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- Comment on Xbox’s leadership shift proves it: the gamer era is over, AI runs the show now 2 days ago:
Slopya Nadella
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 3 days ago:
Nope she does not.
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 3 days ago:
Not being an active gamer does not mean knowing nothing about the stuff. And yes, she does not need to play 200 hours like a sweaty gamer to understand what she is selling. It’s not the job of the CEO.
- Comment on Today is the 40th Anniversay of Zelda! 3 days ago:
Lol same for me. Link’s Awakening was the first Zelda game I played through on my own Game Boy. This was basically my dream game from the SNES in small format for me. I have so much memories of this game too, the entire game was not even about Zelda. After that I got a SNES and well the rest is history.
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 3 days ago:
I did not say a CEO should not know anything about the product they are selling… Can people not read?
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 3 days ago:
I’m honestly completely blown away at the number of people who can’t read, but are able to type. And are able to hallucinate things into existence. Where did I wrote “absolutely anything”??
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 3 days ago:
Taking 2 minutes to post 2 sentences is not the same as playing a game for 200 hours.
- Comment on NieR: Automata Will Continue, Finally Confirms Square Enix as the Game Breaks 10M Units Sold 3 days ago:
To me its clear that it meant to have a successor. That is my interpretation.
- Comment on Nintendo is issuing refunds for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition's poorly-received premium Switch 2 Edition upgrade 3 days ago:
If Nintendo is issuing refunds, then its really bad. Even a free update that ruins a game could be a reason to refund, but this one even asks money.
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 4 days ago:
How can one be the CEO of a gaming division
By all respect, a CEO does not need to be a gamer. Also 18 hours versus your 200… Maybe she does not have the same time as you to play? I honestly don’t know why people think that a CEO have to be this junky like us and play all day long.
- Comment on Today is the 40th Anniversay of Zelda! 4 days ago:
I didn’t expect such a good fight in Tears, after the battle in Breath. BTW I completely ignored Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, until 2024 / 2025. And in fact, in the beginning I “hated” Breath for some of the concepts like breaking weapons and no classic dungeons. But I’m so glad to played them, because they are great experiences in their own right. Shows we should not judge too fast.
The last dungeon theme of Tears, when you enter the flying Castle on the outside, also impressed me a lot. And yes, the story, as it unfolds the truth (we don’t spoil here… :-)) was heart breaking, a feeling I never had before in a Zelda game. As to which is my favorite Zelda game? I really don’t know anymore. There are couple of games I need to play, especially Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. There was a time in my life when I didn’t play much games… and I missed some of the greatest classics.
- Comment on Today is the 40th Anniversay of Zelda! 4 days ago:
Also Final Fantasy 6 has a mind blowing moment of this scale too. Nowadays one expect games to be big and we know beforehand how long it takes to finish them. One of the downsides of the internet.
- Comment on What do you guys think of Crimson Desert? 4 days ago:
The game is single player game, not like their previous multiplayer game. It’s entirely possible they pull an Activision-ass-move, where they released games on launch without microtransactions to get good reviews and then added them shortly after. I am not arguing this could not happen. On the other side, there are good stories too. In example Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order from E.A. never had microtransactions.
- Comment on Today is the 40th Anniversay of Zelda! 4 days ago:
Zelda A Link To the Past was for a very long time my favorite game of all time. There are so many great moments during all Zelda games I played, but one particular moment still is my favorite. See, back then I didn’t own a console and could only play A Link to the Past on the friends SNES whenever I visit him. It was also my first Action Adventure game I ever played and I didn’t know games could be this big.
The moment was, when I defeated Agahnim for the first time (after the 3 medallions) I thought that I finished the game. What happened next was unbelievable. (Sounds like clickbait YouTube title, lol, but I try to avoid any spoilers… just by principle.)
- Comment on What do you guys think of Crimson Desert? 5 days ago:
They already commented that the game will not have microtransactions (at least on launch, who knows what happens later…). You buy the game fully and that’s it.
- Comment on What do you guys think of Crimson Desert? 5 days ago:
You can most likely customize the controls. So that is not really a critique in my opinion.
- Comment on What do you guys think of Crimson Desert? 5 days ago:
How can you judge the game to be bland, shallow and generic? I think people are judging too early too much. Just wait and see.
- Comment on What do you guys think of Crimson Desert? 5 days ago:
To me there are lot of elements that reminds me Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. The several last times I was hyped for a game was either a disappointment at best or a disaster. Just wait until game comes out. There is not much to think about the game.
- Comment on Digital Foundry found a significant performance boost for Jedi: Fallen Survivor's PC 6 days ago:
I would have purchased and played it, since I played the first game and “semi” liked it as a Star Wars fan. Even with the technical issues. Game was on sale for 8.38 Euros on Steam. Why didn’t I buy? Simply because it “Requires 3rd-Party Account: EA Account” and “Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: EA online activation and EA app software installation and background use required”. Which is a deal breaker for me.
- Comment on BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes) 6 days ago:
This is even more stupid than Microsoft shutting down studios. It makes literally no sense.
- Comment on The Highguard Website Is Down As Players Brace For The Worst 1 week ago:
Even after this anti-hype, I was curious and would have checked out the game. But it was not playable on Linux. They didn’t gave me a chance.
- Comment on The Highguard Website Is Down As Players Brace For The Worst 1 week ago:
I feel sorry for the 10 players left playing this game.
- Comment on Why are we not getting stress relief games where we take our stresses out on normal people? 1 week ago:
No, it was be4 Postal 4.
- Comment on Valve Acknowledges Steam Deck Shortages Due To Global Memory and Storage Issues 1 week ago:
I am referring to this part:
Earlier in February, Valve announced that it had postponed the announcement of pricing and availability for its new Steam Hardware lineup, which includes a new Steam Machine, Steam Controller and Steam Frame VR headset, due to the same issue.
“When we announced these products in November, we planned on being able to share specific pricing and launch dates by now,” the company wrote. “But the memory and storage shortages you’ve likely heard about across the industry have rapidly increased since then.”
“The limited availability and growing prices of these critical components mean we must revisit our exact shipping schedule and pricing (especially around Steam Machine and Steam Frame).”
- Comment on Valve Acknowledges Steam Deck Shortages Due To Global Memory and Storage Issues 1 week ago:
Why is there no link to the original article from VALVE they are talking about? Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs
BTW I am a fan of the idea what this website, which is initiated and cooperated by the Skill Up. I am just disappointed about missing essential source links for reports like this.
- Comment on Rayman 30th anniversary has save data bug and Ubisoft support says post launch support has ended 1 week ago:
You can even save in Dark Souls.
- 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 1 week ago:
No, because PC is an open platform, not dependent on specific hardware.
- 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 week ago:
Modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, and as mine adulthood.
- Comment on Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy 1 week ago:
But that’s not what I am saying? SquareEnix made the game on release cheaper, because it is on a Game Key card and therefore cheap to produce. It’s only 40 compared to all other stores like Steam, that launched with 80 Euros. My complain is, why don’t they make digital only games cheaper in general, all games and all stores compared to their physical counter part. (I know why, it’s not a real question I ask.)
- Comment on Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy 1 week ago:
Final Fantasy 7 Remake on Switch 2 is only 40 Euros / Dollars instead the full price, because the game is on a Game Key card and not on cart. It is digital only, therefore they give you a discount on price. But why don’t they do that with all digital only games? Also for other stores like Steam?