Eggyhead
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- Comment on Valve suggests further delays for Steam Machine: 'We hope to ship in 2026' 2 days ago:
Either OP edited their post or you should go back and read it again. They just said the wait might be longer. They didn’t say valve said anything.
There’s no reaching. A car is a vehicle, but not all vehicles are cars. When someone says 2026, it is a year. There is zero implication of one half or the other. I think the omission of indicating the first half could be a slip up, but is worth noting.
I bring up promise because people tend to freak out when things get delayed, as if it were a promise. I mean to imply that we should expect a delay, and be pleasantly surprised if it launches any earlier.
Does this make sense?
- Comment on Valve suggests further delays for Steam Machine: 'We hope to ship in 2026' 2 days ago:
OP opined that the wait might be longer, which isn’t false.
Furthermore, “We hope to ship in 2026, but…” specifically references 2026, and not the first half, which was only referenced as a goal.
The first half of this year is still 2026, sure, but 2026 isn’t just the first half of this year. 2026 by itself is a whole year.
Do you see what this has to do with the conversation?
- Comment on Xbox Project Helix may cost $1,200 with massive performance upgrades 2 days ago:
I hate Microsoft and I would consider buying it if I can purge it of windows and install Steam OS on it. :)
- Comment on Xbox Project Helix may cost $1,200 with massive performance upgrades 2 days ago:
My assumption is that it’s a living room PC with a windows equivalent of steam big-picture mode on it.
But knowing Microsoft, there will be shenanigans.
- Comment on Valve suggests further delays for Steam Machine: 'We hope to ship in 2026' 2 days ago:
Just to be fair, “Our goal of shipping all three products in the first half of the year has not changed” clearly states a goal and not a promise.
- Comment on Microsoft Confirms 'Project Helix,' a Next-Gen Xbox That Can Run PC Games 2 days ago:
Why does that foot have a hole in it?? Shoot it!!!
- Comment on Microsoft Confirms 'Project Helix,' a Next-Gen Xbox That Can Run PC Games 3 days ago:
Is there anything other than the widespread assumption that you’ll actually be able to play PC games from competing store fronts? I’m enough of a corpo skeptic to expect this to turn out to be a locked down PC that exclusively operates through the Microsoft store.
- Comment on Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC 3 days ago:
You want some reasons why they shouldn’t? The PS5 is wildly successful. Moving to PC means they need to migrate the PS store to PC with all their players and their libraries as well, probably renegotiating on publishing rights for every game on PS, spending all that money, and then ultimately end up with fewer customers, 70% on Sony titles and nothing from third parties sold to people playing on Steam.
Or they can just keep doing what they’re doing and get 100% on Sony titles, 30% on everything else, and remain the dominant gaming destination for most households.
- Comment on Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC 5 days ago:
I think this is more about user retention than additional sales. In a world where PC players stay on PC and console players stay on console, porting games to PC makes sense. However, with Steam OS making things easy and Microsoft’s plans for making the next Xbox a consoled-PC, there’s a much higher risk of PS players migrating to PC -particularly if their favorite exclusives are landing there anyway. And of course there’s no indication that PC players will ever invest in a console unless there are exclusives.
Furthermore, with rising costs of computer parts, Sony might have to subsidize their hardware a little bit more than they’re comfortable with, and that means they need players in their store buying games and not buying games from Steam.
And finally, it’s worth mentioning that Sony fumbled bad with first party games this gen, meaning the PS5’s success has been carried solely on the backs of 3rd parties. If PS players were to buy a Steam Machine, they would have almost no reason to ever buy a PS again unless Sony starts giving them a reason to.
So as much as it disgruntles all of us to not be able to buy all our games exactly where we want, it’s probably a smarter investment for Sony as a video game company to not be porting their games to PC.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of Feb 22nd 2 weeks ago:
Found myself wrapped up in the Utawarerumono visual novels. The first one was originally an adult only game on PC, but the current version cut those scenes out. There’s still a number fan-servicey scenes, but if that doesn’t bug you the story itself gets quite compelling and emotional. Plus it’s a strategy RPG in combat scenes, which I really like. I came across Utawarerumono when looking for more games like Trails.
- Comment on Nintendo Wins $2 Million Lawsuit Against 'MiG Switch' Distributor 5 months ago:
Then it seems that Nintendo is also in the extreme minority by claiming this guy’s efforts have done them any harm. How they won this is beyond me.
- Comment on Nintendo Wins $2 Million Lawsuit Against 'MiG Switch' Distributor 5 months ago:
Nintendo’s asinine anti-consumer anti-piracy measures are probably causing more harm to the company than this guy ever did.
I might have actually bought a Switch 2 if Nintendo hadn’t pissed me off with their pricing and game cart shenanigans.
