Tamps
@Tamps@feddit.uk
- Comment on Star rupture on sale. It's only $20 to begin with, heh 2 weeks ago:
This sounds like my thing! Thanks! Added to my ever growing backlog. :)
- Comment on Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft 2 weeks ago:
I wonder how much of this is the big bet that they placed on buying up Activision Blizzard (plus other studios) and not being able to show enough growth on Gamepass?
And now of course, with skyrocketing hardware costs, and the ripple effects of tariffs before that, even putting MS’s preoccupation with cloud services and AI to one side, the console business probably isn’t the money spinner it once was.
- Comment on No swiping involved: the AI dating apps promising to find your soulmate 3 weeks ago:
Fate simply serves up only five matches at a time – no infinite swiping – and, excruciatingly, forces its users to write an explanation when they reject a potential match.Why!?! This sounds more like a job interview.
- Comment on Sony-led program offers PS5 rentals starting at $13.50 a month in the UK across 12, 24, or 36-month leases — console has to be returned at the end of the contract 3 weeks ago:
People used to rent their televisions because the technology was too expensive to own outright. It’s weird that this business model is becoming viable again, and specifically for hardware that’s been in circulation for a while. I appreciate that Sony are just looking at ways to expand their player base, and i’d presume some of the economic drivers are out of their control, but I don’t think this should be encouraged or tolerated.
- Comment on 4 months ago:
#enshittification
“Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.”