Lfrith
@Lfrith@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Popular Tech Youtuber Enderman looses his YouTube channel after AI error 1 day ago:
Any reason Linux isn’t an option? My devices that I ran Windows on end up running Linux in the long run because its been easier on aging hardware.
- Comment on Popular Tech Youtuber Enderman looses his YouTube channel after AI error 1 day ago:
Ublock origin has been good and Freetube the best experience when it is working. And there’s always switching VPN to Albania to not be shown ads.
- Comment on Michael 2 days ago:
I play rhythm games like taiko and I’d say it still doesn’t come anywhere close to being as physically demanding as fencing, which you’d have a terrible time if out of shape with the amount of cardio, flexibility, and body control required.
So comparing gaming at a high level as being as physically demanding as fencing is just odd to me. Now mentally exhausting and needing quick reflexes yes, but in the realm of gaming it’d have to be VR based to be able to make physically demanding arguments if comparing to fencing. With fencing being an actual cardio driven sport you need to be in great shape for.
- Comment on Michael 2 days ago:
I don’t much like the idea because video games are company driven. Like Apex exists only because of EA so its an advertising platform for EA. Unlike spkrts like basketball or tennis a video game like Apex or CS can’t exist independent of the company that owns it.
- Comment on A hypothesis 3 days ago:
If someone has a PC they may be more likely to use it to game and also to pirate games and mod games. That can actually lead to learning quite a bit about computers when it comes to the file system which lot of people don’t understand these days, and also following instructions when it comes to completing computer tasks. That sets a pretty good basic starting point. It can also lead to wanting to build their own PC and watch more tech related content.
So can push people from just a simple media consumption device to wanting to tinker.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I’d consider August with Persona 5 Royale as a headliner good.
But biggest difference is you actually keep the games from Humble.
Xbox isn’t free since the games stop working once subscription is discontinued. Xbox is more similar to streaming services like Netflix with it providing temporary access. Xbox used to do giveaways for games you got to keep back with gold, but they stopped offering that perk after the 360.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Seems worse to me than humble choice which you don’t need to play online, so you can just buy the months you like to get 8 games in your library as opposed to it being tied to multiplayer.
Then there’s Epic which gives away games every month without having to spend any money and still retain multiplayer access.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I define PC less by the hardware but whether I can install whatever OS I want and whatever programs I want without restrictions, which consoles don’t let you do. And consoles these days are way more powerful than PCs from decades ago yet still crippled when it comes to expected PC functions.
- Comment on Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party 2 weeks ago:
That would be the case for techy people like us, but growing number of people cant handle anything more complicated than a phone OS these days that I think consoles will continue to have a purpose.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I’ve spent 0 money on Finals but have all the Battlepasses over the past 8 seasons. And got extra in game currency to buy more cosmetics without spending money.
And for the gameplay itself which is the most important aspect there is no pay to win.
- Comment on PS6 and next Xbox console are both aiming for 2027 release, separate reports claim | VGC 3 weeks ago:
Same I when it comes to my next upgrade I want to go AMD GPU next time around for the best Linux support.
- Comment on PS6 and next Xbox console are both aiming for 2027 release, separate reports claim | VGC 3 weeks ago:
Well for me Sony exclusive means Sony produced games, and they’ve just not released in that department. I’m PC now so its not exclusive for me anyways, but it does matter for console players choosing between Sony or Xbox. And Sony has really under delivered this gen with games from them.
- Comment on PS6 and next Xbox console are both aiming for 2027 release, separate reports claim | VGC 3 weeks ago:
That’s been the only selling point of consoles for me. They mostly all come out on the PC now so more an observation of how Sony’s releases this gen has been really lackluster compared to previous gens.
- Comment on PS6 and next Xbox console are both aiming for 2027 release, separate reports claim | VGC 3 weeks ago:
It seems soon because it feels like barely anything came out in terms of exclusives for the PS5. Naughty Dog didn’t even come out with anything that wasn’t a remake.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Makes me happy I have the GOG version of Fallout 3. I’ve played New Vegas but not gotten around to 3.
- Comment on Tobu Tobu Girl Deluxe - Open source Itch.io game that is fun to play on any gb/gbc systems 3 weeks ago:
Gameboy and Gameboy Color?
