Lfrith

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft CEO responds to the Stop Killing Games petition, stating the publisher is 'working on' improving its approach to end-of-life support, but that 'nothing is eternal'⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
I understand why a company and the people who run it want to be pieces of shit. I also don’t give a shit about what they want.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
At that point only solution is for Steam to become their own payment processor, since I don’t see any huge company choosing to lose money by abandoning mainstream methods of payment customers use.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Doesn’t even need crypto support. Steam sells steam gift cards so they could just take the Pokemon approach for games where it can only be redeemed with credits.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LIMBO and INSIDE are being delisted from GOG on July 17th⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah I don’t think GOG has removed delisted games from users libraries.

Unfortunately it did happen to Oxenfree on itch instead of letting people who could it retain access to keep downloading it after it is delisted. pcgamer.com/…/another-reminder-that-your-digital-…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux users: Are we over-reliant on Steam?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Must have gotten an update since I last used it. That’s a nice change.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modder behind the 'Swiss army knife of PC gaming' deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: 'By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah it’s like for Gamepass if you decide to play mainly old games it’s not worth it. If you don’t finish new games fast enough it’s not worth it.

But, if you play new games and finish it fast enough it is worth it. Or for people who usually buy COD annually.

Gamepass is like one of those things where unlike the Netflix model it can be hard to consume that much content to make it worth it. Much easier to watch a lot of TV shows and movies. And being a PC gamer it’s not like I need gamepass to play multiplayer so can view it like an add-on the way PS+ people do with their subscription.

And I guess enough people feel that way since I’m always amazed to see gamepaas games be top sellers on Steam. So people choosing to buy over subscribe.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modder behind the 'Swiss army knife of PC gaming' deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: 'By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I’d rather buy a new AAA game which I don’t than do than get it through Gamepass, since usually you can get those from like GMG for 10-20% off.

Main reason is that AAA titles that I’d even be interested in are ones like Red Dead Redemption 2, which take me half a year or longer to get through that paying $12 a month for it would end up being more expensive for me. And I don’t even keep to keep access one the subscription ends.

I just don’t go through that many games at that high a quantity to make Gamepass worth it for me.

You are trying to convince the wrong person on how Gamepass is a value. I’ve done the trial, and I’m just not drawn into AAA being must play at launch and dropping 60-70 on it. I have many other games to play.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux users: Are we over-reliant on Steam?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, I set up heroic launcher to play some games from GOG, but achievements didn’t work when I tried it and save sync was kind of buggy. So for GOG just stuck to playing on Windows, since I do want my achievements and time tracked.

I wish other big platforms tried more in trying help escape Windows instead of just being bystanders and not even bothering with Linux launchers themselves.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modder behind the 'Swiss army knife of PC gaming' deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: 'By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Monetarily it doesn’t even make sense, since it’s just cheaper to buy the game then rent them through gamepass lot of the times. Like I got Yakuza 0 steam key humble bundle and it took me a year to finish. Renting that on Gamepass to playthrough would have cost me 12 times the cost of what it cost to buy the Humble Bundle monthly that had Yakuza 0, and unlike Gamepass it is still in my steam account and not continued payment to retain access.

pcgamesn.com/…/yakuza-0-the-division-humble-month…

Why would I spend more renting and something that just stops working immediately once my subscription is up even if I don’t “own” the game on steam? Just bad money mangement.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modder behind the 'Swiss army knife of PC gaming' deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: 'By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
They immediately lost me with props to the Microsoft store with what a pain it was to even access the game directory in the past. And even if it is improving is something that just locks you into having to use Windows OS as opposed to being able play the purchased game on other OS.

Hell with stuff like recall and Windows moving to trying to force OS online accounts compared to how clean Winows 7 used to be they just lose credibility for whatever they are trying to argue.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank you, Thor!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
There’s people who will explain why it is done, and use it as an excuse why it is okay because that’s the rules of the game. Seen it way too many times from apologists. Heck the comment I responded to went about how they give this guy credit and can’t blame the guy for doing it.

That goes from explanation to excuses once they started providing an opinion on the behaviour. So even you noone is making excuses isn’t right. My comment in response was in regards to usage of explaination being used to slide into an excuse and props.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank you, Thor!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve just heard so many of the same excuses for even scummier people over the years of always shifting the blame to justify whatever is necessary to get the bag. The excuses seem ever less convincing.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank you, Thor!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

To his credit, at least he admits this. It’s not like he’s hiding his strategy. He just does whatever will push him to the top of the algorithms and keep viewers engaged.

I’m sick of that excuse. The whole I’m dumb or I don’t know or it’s for the algorithm excuses people make to try and deflect criticism. I give no credit. That itself is an underhanded strategy.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you prefer Performance mode or Quality mode?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve always gone for performance mode. 60 fps at the minimum is what I want.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A couple of Switch 2 owners are already reporting expanded back panels, Nintendo investigates possible causes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I wish portable devices went back to being made with tooless battery swapping in mind like the old game boys.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you keep track of what games you have played over the years?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Obsidian is my main notetaking app, so I use the kanban plugin to keep a list of games I’m playing, plan to play, and finished.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I picked up a Nintendo Switch because of it being a handheld. I wouldn’t have picked one up otherwise, since I had skipped generations of Nintendo consoles preferring Sony due to Nintendo games being too high. But, with the Steam Deck where I don’t even need to repurchase “Deck versions” of games the handheld component isn’t a selling point of the Switch to me anymore.