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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good morning⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Killer Instinct?! Hell yeah

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As the end user why should i pay sympathetically for the extended dev time of a product that hasnt tangibly improved for my uses?

  Yes the price ceiling of $70 does not do justice to games like KCD 2, but all that matters for the end user is perceived value. If the perceived value of any game isnt going up, then it is difficult to charge consumers an increased amount.

  KCD 2 and Elden Ring are great examples of RPGs with content that fans perceive as a great value, but only AFTER playing.

  Maybe KCD 3 or Elden Ring 2 can push their perceived value beyond $70, but the simple fact is that the majority of AAA games DO NOT offer an amount or quality of content that gamers would consider to be worth $70, especially with the tiering off of content with various editions, passes and DLC.

  It is just subjective that you and i disagree about the amount of games that cross the value threshold of $70, but the evidence of a $0 cost increase for full priced games over the past decade or so definitely seems like evidence towards my perspective.

  I wish i could pay more money for higher quality games with more content, but the advertising for these products happens within a reciprocal market, and that market has a mean product value of $70.

  KCD 2 and Elden Ring have essentially wasted dev time/cost creating bonus content, although the value towards their brands it has created, plus the positive IP mind share, will pay off for them down the road i am sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I would argue that AAA full priced gaming space is not where that innovation has been happening in recent years, it has mostly been with lower priced indies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Quantity is directly proportionate to quality though, starfield and its 1000s of repetitive planets are the perfect example of this. Would any halo fan rather play 20 hours of infinite or 20 hours of halo 2…?

  Yes there have been outliers of increased quality and quantity over the last decade, but in the full priced AAA space nowadays, that is the exception not the rule.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes both very subjective. Accessibility and streamlining gameplay has seemed to be the focus. Developing unique, novel but also enjoyable new gameplay experiences? (the reason i believe most people game) That ended with the Wii, Ps3 and 360

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The quality of games did not improve, in fact game quality and diversity has deteriorated. The quantity of content has dropped off as well. Graphics fidelity and production costs have skyrocketed though.

  Graphics are so superficial when it comes to games anyhow, why would anyone pay more for a pretty waste of time?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo faces legal action over ability to brick Switch 2s whenever they want⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If there is over a 50% chance the device will not do what it is supposed to do (play your game) then nobody will want to use that device. We are just arguing over semantics here. I hope you see this as a not good thing for nintendo to do… “Samus”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo faces legal action over ability to brick Switch 2s whenever they want⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes most 1st party published games are on the cartridge yes, but the majority of the library is/will be 3rd party…

  So being generous this is a “majority brick”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo faces legal action over ability to brick Switch 2s whenever they want⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  When a switch 2 cannot reach online services, all your physical 3rd party “Game Keycards” become useless to you, as they require the game to be downloaded from nintendo online services.

  This is a brick

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo’s Anti-Consumer Anti-Piracy Measures Also Reduce The Value Of The Switch 2⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  1. Yes, in order to download your “Game Keycard” games, you must get the game data from nintendo online services. This is why banning online services is considered effectively bricking the console, at least for all 3rd party games on keycards.

  2. If an account is banned, another one can be made for free and the user can keep utilizing their online services… Nintendo obviously looks at that like a burden, and wants to financially punish that user, making them have to buy another switch. This in turn benefits them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey PC game developers, please follow Stellar Blade as an example for PC optimization in the future, because it absolutely rocks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know i want to buy/play this so bad… But denuvo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bungie delays Marathon, telling players, "we know we need more time"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Offline play with bots, not server dependent… Its a multiplayer game with mtx. Its not an Online-Only service game.

  You could consider it a service game of sorts, but it isnt the toxic sludge that Destiny 2 and Marathon are/could have been.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bungie delays Marathon, telling players, "we know we need more time"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. I would love it if they took all the assets and the engine and made a great campaign actually grounded in the marathon universe. Thats what i would pay for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bungie delays Marathon, telling players, "we know we need more time"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What they need is to make a completely different game.

  Destiny was successful because it was the first real fps service game, it didnt push mtx, and had competent pve, pvp and a story(debatably). Bungie cant chase that dragon anymore. Its been done a million times now.

  Players know all service games want is to milk them with mtx. No player wants to get into a new service game especially when its nothing unique.

