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- Comment on The land before time 2 hours ago:
Is the business model not attempting to offer a lower cost product by having less employees and having the customer do more labor and use their time? On a macro level, those were jobs, people’s livelihoods. Now they’re self checkout areas with cameras, soon to be AI.
Is that a good thing? It’s an honest question. What is the logical endpoint if consumers aren’t able to consume given that less and less work (aka trading your time/labor for currency) is available?
- Comment on The land before time 15 hours ago:
You’re missing the entire concept of what shadow work is. And why it’s being pushed further and further.
I use ikea myself. I DIY’d my solar system. I’ve no problem performing the labor. That’s not the point here.
- Comment on The land before time 15 hours ago:
You’re missing the entire concept of what shadow work is. And why it’s being pushed further and further.
I use ikea myself. I DIY’d my solar system. I’ve no problem performing the labor. That’s not the point here.
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma named as adviser to US Federal Reserve on ‘Jobs and Productivity’ 1 day ago:
I’ve said/felt before that the gaming community is often a microcosm and changes often occur first in the gaming community before society at large. Think GamerGate, Epstein, DRM, DLC, subscription models, enshittification, etc etc
Now we’re just blurring the lines. How in the what? I would’ve thought if this was even a thing, Musk, Slopya, Scam Altman, Cuckerberg, “no introspection” Andreesan, or any of the rest of the Nerd Reich would be involved. Why the xbox CEO?
(Right after a bunch of layoffs, some of my community being affected, is quite ironic. Or depressing. Both.)
- Comment on The land before time 1 day ago:
In theory, yes, I agree. But make sure you properly value yourself! You only have so much time to give.
Though, that was also said about digital games instead of physical ones, that the savings get passed onto the consumer. Not a 1:1 but that one is going swimmingly right now 😅
- Comment on The land before time 1 day ago:
Good ol shadow work.
Ikea is the greatest.
- You look up the items in inventory and find their warehouse locations
- You traverse the warehouse, locate the items, and load them on your dolly
- You take them to the front and self checkout
- You load them in your delivery vehicle and complete last mile delivery
- You unbox and assemble the item with minimal instruction and provide your own tools
All of those used to be paid work, some even being part of the “white glove” service. Instead, we pay with our time, a finite resource.
- Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles 1 week ago:
Those were the days…
Now, multiple controllers can be recognized on pc, making local play rather easy.
Streaming options exist through Moonlight, etc, if you don’t want to move your PC to your TV (or fiber optic display cables for lengthy runs)
And with Steam Big Picture or now Bazzite and other distros, you can have a plug and play console-like experience. You can even set up emulators to play classic and arcade games that are no longer available or just aren’t released on console digital storefronts.
If you really get into it, you can even connect fight sticks, arcade controls, even light guns and instrument controllers (r/CloneHero has guides/suggestions) with some recent modern revisions.
Basically, while the closed source platforms kill off usability and titles, the open platform of PC is keeping things alive in some ways.
- Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles 1 week ago:
I never said I did Sony fanboy.
However, there are DRM free games on steam, which you will own forever so long as you have the installer.
Same for GOG games.
And steam keeps the download files available even when a game is pulled from the storefront. I can still download games in my library that can’t be purchased anymore.
Stop trying to push a narrative you cuck, I’m talking about more than just Steam, but Steam alone is still a better value than Sony. And Sony raising their prices and removing content from users libraries just makes it all the more worth it.
Cope more.
- Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles 1 week ago:
Totally worth not owning my library and having it taken away at will and remaining on a closed ecosystem.
I’m assuming you’ll go buy some more fifa slot rolls eh?
- Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles 1 week ago:
Guess it’ll make the steam machine pricing more attractive 🙃
- Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles 1 week ago:
💯
- Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles 1 week ago:
Is there any reason not to be on PC? Larger libraries, open source, better graphics, larger communities, no extra sub on top of your internet to play with friends.
If we can’t have discs, in my opinion, why have consoles? If you want a console-like experience you can even use distros like SteamOS or Bazzite.
But absolutely fuck Sony and Rockstar and everyone trying to remove our physical media and games. If it weren’t against IP laws and such, I’d love to work for a physical production company who re-makes discs, cartridges, etc to preserve games. I know there are some who do limited runs for indie titles, giving them physical releases they otherwise wouldn’t have.
We need a more chill, less capitalist world.