- Comment on Switch 2 continues to break US launch sales records, selling more in its first three months than PS4 | VGC 3 weeks ago:
I think skins and lootboxes are too expensive but they make billions so pointing to financial succeas doesn’t mean much aside for companies which we are not.
I think switch 2 would sell fine at 500. Bigger issue for me is them wanting to raise the price of games, but that is once again different from me not willing to buy it at the price and me making claims about if it will sell.
- Comment on Switch 2 continues to break US launch sales records, selling more in its first three months than PS4 | VGC 3 weeks ago:
Case in point people spending thousands on microtransactions and lootboxes helojng to user in billions a month from a single game.
- Comment on Switch 2 continues to break US launch sales records, selling more in its first three months than PS4 | VGC 3 weeks ago:
There is a difference between saying something is too expensive and that it won’t sell. Otherwise live service games wouldn’t be billion dollar industries and NVIDIA cards selling out.
- Comment on Is it me or does it seem like review bombing on Steam has become so much worse recently? 4 weeks ago:
Last time I actually heard of review bombing was for Helldivers 2. So for me it feels like there hasn’t been a big public review bombing event in a long time, and reviews can filtered by country, time, and there’s warnings when there are unusual spikes.
So for me no I had forgotten about it, since it hasn’t made headlines in a while.
- Comment on More than 60% of US game players only buy two games or fewer per year, survey finds | VGC 4 weeks ago:
Yeah I just can’t bring myself to actually spend money in live service games. Even if I like the game.
But, am open to buying actual physical merch I’d use.
- Comment on More than 60% of US game players only buy two games or fewer per year, survey finds | VGC 4 weeks ago:
I’ve played live service games with the one I’ve been playing being The Finals, but I’ve spend 0. But, have all the BP just from the multibux I saved up for free.
I’ve wondered what percentage of live service gamers are like me spending no money on them.
- Comment on More than 60% of US game players only buy two games or fewer per year, survey finds | VGC 4 weeks ago:
I buy maybe over a dozen games a year, but sometimes spend less than the price of two fill priced titles. Benefit of patient gaming, and leads to not needing the latest and greatest hardware as a result saving me more money.
So when people complain about optimization of recent triple a titles I have not yet encountered those issues due to being behind.
- Comment on Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody" 4 weeks ago:
Company gets cut of every single game sold, gets more customers over the years, and because they are making even more money than ever they can’t stay afloat without charging for online.
Yeah… Okay… I wonder how Valve hasn’t gone bankrupt.
- Comment on Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody" 4 weeks ago:
It’s console brain basically of just never wanting to admit the cons. How many generations and decades went by before they finally admitted 60 fps and above is ideal after years of arguing 30 fps is enough.
Difference for me was I too move over to PC after the PS4, since why would i accept paying more for what is free on another platform.
- Comment on Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody" 4 weeks ago:
And it started with convincing console gamers it is necessary to pay for multiplayer. Whole ecosystem has been about trying to squeeze consumers for all the money they have. Even the locked proprietary hardware feeds into it of normalizing lack of control over hardware.
But, it is Microsoft at the top so not surprising.
- Comment on Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody" 4 weeks ago:
Yep in this thread I’ve been arguing with some who is saying consoles havr to charge for online because it is so expensive… Yet, on PC for platforms like Steam and Epic despite also hosting and having multiplayer games they don’t charge.
Just goes to show how some consumers after being so used to not having flexibility and lack of restrictions when comes to products become convinced it is necessary.
- Comment on Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody" 4 weeks ago:
Yeah I don’t buy it. Nintendo does free across multiple hardware then when they saw they were the only one decided they’d start taking money too, since it is in a companies nature to maximize profits exponentially.
And then there’s Steam. Also in the hardware business and hosting games and mods and a bunch of other services even Epic with their Fortnite money hasn’t matched. Yet online is free.
You just sound like a consumer who iust accepts whatever methods companies try to exploit consumers and defend as necessary. More a stockholder than a consumer.
- Comment on Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody" 4 weeks ago:
Sounds like excuses when PS3 and Nintendo Wii, WiiU, and Nintendo DS had free multiplayer and it was after Sony decided to start charging Nintendo also jumped onboard because they saw peope like you were easy to take their money.
I don’t even know why you’d have a problem with Xbox charging more for their subscription when you already argue for paid online.
- Comment on Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody" 4 weeks ago:
If they are charging to multiplayer why wouldn’t they want to replace ownership too so they get money every month.