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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 continues to break US launch sales records, selling more in its first three months than PS4 | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Just another reminder that we are not the majority, and many people will happily buy things even though the company actively hurts them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s why Indie games are doing so well, people are obviously tired of bland corporate slop over and over again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll agree RDR1 didn’t do much (except the Mexico plight). RDR2 was much better. I can honestly say that I’ve never felt as much joy than punching klansman and just absolutely destroying racists

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pop-up Amazon TV ads despite charging people monthly fees for their ad-free plan.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Hm seems to be missing the “Fuck off” button

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's true!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  ClimateTown just did lawns the other day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLYMjPNppRQ

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More than 60% of US game players only buy two games or fewer per year, survey finds | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  At this point I’m lucky if there are two games worth paying for in a year. Just bland boring empty soulless games every time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume the idea came from Red Dead Redemption, where it does done very well. Of course, you have to have the courage to make a game like that, and I doubt Ubisoft/new ownership will ever be on board with anything that takes courage. Better to make another bland boring empty world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Shady Acquisition of EA Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The investors are betting that AI-based cost cuts will significantly boost EA’s profits in the coming years, people involved in the transition told the Financial Times

  As an engineer who uses AI regularly, have built models, and knows the subject deeply - LOL. This is huge Bro energy with little understanding of AI and they are fully on the hype train.

  I did a long comment on my experience working for private equity, and just love how it’s going to destroy EA: poptalk.scrubbles.tech/comment/5086464

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You might still be able to get Xbox Game Pass’ day one games for less than $30 a month⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t worry, they’re going to raise those prices too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game Pass Ultimate subs don't get DLC discounts any more, Microsoft confess, amid reports about Call of Duty sales cannibalisation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No no no you don’t understand. Somehow gamers should not only pay subscriptions, but also pay for the games. That’s real capitalism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Groceries and food in general is so much cheaper over seas. I was shocked at how much we’re getting screwed when I came back from Europe. My prices easily doubled, more probably. It’s pure corporate greed here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 5th⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I finally finished satisfactory! I’ve played during early access but there wasn’t really an ending for it then. 2,600 hours total in game, 550 of those were this last factory. It’s done!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There are proven ways that a local device could handle age checking that are both privacy focused and secure. There is obviously a big reason why less secure and less private options are chosen instead

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How the US got left behind in the global electric car race⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Electric cars, high speed rail, efficient cities, cheap energy, it’s almost like all of these have been actively pushed against by some large industry

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The right is so worried about the government watching and tracking them that they voted for literally that to happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Et tu Jetbrains?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  God damnit, of course. They were the chosen ones! Are there any good fully open ides anymore?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Even though I personally never used it I was astonished at how quickly so many people blindly trusted it. What I’m more astonished with is how quickly Microsoft has managed to destroy that brand trust.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s something we don’t take lightly, and we’re listening to the feedback of players and the community to try to provide them with more of what they’re asking for.

  God they will never understand that we see right through their bullshit corpo-speak answers will they. Everything they just said is nothing. They don’t take it lightly. They are listening. They will try. There is nothing concrete in that wet paper towel of an answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for letting me know, I’ve been paying just for some spare OneDrive space but I think I’ll cut it if they’re raising the price

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly a third of all gaming PCs are still running Windows 10, even as Microsoft prepare to kill it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What are you talking about? I have an nvidia card I game on all the time. The only thing that hasn’t been supported for me is Gamescope, which is not required. It’s definitely a nice to have if you’re building a SteamOS type build where you want to boot into steam, but I’ve used it on PopOS perfectly fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox consoles are now getting a fullscreen Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ad at boot, just a day after a 50% price hike was announced⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You got a love how out of touch these marketers are. They really do think that they understand gamers while sitting in meetings at the Redmond campus.

  Oh we had mass cancellations yesterday! War room, what do we do?

  Full page ad?

  Brilliant! Gamers will obviously see the value and be grateful for it. Maybe now we won’t all be laid off by papa Satya

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So I’m not denying that it wasn’t a good value prop to you, but you individually one has to look back and decide did they play enough games and did they really get the value out of it then, and they will never want to play any of those games again

  So you got a good value prop out of it. Congrats. To others I don’t think it was. I don’t think as many people were as strategic with it as you were.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly a third of all gaming PCs are still running Windows 10, even as Microsoft prepare to kill it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember friends, don’t just say “Switch to Linux”. Don’t be the neckbeard they all expect us to be, with a superior attitude. Offer to help them, word it like “I’ve been using an alternative to Windows that I’ve really liked, it’s like the Steam Deck, and it’s easy to try if you’d like me to show you sometime”. Give them an opening, let them come to you. Each of these moments is how we slowly claw market share away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For a year’s subscription was 180 at its best, which is 3 60 dollar games per year you could have bought instead, and still have them now to play. Instead that money is gone.

  So I’m not denying that it wasn’t a good value prop to you, but you individually one has to look back and decide did they play enough games and did they really get the value out of it then, and they will never want to play any of those games again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried telling so many people that and their answer was always either so what, or no it wont. Well, here we are. If you own a thing the price doesn’t go up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely not alone. For the music I’ve rediscovered record stores. They’re great ways to fill in the gaps of your music library while also discovering new music. I buy CDs and take them home now, happy to keep them on my shelf.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨United States of Autism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Calm down, you’re in a memes channel, and OP here posts science memes all the time. I’m very sure this is satirical

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah breaking down $360/year, that’s 6 $60 dollar games per year. So it only makes sense if you would spend more than that on games (all included in gamepass, remember no outsider games) in that time. That comparison also treats it like you’ll never ever play that game again, which the 6 $60 dollar games you still get to play the next year*.

  The only people who “should” be subscribing now are parents who are too financially illiterate to see what a scam it is, or who are such inattentive parents that they don’t care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s how Microsoft’s Co-pilot worded it:

  This Game Pass overhaul is a masterclass in anti-consumer design. First, they removed the $1 trial and now they’re pushing a $29.99/month Ultimate tier that bundles third-party services like Fortnite Crew and Ubisoft+—whether you want them or not. You’re paying for extras you might never use. Second, cloud gaming is now locked behind Premium and Ultimate, meaning if you’re on the cheaper Essential tier, you lose one of the core features that made Game Pass revolutionary. Third, the loyalty rewards system is just gamified spending—play more, spend more, get points to spend more. It’s behavioral manipulation dressed up as perks. And let’s not forget: none of this gives you ownership. You’re renting access to games that can disappear at any time. Microsoft is turning Game Pass into a monetization funnel, not a player-first service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Makes It Very Clear They’re Going To Turn TikTok Into A Right Wing Propaganda Machine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, at least it matches most of the other corporate social web.