I suspect translation later for ARM will be industry shaking
Anon is a fan of GabeN
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Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I was not given a refund when MHW launched on PC in a broken, framelocked, constantly disconnecting state.
I tried and I was not granted one.
diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
It seems like everyone has already forgotten how he introduced gambling to kids.
shneancy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
nahhh, lootboxes existed before CS:GO or TF2. and neither was supposed to be for kids in the first place! card games like MTG were one of the first mass created to use those mechanics
you know what was supposed to be for kids, had (& still has) lootboxes galore and other predatory monetisation tactics? Wizard101 (2008)
i don’t see many people complaining about MtG or Wizard101, but folks love to point out how Gaben did a bad thing by taking something that was already a concept (that people liked) and making it digital, whereby he accidentally created something he could never uncreate
audible_obituary@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I have to disagree. Loot boxes definitely existed before CS:GO and TF2, but Valve has still been really predatory about it, dodging regulation and refusing to seriously address the issues in CS for years now. The recent update they did that cut down the CS market was a step in the right direction but far too late imo.
festnt@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
both tf2 and cs aren’t games for kids. if the kids’ parents let them play those games and spend real money on them, that’s the parents’ fault for letting their kids do that.
wander1236@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Unfortunately gaming might already be dead with these RAM prices and Micron giving up on the consumer space. Unless Valve wants to start buying chips wholesale and selling DIMM and SODIMM modules.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Eh, ram prices will drop again when the ai bubble bursts
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
Talks about AI bubble burst been there a long time. I sure hope it will happen tomorrow, but I really wouldn’t put my bets on that happening any time soon.
Euler_eix@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Totally untrue that they will replace faulty hardware. Was one of the first people to buy the Index. After a year the headset just stopped displaying any video.
Tried everything to fix. Even reached out asking for hardware documentation so I could fix it myself. They don’t provide the documentation ane they refused to fix or replace the headset.
Basically stole $1500 from me.
Everyone is excited to buy the new VR headset they are making but I’m steering clear.
aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
You must have gotten a bad rep or something. I had a very similar situation, first with a lighthouse and then the headset itself. They replaced both free of charge, only asked that I send the broken ones back both times. Even sent me free shipping labels.
Euler_eix@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I think I did. Went back and forth on a support request about 20 replies deep and just gave up on any hope they would help me.
Honestly surprised me given everyone else’s experiences I read about back then.
It is what is I guess. Glad everyone else seems to have been treated well though
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
GabeN is one of those guys who’ll likely die a hero. Whoever comes after him has a chance of selling out and enshittifying everything he built though.
Volcanna@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
I’m sus on GabeN
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What brainwashed G*mer sheep
Defending the monopolistic.
Loot box pushing
Gambling economy boosting
Seasonal FOMO instigator
Broken game seller
Asset flips exploiter
Refund pusher backer (he pushed hard against it from the start until the EU told them to fuck off with that shit)
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
Broken game seller
Asset flips exploiter
And these two came out of nowhere and have no backbone to support either of these.
Other points are also debateable:
Defending the monopolistic. By definition Valve is not monopoly. Even if we stretch the meaning, Valve would still barely fall under the definition. They are not the ones who decides what games to be sold and at what price. They do have competition and they are not continuously destroying it.
Loot box pushing They adapted lootboxes? Yes! Do they insist on lootboxes? No. These are purely cosmetic and bring no advantage whatsoever. (Except TF2 but you still can get all weps by playing the game and not spending a cent. Also game is half-dead anyway) Many games adopted lootboxes, and some, like Star Wars Battlefront 2, had them as a pay-2-win option.
Gambling economy boosting Not Valve was the one to create csgolobby and other external gambling sites. They did slightly restrict gamingling by locking items as non-tradeable for a week from the time of purchase. That is not enough to kill it, but it does restrict gambling for a bit.
Seasonal FOMO instigator
What exacltly fomo is with Steam? You’d say - sales. Dunno how anyone uses them but I go to check sales - if I see something I like and am willing to pay for, I buy it. I see It Takes Two for 9.99? I get! I see Need For Speed The Run for 9.99 - I pass. I don’t have to buy anything I wouldn’t play on a Steam sale even if it costs fraction of the full price.
Fomo is when League of Legends runs winter/championship skins in store claiming that is one-time offer and that skins never are coming back to be sold so people buy them to look unique in game. This is fomo. And it becomes even more of a clown fiesta when these skins come to store a year later. Maybe even with the same one-time-offer claim.
regdog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, I was never a fan of Tim Sweeney
Burghler@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
I knew you’d be here. And with bad takes as usual.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
For as long as G*mers are mindless monopoly defending sheep. I’ll never rest.
Fuck G*mers
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
seasonal FOMO instigator
Lol give me a break… Look, Gabe is a billionaire and yes that puts him on “piece of shit” scale. But it seems you really had to dig deep to think of things here. Seasonal FOMO instigator? Really?
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Trying to bring up the seasonal item drops in games like TF2, while still keeping the rhythm of the rest of the comment is quite hard.
If you have a better way of putting it I’m all ears.
festnt@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
monopolistic? what even is a monopoly anyway? afaik there are a bunch of alternatives for steam.
loot box pushing. yeah, they do that unfortunately. though parents should really take better care of their children, so that they don’t get addicted to gambling.
what is a Seasonal FOMO instigator?
steam sells whstever people pay to put in the store. if the game is broken you can review it badly and ask for a refund.
what is an assets flip exploiter?
and even if they pushed against the current refund policy, they do have one of the best refund policies for customers afaik.
DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
he’s like the willy wonka of video games
oh and this is my 200th comment here on this lemmy instance. seriously!
Madrigal@lemmy.world 1 day ago
When he dies gaming is indie.
fosho@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
“gaymers”
intentional or not?
silasmariner@programming.dev 5 hours ago
Intentional and gaymer
abfarid@startrek.website 1 day ago
In addition to everything said, I’m pretty sure it was Oculus and John Carmack who did most of the work on getting VR to where it is.
d00ery@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Half-Life: Alyx is still the best FPS VR game I’ve played. Great story, environment, production values, variety, everything.
abfarid@startrek.website 1 day ago
Yeah, I’ve played it using my Oculus Quest 1, too. It is the most game-like VR game, as opposed to most VR games that are more mini-games. But I’ve definitely spent more time in those mini-games than Alyx.
crypt0cler1c@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Valve is king of kiddie gambling. They are rich so why they money grubbing. Pathetic company.
festnt@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
the games with lootboxes that valve owns are not for kids, and their parents should be the ones that make sure they don’t get addicted to gambling by not buying loot boxes for their kids.
crypt0cler1c@infosec.pub 20 hours ago
Valve does literally the bare minimum to avoid getting sued. They’ve probably spent millions of dollars on the salaries for lawyers and psychologists to come up with a new gambling system that bypasses the laws since lootboxes are being regulated all over.
Pull your head out of the sand.
x00z@lemmy.world 1 day ago
All of the Valve employees are making bank. I don’t think they’ll be changing their core values any time soon even if he dies.