spacedogroy

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• OpenAI Is A Bad Businesswww.wheresyoured.at ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game developers are still feeling the pull of last-generation consoles⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the UK at least there’s a persistent cost-of-living battle being fought, so we’re not spending as much as we were, and large game production has reached a tipping point where the number of purchasers aren’t growing but costs are increasing, so: studios contract; or games are taking longer to make; or games are made with a smaller scope. So basically, there’s less to upgrade your console for.

  I mean, for me personally, everytime I think of upgrading from a Series S I find it hard to justify because most games run quite well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Water firms ask for bill rises of between 24% and 91%⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nationalise the lot of them. They had their chance.

• Marc Conway risked his life to stop the London Bridge terror attack. Why did he fear being sent to prison for it?www.theguardian.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alan Wake II Has yet to Recoup Development and Marketing Expenses; Tencent Raised Stakes in Remedy to 14%⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It also didn’t release as a physical copy. New digital releases in the UK at least are always pretty expensive, whereas with physical copies there’s at least a chance of a small discount from a retailer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Call of Duty and Diablo boost Microsoft's gaming revenues, but Xbox sales continue to fall⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s really quite bad imo, but it’s surprising considering how the consoles are basically the same, hardware-wise - the Xbox on paper might even be technically more powerful.

  I think that if they’d been able to get out there with a couple of great 1st party games early in the generation it might have helped swing the market in their direction but they didn’t and now it doesn’t matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phil Spencer, long cast as Xbox’s saviour, may be remembered as the man who killed it⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sony is also encountering similar issues in terms of the cost of games being unsustainable and Moore’s Law kicking in. The difference is that they’re making games that move consoles and Microsoft just aren’t.

  At this point, I don’t know what strategy Microsoft has at this point. If you say “Xbox everywhere”, what does Xbox even mean any more for the enthusiast? I don’t think Xbox is done, but if they were looking to be HBO before, they are now going for the Netflix approach - high quantity content, mediocre product - and possibly alienate the existing audience they have.

  I say this as an Xbox Series S owner, I’m happy with my purchase, but as a consumer I don’t think I’ll be upgrading my console to anything Microsoft ship any time soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young people in England feel they must move for better opportunities⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the most senseless thing about the RTO movement to me. We have a tiny country and, in software at least, jobs are centralised in a few major cities. There was an opportunity for people from all over to live wherever they choose and spend in their local areas, doesn’t the wealth throughout the country.

  But nah, let’s go back to the office, the congested and overburdened roads, the noise and air pollution, the hours lost travelling. It’s hugely disappointing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American bully XL dogs to be banned by end of year - Sunak⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Curious to know what they intend to do with the Bully XLs currently owned legally.

• Woking plans to cut funds for care, arts, sports and toilets to plug £1.2bn deficit | Austeritywww.theguardian.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is a fractured mess and easily the worst of the series⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they kind of squandered Rocket’s origin story - it would have been better served as some kind of mini series in my opinion - given how much it was bigged up.

  Tone was all over the place. Same with the music, which felt like it was serving itself rather than fitting in with the film. The cast has very obviously gotten older, which isn’t necessarily a problem in itself but reinforces the idea of the series being past its best.

  Thing is, I know people liked seeing Rocket’s origin story and enjoyed the film. So 🤷‍♂️