  Just make a good single and multiplayer shooter with a somewhat interesting story and people will buy and play it.

  It seems so easy, but AAA pubs and devs cant pull their heads out of their own asses to see what players want. They just see what investors want.

  There, dead horse kicked again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see your point with the millions that play those specific games, maybe i am just disappointed by microsoft only doing the bare minimum when they are forced to.

  This is at least progress

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh and about the potential for native Xbox games running on PC handhelds… God i hope youre right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it good enough for you? Is that why you will get it? Where are these people you speak of…?

  I highly doubt there are enough people that want that super particular use case to make this particular handheld stand out at all, especially ones that didnt meet their needs with another handheld already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What a weak sell then, i understand your point, i just wish Xbox came out swinging with a compatibility layer for the Xbox game library. A portable device with that capability would have the potential to put them back on top.

  Instead we get a less bad version of windows, that will likely be inferior to its direct competitor anyways(steamOS). I see no reason to believe it wont be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its not that i dont prefer the PC library, its that there are already dozens of other handhelds that play PC games already.

  So then the UI is the sole reason people should want this device?

  I see no reason why this UI shouldnt also work on the plethora of other windows handhelds in the market currently. This leaves nothing new for this device to offer… Unless its really cheap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This will likely only play pc games… And that is the big disappointment.

  Who cares? We already have pc gaming handhelds. Unless this is subsidized to hell so it beats all other pricepoints… why should anyone care?

  If my xbox library was made mobile… That would be something new and worthwhile. NO, I DONT WANT TO STREAM. I cant always stream on a handheld either. I want to possess my games!(As much as i can anyways)

  Xbox will be disappointed by the sales of this handheld and might give up on their own that could play the xbox library locally. If they do that their next generation is screwed. Lets see how this plays out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As long as they remake the original Witcher(and maybe the 2nd one too) so i can experience it in a similarly cinematic way to The Witcher 3… I will be happy and excited to see what a Ciri-based game or even trilogy would look like.

  Will definitely miss the masculine indulgences of TW3 in the Ciri game though…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The original psychonauts was a cult classic though that got great reviews.

  Starfield is in the opposite boat, it doesnt seem to have been a commercial failure, but fan sentiment is really low with the starfield franchise to the point that the hype around a sequel would be nowhere near what it was for psychonauts 2… But this is all my assumption, difficult to find/trust empirical data on fan interest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you think of another commercial failure IP that ever got a sequel? I honestly want to know if this ever happens.

  I have to look back and see if Red Dead Revolver was as disappointing as Starfield.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Great point. I agree that people would likely forgive all of the technical and environmental shortcomings(loading screens and bland environments) if the game had even a slightly interesting story. Anything worth experiencing at all. Unfortunately it fails on all 3 of those fronts.

  The places where it excels (1st person gameplay compared to other B* games, ship building, and graphics imo) are not enough to make it a game worth experiencing.

  It honestly should have used another 2 years in the oven to make the lore and universe more interesting. No way Bethesda wastes another 5-8 years on a sequel with the negative reception Starfield received.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a local co-op game to play with my SO (Steam Deck)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Brothers: tale of two sons

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wario64: Borderlands 4 is moving its release date up to September 12th⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As opposed to paying actual real-world currency to respec a character… Like in monster hunter wilds 🙃

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Painkiller - Weapons Trailer | Galaxies Showcase 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We will see what the aaaactual gameplay looks like. If the hit detection and subsequent damage effects are at least at Doom’s level, it could be a good game. This video might as well be a mock up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Switch 2 Rollout Was So Convoluted It Made Us Want A Steam Deck.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The only thing “convoluted” about this whole announcement was pricing. The price of the console The price of the games The price of their online services and upgrades…

  All of that is gut-wrenching as Nintendo claws at its dedicated fans wallets.

  Otherwise the features and games look amazing, i understand why people are willing to pay those prices.

  Fingers crossed we luck out with easy jailbreaks and emulators like we did for the Switch 1.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation’s extraordinary effort to preserve its game-making history⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have one as well that sits docked next to my playstation, its the ideal way to game, if you dont mind dealing with a bit of challenges to get some classics running.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation’s extraordinary effort to preserve its game-making history⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Edit: preserve for their customers, not preserve the data for themselves, they can still choose to vault content forever, then what good is it to anyone?