Strider
@Strider@lemmy.world
- Comment on Just got charged for reading it 1 day ago:
Yeah we’re working on avoiding any kind of “Energiewende”
- Comment on I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store? 1 week ago:
Competition is good, yes and no.
Exclusivity is not competition, it’s lock in for me. So epic should get it’s head out of its ass and offer games on both platforms equally. THAT is competition.
I am not a fan of steam. Not a fan of having a library that could change at anytime at anyone’s whim but mine. So I prefer gog (yes I know some titles are drm free on steam and it’s not perfect on gog either / this is just for context).
Anyhow steam is well established and forcing me to use your store and launcher will just lead to me ignoring you (doing that for origin, uplay, epic) because it’s a luxury problem.
Same with all that streaming shit. Also there are other ways if you piss off people a lot, yarr!
The companies forget who made them big. And for epic I count myself in on that massively, still owning game boxes of e.g. Xargon (look it up, and my EU? box is not to be found on ebay) and equally for EA.
And I will not stand for anti consumer behaviors. Got enough money to spend at my age but theyre not getting it like this.
- Comment on Nearly 5 years in, PS5 sales remain neck-and-neck with PS4 | VGC 1 week ago:
It’s interesting to hear, honestly. And would be interesting to dive in if that’s related to age, culture, country etc… But a little too complicated for analyzing that here.
- Comment on Nearly 5 years in, PS5 sales remain neck-and-neck with PS4 | VGC 1 week ago:
Thank you, yes. That’s a Bad headline.
- Comment on DIN sagt geht klar 2 weeks ago:
Könnte schon, wenn ich wollte.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 2 weeks ago:
For me it’s not about liking. My eyes aren’t as good as they were and the far worse contrast combined with the smaller size worsens the readability significantly.
(Don’t rush but you’ll get there.)
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 2 weeks ago:
The older I get the more I am sure the ones with that motivation wouldn’t buy much in the first place and it’s more corporate propaganda and fear mongering.
Having someone to blame, take the fall. Politics, basically.
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 2 weeks ago:
Absolutely! I will just drop them if they’re not deemed worthy.
The same with all the big ones that were too big to fail until they did.
I am sure though it’s not that time for Nintendo. It might only be a thing on paper.
But the damage stays and sums up.
- Comment on Uncultured 2 weeks ago:
Ich dachte es wäre immer Pinke.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 2 weeks ago:
Dito. I thought it was a minor update and was greeted by ‘welcome’ letting me feel as if my mobile was reset for a few minutes.
Bad experience. And just because it needed to make absolutely sure I do not ignore the gemini AI.
I then ignored the gemini AI, out of spite alone.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 2 weeks ago:
Readable.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 2 weeks ago:
It was more readable, to me.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 2 weeks ago:
Ha, uncohesive! Exactly. I was looking for a word what I think of the changes and can absolutely agree.
It’s a mess.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 2 weeks ago:
I changed that as soon as I got into the the wrong thing for the fifth time by accident.
Maybe it’s my (front display) slim phone but who designs shit like that?
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 2 weeks ago:
I’m confused by your last paragraph.
Wanting or demanding to own and hack your device does not mean you’re not a big spender.
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 2 weeks ago:
Indeed it really seems they’re doing a lot to piss off the, well, fans.
- Comment on Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy 2 weeks ago:
Afaik not in Europe. But the details are probably messy.
- Comment on Wait for it... 5 weeks ago:
I could watch this forever!
- Comment on this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire 1 month ago:
Please make me a wine glass filled to the brim with wine, almost spilling over.
- Comment on People who call the PS1 'PSX' make me want to kill kittens 1 month ago:
Well since Sony made a model called one, there’s a point in psx for the whole line.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Indeed, that’s why I added the (empty, so even more than) 37 tons weight.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Let’s just say that am Airbus A320 takes off at around 270 km/h.
So having the aerodynamics you can literally fly at that speed. Well, weighing more than 37 tons, even.
- Comment on Aptly named 1 month ago:
Indeed, I fully
- Comment on Nintendo Direct Confirmed For Tomorrow, 27th March 2025 1 month ago:
I think no switch 2.
We already have a date for that.
- Comment on I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this? 3 months ago:
Allow yourself enjoyment. Do things.
Enforce ‘this was fun’.
Sounds stupid and piling responsibility on you. I’m sorry about that. But maybe this can help you. I’ve been there.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed 4 months ago:
Yes you’re right, in a way. I have mich respect for valve for that.
However the ‘non streamlinedness’ is hidden there. It’s not a closed system like a console.
- Comment on Boomers with their loud Samsung phone sounds 4 months ago:
I have several examples of this behavior in close range to me. You’re right many don’t know, turns out these devices are far too complex for many people (not blaming them).
- Comment on Boomers with their loud Samsung phone sounds 4 months ago:
We used to laugh about sidetalking… Now everyone does, as I call it, the sandwich. Holding flat in front of mouth.
- Comment on Boomers with their loud Samsung phone sounds 4 months ago:
You know, the thing is THEY CANT HEAR VERY WELL NOW so they might not give a shit.
Greeting from the generation in between.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed 4 months ago:
That’s a fair question which I have to cut a little short due to it being a huge topic:
The overhead of a full blown operating system you have to maintain is not a trivial thing. You have to update and maintain os, drivers and applications at least and it’s directed at all purpose use in general. That means all of the above and games might or might not fit well to a handheld device. Even if it’s maintained by a third party (eg Asus) there are many many moving parts that are all purpose. This might be a dialog box with unaccessible options you have to work around or games not working with the controls you need to fix and might never (for me steredenn on steam deck).
Compared to this a console is an optimized experience, golden cage. Things just work. Yes there might be the off chance but in general the producer has a system. 100% under their control and can test and optimize very well, which Nintendo debatably does.