choose it and neither did you. You had this forced on you and you were like “yes, daddy more” because people don’t have the stones to say no with their wallets. You won’t give up your Diablo IV Season Pass trinket pack with 666 Devil Coins and a new Overwatch “Dablo” skin for Moira. You’re out of your depth.

When you’re so young you forget that it wasn’t required to complete the game, it was a one time purchase and it often came with some sweet swag.

It’s hard to take seriously because people don’t like their hobbies and interests being scrutinized.

I’m not going to argue about this anymore. It’s one of those things where the hobby I used to enjoy is no longer for me. It’s for you kids to buy your V Bucks and season passes at an ever increasing price. Let the publishers know you love giving them more and more money for beta software wrapped in a new Peter Griffin skin!

Ok, bud.

I didn’t miss the point. You’re talking about free games that live on mtx and ads… That’s the problem. There shouldn’t be games that function that way, and the fact that you’re using that as some gotcha talking point just proves how normalized they are. They’re predatory.

FFVII for PS1 didn’t need a server. There were no mtx or post to social media buttons or pay walled content crap, just a game you paid for and played. It didn’t need to always be online or require a secondary launcher.

Fast-forward and here we are with profitability being the most important aspect of gaming. Sucking every tiny bit of money and attention away from competing games that do the same thing. Character licensing fees and in game ads literally everywhere. Single player experiences requiring online components so that even though you aren’t directly participating in the mtx system the companies you buy from are still mining your usage data and selling it off to third parties. Mtx and ads and all that are just how gaming is now. Younger adult gamers have a pretty big role in his this had turned out. Instead of saying no to these types of games, they were just like ‘meh I like posting $5 for horse armor…’ and that’s all it took.

Downvote away. I’m right though.

I disagree. Just you saying mtx can be fair is proof that younger gamers are just used to them being in the game. They shouldn’t exist. Period.

You’re getting a lot of downvotes because Lemmy members game and don’t like it when the things they like are talked about negatively.

Alright.

Is that not greed? He holds on to his money and puts them in places that can’t be taxed. Speaking of taxes, he doesn’t pay his fair share by far. Are these not examples of greed? People are poor. Social systems are failing. These billionaires, even the ones people seem to like such as Gaben and Taylor Swift, are just holding wealth. They’re like dragons lording over piles of gold.

The best turd is still a turd.

Human nature? You think greed is just part of human nature? That’s disheartening.

Careful… You’ll get downvoted for knowing that info.

Does that mean you think it’s ok Gabe has multiple yachts?

Gaben has the best PR of any billionaire. People think he and his company aren’t just as shitty as any other multi yacht owning billionaire and profit machine company out there.

Did the Stardew valley guy use AI to make his game?

I don’t have to. You did all the heavy lifting with that turd of a comment.

alessandro, chill with the spam. Jesus Christ.

This is one of the dumbest takes I’ve ever read. I mean that. You should feel bad for this. I know you won’t, but you should.

It needed regulating before it started being trained on other people’s work without consent.

I genuinely don’t get you guys that are “for” AI. I assume it has something to do with your jobs not being replaceable with AI or you’re jealous of artists… I don’t know.

What’s the difference? An indie studio using AI means a real human won’t have a job. Plus all the copyrighted work that trained the AIs to begin with puts anyone that uses it in the wrong.

Hey, Dehydrated. I really wish you wouldn’t spam the same article in 20 places a few seconds apart.

It’s one of the greatest games on the SNES. Enjoy.

Did you know that Gabe Newell is a billionaire with multiple yachts? He’s an awful capitalist that gamers are ok with because of good PR. He’s no different than any other wealth hoarding asshole. Any of these sudden seeming changes to how valve operates is on brand and expected. Money>everything.

Tell this to artists losing work because AI can generate professional looking work in seconds for free.

Unfortunately AI’s impact is real. This isn’t a hype thing; this is a people losing their jobs thing

Engineers don’t make those kinds of decisions.

So you can’t have a good character or story unless it’s centered around whether the character is a man or a woman? You’re gonna lose your mind when you hear about aliens, robots and other non sexed characters.

The least important part of a character is their sex.

Stop using Twitter. Problem solved.

Well good on you for not caring about load times, but for FF16 that 6TB won’t cut it. Moving forward platter drives will only be useful for storage, hell I’d argue that’s how it is now.

Linux is waiting, you guys.

You run programs or operating systems off that 10 TB HDD?

So erring on the side of caution is wrong? I should go out and buy a $200 phone with the same specs as a $1200 phone and just think I got a great deal? C’mon, bud.

They do?

Oh sure. But also a rugged individualism and going against the grain attitude would also be a means of controlling what you buy.

Marketing being the most powerful and arguably the most evil thing ever created by humans can do just about anything in making someone act or believe a thing.

I mean somewhat, yeah. I also don’t like the idea of my own government having access to my electronics either, but companies like Huawei have been caught having them in their devices. In the US I can put something like GrapheneOS on my phone and at least hope it’s more secure.