LemmyEntertainYou

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike – and $999 "is not impossible"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  PS5 was too much day one at £400 and it’s only gone up since. What happened to the days of sub-£200 consoles later in their lifespan?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's Gemini will make its way into Dragon Quest X to power a "Chatty Slimey" AI companion, Square Enix has announced⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve only ever played DGXI and it really isn’t very good. Generic gameplay and plot that just becomes tedious to play after a few hours. You’re not missing out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They weren’t an outside studio though they were owned by Sony. I don’t think there was really any fear of then doing a bad job considering how good the Demon’s Souls remake was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jason Schreier says Sony is backing away from putting single player games on PC⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sony turned so anti-consumer due to their PS4 dominance that even with a fairly modest digital library of games I still bailed to PC when the PS5 came around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'We Thought It Would Be Fun': Nintendo Has a Whole FAQ on Why It's Selling Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Separately for $20 Each - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if you really want to play on Switch there are CFW options that enable GBA emulation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Presumably Symfonium is streaming lossless files whereas Spotify probably isn’t. That and Spotify is probably caching a lot more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pet Peeves with Games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like Baldur’s Gate 3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘As usual, we do what Nintendon’t’: Peripheral firm ‘fixes’ Switch 2’s new Joy-Cons⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Their entirely social media presence is pathetic and their products are poor quality. They only exist because they throw money at marketing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I find the Steam Deck far too heavy and bulky unfortunately. I’d love a Switch sized handheld PC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for 3D Platformer recommendations on sale on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lunistice is quite fun. It’s not groundbreaking but I enjoyed my play through of it. It’s not overly long either which is a positive to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it’s not so much the discs I’m against (apart from the fact they do deteriorate faster than other types of storage) but the fact that there’s no option to retrieve and backup the data on said discs. Although saying that, most games require huge downloads to install anyway so is there even any benefit or security in ownership of physical media if it’s still useless without a significant download from a server than could theoretically cease to exist at any moment?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought we were MAYBE heading that way in the days of iTunes but then the oh-so-convenient streaming came along and entirely killed the majority’s desire to actually own movies.

  At least music is a medium that managed to transition to DRM-free digital storefronts, even if it is barely used.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s nothing stopping you from having multiple backups of your own game installers though if the DRM free options are there. It’s not too unfeasible for people to have dedicated offline storage in the form of a NAS or even just an external drive. Yes this has the same waste implications as discs but they’re at least multipurpose and have a longer lifespan. Obviously we should never rely entirely on a server that’s out of our control for backups to our purchases.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This will probably be a controversial take but physical media shouldn’t exist in 2025.

  Ownership of games SHOULD exist and so should multiple competing store fronts. We need to normalise DRM free digital copies rather than ewaste blu-ray discs that’ll one day degrade and become useless.