- Comment on Gamers frustrated as Hollow Knight: Silksong crashes stores on launch 5 months ago:
But it’s not hard to find examples of similar games that don’t reach server-crashing levels of popularity. Axiom Verge, for one. Beautiful art, runs on anything, affordable, no modern fuckery. It’s also a metroidvania. Not to imply it’s a better game, but I personally enjoyed it way more than Hollow Knight.
- Comment on ChatGPT Is Still a Bullshit Machine 6 months ago:
Statistically probable answers, not facts.
- Comment on The Switch 2's price won't be impacted by Japan's new tariffs, but its games might 7 months ago:
Clearly the Japanese shouldn’t be making all our Japanese games! We need American businesses making Japanese games!
- Comment on Thank you, Thor! 8 months ago:
No one’s silencing him, though right? They’re just reacting to what he said, which is consequence. Is this somehow challenging gods right to make his voice heard?
- Comment on Borderlands 4 Price Has Been Confirmed 8 months ago:
I haven’t been a real borderlands fan since 2. The gameplay is fun enough, but the dialogue kind of gets cringy after a while.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 Price Has Been Confirmed 8 months ago:
I’ve decided amongst this push to $80 games that even $70 is too rich for me. With very few exceptions, the only launch games I buy will be the $40-50 ones. Otherwise I will just wait until the $70+ ones that interest me to get there on their own. If i lose the urge to play them in the meantime, oh well. Money saved.
There are just sooooo many great games out there at much better prices.
- Comment on Gooner game of the year Stellar Blade's mods are 41% smut, ensuring gamers will never see the light of heaven 8 months ago:
Conservatives should be banning mods if they’re banning books. Games are for children, right? Right???
- Comment on Gooner game of the year Stellar Blade's mods are 41% smut, ensuring gamers will never see the light of heaven 8 months ago:
I couldn’t make it through the whole 2hr essay, but I can’t disagree with some of his criticisms of the game. It’s just that they never bothered me, and I found the AAish quality of the game really cozy.
I completely agree with him about just how manufactured the “woke outrage” seemed to be, though. I just fundamentally believe “woke” lost its meaning some time ago and doesn’t really define anything anymore. It is really handy for letting mindless culture-warrior types flag themselves, though. I certainly doubt the IGN article was the ONLY article criticizing eve’s character design, but I think it served as a great example of just how far up their own asses the anti-woke crowd love to be.
- Comment on Lies of P: Overture - Launch Trailer 8 months ago:
Looking at the US PS store, atm Lies of P is on sale at $29.99, and this expansion goes for the same price, bringing the total to $59.98 if you buy them separately. This seems like the best option right now.
If you are a plus member, the Overture bundle, which is the exact same thing but in a single purchase, is on sale for $60.29 (31 cents more). Otherwise it’s $89.99.
For me personally, I’m interested in the game, but my time is split between so many other really great games at the moment that I don’t see myself really tempted into purchasing this until the bundle gets to something like a 50% discount.
- Comment on MindsEye - Official Launch Trailer | 2025 8 months ago:
NGL, this trailer made me more interested in the game than the original unveiling trailer. It’s still not really on my list of games to play, but I’ll pay attention if I see it brought up in the news now.
- Comment on Elden Ring Nightreign’s Massive Steam Launch Tarnished by 'Mixed' User Reviews Over Lack of Duos Co-Op, Voice Chat 9 months ago:
I wouldn’t hold it against them. You and I are in a place where we know the value in looking this stuff up, and we know the industry. There are a lot more people out there who don’t, and others who still haven’t made the mistake they need to in order to learn it.
- Comment on Video Game Workers [at ZeniMax Media] Reach Historic Tentative Contract Agreement with Microsoft 9 months ago:
New in Copilot: QA testing functionality!
- Comment on Skyrim-style open world RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon releases out of early access today 9 months ago:
I don’t personally know anyone on game pass, and only one with Nintendo online, so that seems accurate. But it doesn’t matter. Releasing AAA games day one on a subscription model isn’t sustainable for Microsoft or the studios participating. Those prices will go up and the service will enshitify.
- Comment on DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies 9 months ago:
Steam, the cheapest I see it as is 79,99€ where I am, which is actually US$90. I just assumed the US store did a straight conversion to dollars, but you’re getting a discount too, it seems.
- Comment on DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies 9 months ago:
- It’s $80
- It’s on Gamespass, where I assume a lot of doom fans who might have otherwise purchased are likely to be.
- It’s shouldered up against Expedition 33 and Oblivion Remake, both over $20 cheaper and highly acclaimed.
- It’s $80
- Comment on Skyrim-style open world RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon releases out of early access today 9 months ago:
During the pandemic? Wasn’t PS plus at around 40m at that time? Xbox live at 90m? Netflix at 180m?
- Comment on Skyrim-style open world RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon releases out of early access today 9 months ago:
My friend, this is why Lemmy exists.
- Comment on Skyrim-style open world RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon releases out of early access today 9 months ago:
Step 1: get lots of subscribers Step 2: enshitify
It took them 8 years of trying to get to step 1.