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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Legal action over 'unfair' Steam game store prices given go ahead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is the crux of the lawsuit, I don’t think I suggested anything. The original post is asking what they are on about. I replied with what they are on about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Legal action over 'unfair' Steam game store prices given go ahead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the crux of the law suit? They are claiming that valve are applying it to non-steam key games. I think this is their website steamyouoweus.co.uk/faqs/

  These price parity clauses apply to all games listed on Steam, not only those distributed via Steam Keys. As a result, other platforms cannot offer better deals, limiting consumer choice and keeping prices higher across the board. This harms competition in the market and stops other platforms from improving their services.

  Though I do think the last part is nonsense.

  It also says it in the article, though I suppose it is less clear:

  The lawsuit - filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London - alleges Valve “forces” game publishers to sign up to conditions which prevents them from selling their titles earlier or for less on rival platforms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Legal action over 'unfair' Steam game store prices given go ahead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I did too but when I had a quick search around that’s what I found. I think it’d be reasonable to apply steam keys, valve is providing the full service there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Legal action over 'unfair' Steam game store prices given go ahead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Valve forces price parity with all platforms. So if they have lower charges, that saving cannot be passed on to the customer and so stops price competition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My body is ready

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oblivion Remastered troubleshooting⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The exception code you are getting appears to indicate some code is trying to execute something very low level (e.g. direct device access) when it isn’t allowed.

  This isn’t a widespread issue, so it seems reasonable to assume that it is specific to your machine.

  My guesses are:

  • Corrupt game files, try deleting the user data for the game. Not sure where that lives.

  • Corrupt install but I think you’ve addressed that.

  • Corrupt windows, a scan disk check might repair something.

  • Corrupt drivers:

  • Fresh install of GPU drivers, using amd’s tool or ddu.

  • Update chipset drivers if there are any.

  • Disable or uninstall anything that controls additional devices. E.g. led or fan controllers like Armoury crate or MSI afterburner.

  • Any other app that injects itself into the process. Game overlay, antivirus. Amd adrenaline does this, as can steam and gamebar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the difference between a hostage and a prisoner?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the implication was that the prisoners are actually hostages too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ex-Annapurna Video-Game Staff to Absorb Former Take-Two Indie Label⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  How else can you judge what direction they might go in? If you like the projects they worked on in the past does it not make it more likely that you’ll like their next project? Effectively we are getting a merger of two of the better publishers that are going independent from more corporate overlords? Maybe I’m being overly optimistic…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, the Nvidia App isn’t killing your PC’s performance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It was the photo mode and filters setting in the overlay. You can switch it off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mortgage rates increasing again – so do brokers think now is a good time to fix?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  On the same day I got an email to say my savings rates were going down, what a surprise!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AMD's FSR 3.1 upscaling tested: improved over FSR 2 but DLSS and XeSS are still ahead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It does though doesn’t it, it has a fall back execution route on non-intel GPUs that isn’t as good?