DaseinPickle
@DaseinPickle@leminal.space
- Comment on Accurate 2 weeks ago:
Don’t forget meditation apps!
- Comment on Fake WhatsApp and Instagram apps that can steal personal data 1 month ago:
Yes, but they do it in a way that make rich people even richer. And the trickle down economy makes sure that it also makes politicians richer.
- Comment on Xbox president: Studio closures will ensure 'business is healthy for the long term' 1 month ago:
I wish more people would create worker owned cooperatives. They might be more resilient and might even be more productive. Of cause the downside is that they don’t make one person very rich.
- Comment on Xbox president: Studio closures will ensure 'business is healthy for the long term' 1 month ago:
I really hope these developers create new independent studios and if they ever get offered a big bag of money, they will remember what happened last time. Maybe they will be smart enough to create worker owned studios and not waste huge salaries on useless CEOs.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I don’t mind ads in EA games, mostly because I will never play them.
- Comment on Manor Lords gets its first big patch, with new taxes, animations and changes to trading 1 month ago:
Not even in games can an honest peasant drink.
- Comment on Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio 1 month ago:
You are right, that there are no games now bound to the cloud right now. But look at Microsoft business model in other areas. It’s all software as a service, web apps in the cloud, that businesses pay a subscription to use. It’s great way to extract value from customers, because it gets harder and harder to move away from these platforms. Your data, save games, your friend list, your ability to play multiplayer and so on, get increasingly locked to one platform, which makes it harder to move. And then Microsoft can just collect rent, they don’t have to innovate or compete on a free market. This trend is sometimes called techno-feudalism.
- Comment on Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio 1 month ago:
Sony is just as bad. Sony use the same tactics to vendor lock its users.
- Comment on Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio 1 month ago:
Sure that’s how it is now. As soon as the technology is mature enough, they will slowly begin to make a push for cloud only games. In that way they have total control. They can’t do it now because the technology is not quite there yet, and people is not ready. But you can see where they are heading. All business software such as Office and other cloud services is already there.
- Comment on Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio 1 month ago:
It’s optional for now.
- Comment on Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio 1 month ago:
If cloud gaming ever becomes the norm, the consumer will have no power left. That’s their end game, to lock us into platforms and extract subscription and when they can’t get more subscribers they will demand higher prices and add more advertising. People who are paying for game pass, are investing in this future for gaming.
- Comment on Starfield is finally getting a 60fps mode on Xbox 1 month ago:
Is anyone playing this game?
- Comment on Star Wars Outlaws' $110 and $130 editions prompt a collective sigh from potential players tired of season passes and ill-advised early access periods 2 months ago:
I’m not buying anything from Ubisoft. If people do that, they get exactly what they deserve… a game from Ubisoft.
- Comment on Nightingale to add offline mode "as soon as feasible", as devs say they "misjudged" player demand for it 4 months ago:
It’s an early access game. If you buy it now you are buying promises and the chance to be a beta tester. And that’s okay, if you don’t get emotional if things don’t turn out as expected.