- Comment on Game suggestions: Downvote any game you've heard of before 1 week ago:
Endless Ages
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Then you get fired cause they union bust. A union almost formed and then they laid off a ton of people so they wouldn’t reach the threshold.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
They’re people who followed their passions, learned the skills, and were able to join those companies and have secured an income, which we have tied to our very survival.
Can we blame them for being used by corporations when the alternative could be homelessness and societal outcast? Especially in this current fascist regime with less and less social protections? Even more so if they have families to provide for.
I’m sure they’re aware. But we’ve yet to achieve class consciousness. They’re made to believe they have no choice. Corporations union bust and threaten that you’re replaceable and that there are no jobs.
Devs aren’t the enemy. They’re working class just like us. Executives psychologically, financially, and physically manipulate and abuse us. They’re the enemy we need to focus on.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
“Security measure to not leak the game”
Entirely BS. How has the entire games industry existed before then?
Can we also talk about how they’re locking full on content behind the ultimate edition? Not just some cosmetics, but the actual shops you’d go to in game to customize your character. In a single player game. That’s fucked.
It’s enough that I’m not getting the game. I can wait for PC and we’ll see if they release it as a full game rather tham carve it up. This is just an excuse not to have a $100 base price so they avoid that backlash while they effectively have it for the full game.
Remember when you bought a game and it was yours?
Remember when you unlocked things in game through completion and achievement?
Remember when you bought a game you got the whole game, not 70% and access to a storefront?
Fuck AAA gaming man. I feel sorry for the devs and artists who work so hard on a game only for executives to slice it up and smear the goodwill the game had by attempting to be predatory and parasitic capitalists.
Fuck the billionaires.
- Comment on When did the Internet come to reflect society? Or has society shaped the internet? Were we always distrusting mean and vindictive before the net? Are we really that bad? 2 weeks ago:
Cruelty and outrage became commodities.
- Comment on Survey says... 2 weeks ago:
Damn right.
And so do the establishment centrists who choose to support their donors and the fascists over protecting your rights and representing you.
- Comment on Survey says... 2 weeks ago:
If you work across the aisle with fascists to exclude people based on skin color, gender identity, support the bombing of other civilizations for profit, instituting policy to drive people into poverty and criminalize it, that uh checks notes sounds like it aligns with fascism.
Capitalism and fascism/authoritarianism are bedfellows. Neoliberals believe capitalism is correct, we just didn’t do it right.
Those of us to the left recognize the system is working as intended.
- Comment on Survey says... 2 weeks ago:
The republican party. Aka modern day fascists.
Maybe the DNC and establishment neoliberals too, who ushered in fascism.
- Comment on EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption. 3 weeks ago:
That’s right. COD and Madden blur together for me. EA and ABK are just conglomerates of corporate greed after all.
- Comment on EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption. 3 weeks ago:
Have you seen the state of older COD games on steam? Hacks that crash your pc, add malware, etc just by walking by a person, crazy stuff.
EA seems to be doing just fine.
- Comment on EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption. 3 weeks ago:
Games (and software) are one of the few forms of media and free speech that are subject to this.
Hence why streaming, e-books, etc come in to push in convenience while removing ownership/independence.
I see it tangentially related in how it operates similar to fossil fuels/renewables. The industry wants you to keep buying. They can’t control the sun, wind, etc, so you don’t need to rely on them.
Same kinda thing here, they want you to rely on them and keep buying the newest thing. And if they delete your old version, welp, guess you better come get the new one (especially when they “remaster” it with 0 effort and slap it on a new digital storefront.)
I just hate the profit motive lol
- Comment on EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption. 3 weeks ago:
Looking at you sports and COD gamers 👀
- Comment on EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption. 3 weeks ago:
- EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption.www.techspot.com ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 86 comments
- Comment on what even is the purpose of life? 3 weeks ago:
I do love my anime and videogames.
Just saw this video personally last night.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIHRmoOBZBg
But a good point to make, if we all keep escaping, do we really ever affect any change to make things better? Are not media and entertainment, even if critical of the systems they exist within, forms of emotional relief such that we don’t stand up, go outside, and affect change?
A personal question I struggle with all the time.
- Comment on Dutch gamers file €220 million claim against Valve, operator of game platform Steam 4 weeks ago:
Why is it a monopoly? Epic, Xbox, Amazon, and more exist…they just don’t follow the steam template nor invest in their platform as much as steam does. 🤷♂️ how is Valve acting in an anti-competitive way?
- Comment on [politics] she never recovered 4 weeks ago:
