Lfrith

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games needs Fortnite players to "help pay the bills" as the multi-billion-dollar company raises V-Bucks prices while making Battle Passes and Crew way worse in value⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The whole discussion started because guy I talked to defended it saying kids want to play games with their friends and I point out vbucks isn’t a requirement to play Fornite and even gives it for free. And they just keep shifting goal posts from there pointing to kids not getting concept of budgeting and so on. They just wanted to defend yhe existence of vbucks.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games needs Fortnite players to "help pay the bills" as the multi-billion-dollar company raises V-Bucks prices while making Battle Passes and Crew way worse in value⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The whole discussion started because guy I talked to defended it saying kids want to play games with their friends and I point out vbucks isn’t a requirement to play Fornite and even gives it for free. And they just keep shifting goal posts from there pointing to kids not getting concept of budgeting and so on. They just wanted to defend rhe existence of vbucks.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games needs Fortnite players to "help pay the bills" as the multi-billion-dollar company raises V-Bucks prices while making Battle Passes and Crew way worse in value⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You just keep changing excuses to keep defending buying vbucks. First it was kids don’t want to be left out of playing games. Then I pointed out vbucks isn’t necessary to play Fortnite. Then you said kids don’t have impulse control. I pointed out kids are capable of budgeting. You keep shifting goal posts.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games needs Fortnite players to "help pay the bills" as the multi-billion-dollar company raises V-Bucks prices while making Battle Passes and Crew way worse in value⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
There are a lot of lousy parents.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games needs Fortnite players to "help pay the bills" as the multi-billion-dollar company raises V-Bucks prices while making Battle Passes and Crew way worse in value⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You don’t need vbucks to play the game or any of the modes. When I was little I wanted money to buy games I couldn’t play without money.

And I guess I did understand budgeting since I had to save money to be able to buy games. And also learned pirating to try to further extend my budget when I was little.

I think people underestimate kids and how quickly they catch onto the basic concepts of money and time required to acquire what they want.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games needs Fortnite players to "help pay the bills" as the multi-billion-dollar company raises V-Bucks prices while making Battle Passes and Crew way worse in value⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I did, but you don’t need vbucks to play Fortnite. Also, one thing didn’t keep my attention for long, so I preferred more games when I was a kid. Vbucks just buys skins. And you get free skins just playing the game and free vbucks just playing the game.

So pretty stupid to spend most of the limited money as a kid on skins year after year when it’s pretty much thrown at you so you don’t have to stick to default skins.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are achievements still relevant in 2026—especially when mods disable them?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I like them. They’ve given me incentive to try out playstyles I wouldn’t have like the ghost achievement for Dishonored where you can’t alert or kill random npcs in the game.

I haven’t run into many scenarios where mods disabled achievements and if they did I would play with the mod over achievements if it brought enough quality of life improvements.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is testing dynamic pricing: one game - different prices on the PlayStation Store⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I haven’t kept up, since the exclusives I wanted to play worked on the low firmware and new ones stopped coming out and later ones like Ghost of Tsushima endsd up coming to PC.

Last I remember is higher ones than mine requiring a usb stick.

I guess higher firmware requiring bluray now isn’t any more strange than the RCM jig method on older Nintendo Switches.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox Project Helix may cost $1,200 with massive performance upgrades⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Is this locked down hardware that is priced like a PC or a PC with a console/PC OS that can be reinstalled with another OS?

Because if its locked down then for PC gaming I don’t see the appeal of paying PC prices for a neutered PC that won’t let me install another OS. And for console gaming I don’t see the appeal of paying PC hardware prices to play games.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is testing dynamic pricing: one game - different prices on the PlayStation Store⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Why disc? Been few years since I used my PS4, but I remember jailbreaking it as long as you are on the correct firmware was as simple as caching a website offline and bookmarking it to run the exploit whenever you turned on the PS4.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, Sony is baffled why the people willing to wait over 2 years for the game to come to PC are choosing to wait some more to get it cheaper instead of buying it at full price.

Then scratch their heads when Helldivers 2 releases at the same time as the PS5 and PC outsells the PS5

Helldivers 2 has sold 12 million copies on Steam alone, while PlayStation 5 sales are estimated at 5 million units.

tech4gamers.com/helldivers-2-sold-more-on-pc-than…

And Sony’s response is to continue to delay for years before releasing to PC expecting PC gamers to have the same enthusiasm for a release years later as they would a day 1 launch.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I also had the 10 exclusive too for consoles, which is why I got the PS3 and PS4 Pro. PS5 doesn’t meet it because they blew it on their live service attempts and it is crazy Naughty Dog has released nothing new that isn’t a remake this gen.

I don’t think I’ll get another Sony console again even if they never port to PC except for jailbroken ones going forward.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Another scary thing is Palantir who’d be all for the push for verification with them positioning themselves to make money off of it, and wanting to be responsible for collecting data on everyone. They already turned out to be a partner of Discord through Persona.

They’ve already pushed for government contracts even in Europe. And with how things look like with the US government how much confidence is there in the US government.

I’m not sure government involvement will lead to the type of outcome people think it will.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It isn’t always that simple. It could lead to age verification requirements which might be the goal as opposed to banning loot boxes. Then what has people upset about discord wanting face scans or IDs could end up becoming a legal requirement for online gaming accounts that want to play games rated T and higher.

And this age verification thing has been getting pushed throughout the world with attempts at chat control in the EU and what’s already happened in the UK.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Talking to new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty — "This team has brought it back before, and I'm here to help us do it again."⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
No not she. The copilot prompt told her to say that when she asked copilot make me a script that will make people think I’m not pro AI despite my background. Wouldn’t be surprised if she is a glorified newscaster reading copilot generated teleprompter.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Talking to new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty — "This team has brought it back before, and I'm here to help us do it again."⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
What does the future hold?

Well Microsoft started shoving in copilot into more and more of their software from browser to even their notepad. And gamebar on Windows has…you guessed it…copilot.

And then they go and hire an AI affiliated person who likely hasn’t written anything themselves relying on copilot to churn out scripts.

The future is copilot gaming.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Red flag is that it is an AI person hired for a game division who can’t even be trusted if any of their statements were generated through copilot, and they are nothing but a physical placeholder to mouth off copilot commands.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve Acknowledges Steam Deck Shortages Due To Global Memory and Storage Issues⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It makes sense now why in old scifi movies everything looked all dusty despite being the future.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It sucks the entire world turning into a privacy nightmare. Will any country remain the lone hold out against pushing stuff like this on their people?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I play those games for free with friends, but spend zero money on them preferring to spend that money on games that aren’t live service.

That’s the difference I’m noticing in money spent not on why people play them.

I see no added value in cosmetics and these games tend to give away cosmetics too and enough points to redeem battle pass for free, so you aren’t stuck on default outfit if you dont spend.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Pokemon games come out often.

I think that’s the big difference. In a single console generation like the PS3 you had Naughty Dog put out Uncharted 1, Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3, and Last of Us 1.

For the PS4 they put out Last of Us 2, Uncharted 4, and Uncharted Lost Legacy.

And for PS5 nothing.

I think that’s the difference. Games aren’t released as by individual studios as often anymore. The ones that stay part of the public eye frequently release games like Call of Duty or have a live service model like GTA V that has people keep playing like it is Fortnite.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
It’s also interesting they spend their money on cosmetics over buying games. Meanwhile, I’ve bought no cosmetics for f2p games I play like The Finals, and instead spend that money on buying single player and coop games.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I buy complete editions. My trick is I just visit isthereanydeals and see what the sales price is and buy games when it is cheap. I don’t consider retail price the real price.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah it is. That site and isthereanydeals is what people should visit before buying any game. Retail price is meaningless. Sales price is what people should be paying and the sites do an excellent job of showing price of games across different stores and sales trends.

You don’t have to pay retail price if you do a little research before clicking buy.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Retail price doesn’t even matter anyways. It’s more a placeholder to make sales seem more impressive with X% off to make people feel they are getting a bargain.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Too bad companies seek exponential profit due to line having to go up, so pricing games higher wouldn’t lead to killing off microtransactions even if priced at $200.

Companies don’t hit a point where they go this is enough money. They became companies because their mentality is this isn’t enough, and its only the a mount consumers are willing to pay that keeps price from inflating more like companies want.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Companies get away with nothing but a small fine that is far less than the money they make from breaking privacy laws, ans you are still naive enough to trust things handed over to them is actually private when there is zero transparency on what is going on with their app to perform an independent audit?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Good luck convincing the masses to follow your line of thinking.

There is no we. People like us aren’t the majority of the population. The only control we have is either opt in or opt out of what other people are doing.

We are being dragged along by their decisions.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG caught using AI tools, head of product tweeting AI Instagram scams⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Ironic to argue that trying to stop AI is a waste of energy given how much energy is wasted to use AI. Could have used better phrasing in your quest to get people to stop being negative towards AI.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Take-Two CEO Responds to Stock Price Drop Following Google Genie Announcement: 'I Think People Are Confusing Tools With Hits' - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
We always got piracy to fall back on of they pull that.