MagnificentSteiner
@MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip
- Comment on "You Can't Rule Out The Possibility That Executives Are Idiots" - John Carmack On Microsoft's Gutting Of id Software 2 days ago:
It’s funny how people flip flop between game pass causing bad sales, and game pass being a gigantic flop that no one pays for, depending on the point they want to prove.
I assume you have previous comments of mine about Gamepass to prove your point? If not (which is the case), then this just seems like a weak whataboutism.
Reviews mean nothing if the game doesn’t sell. It flopped. Microsoft wouldn’t gut a studio that made a successful game.
Well, that’s where the point about Gamepass comes in. People would play it there in lieu of purchasing it. Hence my use of the word sabotage.
That all said, I don’t expect you’ll understand this. Your comment history reads like you’re trying to win a Defender of the Status Quo and Capitalism award.
- Comment on "You Can't Rule Out The Possibility That Executives Are Idiots" - John Carmack On Microsoft's Gutting Of id Software 2 days ago:
87% positive reviews on Steam doesn’t seem like a flop to me.
Unless you mean overall sales… but in that case iD was completely sabotaged by Microsoft’s Gamepass.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
A sniff of AI?
You posted it in r/vibecoding xD
Also, your website is maxing out one of my CPU cores lmao
- Comment on #StopPayingGames 1 week ago:
There are many DRM free games on Steam that don’t require the Steam client to run once downloaded
- Comment on #StopPayingGames 1 week ago:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw
Watch, learn.
- Comment on #StopPayingGames 2 weeks ago:
This video explains everything about SKG. It was made by the guy who started the SKG movement.
- Comment on #StopPayingGames 2 weeks ago:
You can buy DRM free games from many places.
- Comment on #StopPayingGames 2 weeks ago:
Any media you buy is a license because you’re only buying a copy, not the original.
Watch this by the guy who started Stop Killing Games. Then you can stop parroting the corporate wet dream that we don’t own stuff we buy.
- Comment on Am I just bad at games??? 2 weeks ago:
If you’re playing like a completionist it’s more like 54hrs!
- Comment on EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption. 3 weeks ago:
It’s not. You’re just talking absolute nonsense and I’ll not spend anymore time talking to you ignorant naysayers.
Here, educate yourself… www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw
- Comment on British Charlie Kirk wannabe beaten up debating people in Manchester 3 weeks ago:
subjects of the British Empire
He’s gonna lose his shit when he finds out about Suez.
- Comment on Epic Games unveils Launcher V2 in re-attempt to topple Steam, says redesigned storefront is up to 6.5x faster — promises player profiles, user reviews, universal controller support, and much more 3 weeks ago:
Many games are DRM free on Steam too. Cyberpunk 2077 for example. The Steam DRM is at the publisher/developer’s discretion, not Steam’s.
Steam DRM itself is trivially bypassed which is surely intended.
- Comment on EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption. 3 weeks ago:
That’s just not true. Inform yourself to save future embarrassment.
You are confusing licensing and terms of service.
- Comment on EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption. 3 weeks ago:
This is not true. Don’t spread this false “you don’t own your games” narrative.
You buy a perpetual license for a copy of the game. It’s called a license because you are not buying the actual game but a copy. It’s exactly the same way other software works as well as music and other media.
The whole point of SKG is that we do own our games but publishers are trying to act otherwise.
Here, Ross who started SKG explains it better.
- Comment on Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI will officially begin on June 25 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Microsoft CEO says "YouTube monetizes Xbox better than we do", ahead of expected layoffs | Satya Nadella bemoans performance of Xbox 3 weeks ago:
LMAO, it’s like these people don’t realise that they are in charge!
- Comment on European Commission rejects new laws for Stop Destroying Videogames 3 weeks ago:
Uh, they are the EU.
- Comment on European Commission rejects new laws for Stop Destroying Videogames 3 weeks ago:
TLDR “we have been successfully lobbied/bribed/corrupted into doing nothing (we may end up making it easier for publishers to do whatever they want)”.
Lot of EU supremacist/jingoist gamers gonna be feeling some serious cognitive dissonance tonight.
- Comment on I still can't get over Skyrim. Are there any games that can replace it? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, it’s definitely less sand-boxy than Skyrim but I think it’s in the same vein.
There’s definitely a few playthroughs to be had with the different classes and NG+.
- Comment on PC Games like Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 4 weeks ago:
Avowed
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I am aphantasic. When I imagine something I see nothing with my eyes other than what is in front of me. I am completely unable to.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
aphantasic
I am… not sure why it would stop me enjoying books (I’ve read hundreds). I do think it influences me towards authors who don’t drop 2 pages describing something though, I find that tedious and unnecessary.
- Comment on Has anyone else noticed the strong pro CCP and anti-west vibes here? 4 weeks ago:
Yep, https://[site]/instances e.g. lemmy.world/instances
- Comment on Why Don’t Computers Just Use One Type of Memory? 1 month ago:
Because the video answers the question the title poses…
Why does your comment say “we” who is we?
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- Comment on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past Announced - CD PROJEKT 1 month ago:
Good old Gerald :D
- Comment on Is there a word for people who will mess something up and blame the victim for it? 1 month ago:
It was written by someone called Dayna Craig IIRC.
It’s a perfect distillation of narcissist psychology IMO.
- Comment on Club Penguin still gets regular updates. 1 month ago:
This is a fan remake. The original shut down 9 years ago.
- Comment on Is there a word for people who will mess something up and blame the victim for it? 1 month ago:
The Narcissist’s Prayer
That didn’t happen.
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.
And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
And if it is, that’s not my fault.
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.
- Comment on How is it possible that Bungie didn't get in real legal trouble due to all that "vaulting" bullshit during Destiny 2? 1 month ago:
It’s a perpetual license for your copy of the game. That’s why it’s a license because otherwise you would be buying the game, not just a copy.
It’s just like buying music on CD. You’re only buying a licensed copy.
The big question with this stuff is what would happen if Bungie or any other ‘live-service’ game company were taken to court over their licensing. Bungie has no subscription, everything is a one time purchase and there is no expiration date for the software license sold. In theory they should get destroyed in court but ehhh… capitalism so who knows.
Here’s a great video from the guy that started Stop Killing Games that explains it better than me.
