schmidtster
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- Comment on CD Projekt CFO does "not see a place for microtransactions in single-player games" 7 months ago:
What…? Most people want more content more often with more options, not everyone wants a release every 4 years that’s the same content and story rehashed.
- Comment on CD Projekt CFO does "not see a place for microtransactions in single-player games" 7 months ago:
They still buy full games though, using old as seats to make new content for an “old” game is a great way to have more income come in. Most would probably prefer to make a new game, but that takes longer as well.
So if it’s a dlc a year at $15 for 4 years, or a game every 4 years for $60… what’s the difference in the end? Other than what you think is going on inside your head? It’s the same content, same price, same everything, you just get content yearly instead of every 4 years. Bonus for everyone since they can than use that money after the first year to maybe make the other better.
- Comment on CD Projekt CFO does "not see a place for microtransactions in single-player games" 7 months ago:
People had different issues with those, that was because online was a portion of it, and people thought devs were holding content back just to make more money. Obviously some did that, but they started painting every dev with that brush.
Every change has been a reactionary effort to adjust for the market changes and using it to their marketing advantage.
- Comment on CD Projekt CFO does "not see a place for microtransactions in single-player games" 7 months ago:
The outcome of splitting the content is that there are a lot of people who want to have everything and they will end up paying far more for a la carte than for an expansion
So if they want the content, they can support the devs so they make more.
The people who wouldn’t have bought the expansion still buy nothing, and pretty much nobody just buys a couple of things to save money.
So no lose there, but they could buy an outfit if they liked it and want to support the dev.
…… that’s actually the majority of gamers…… 2% of the player base accounts for most of the purchases, that means the other 98% is still buying stuff, just not everything. So that’s not even remotely close to reality, most people pick and choose the content, which is literally why this because a thing, because the market wanted it….
- Comment on CD Projekt CFO does "not see a place for microtransactions in single-player games" 7 months ago:
That’s also just an affect on the market of people wanting more choice.
Of course it can be swung in a negative light too, because it affects developers bottom lines, and they always want the most money possible. CDPR is no different.
- Comment on CD Projekt CFO does "not see a place for microtransactions in single-player games" 7 months ago:
It is kinda funny how people have no issue paying for it all together as bundle, but separate it so people can pay for things individually is silly.
I would rather have a story for $10 and $1 outfits I can ignore, than to spend $30 on a story and bunch of cosmetics that don’t add to the game.
This is just marketing, nothing more.
- Comment on Do bike tires increase pressure in summerm 8 months ago:
Overpressure can cause its own issues, it can cause uneven wear. That uneven wear can lead to bald spot that can cause the tire to blow.
Optimal tire pressure should be maintained at all times, not overthinking at all.
- Comment on Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down 8 months ago:
Searching for scooter and pedestrian brings up plenty of results, just gotta disclude vehicles from the pool of results.
- Comment on Yeah, I'm gonna take a second opinion on that... 10 months ago:
A level would have to be unwieldy large before it would have to account for that. Thats completely made up.
- Comment on I don't get it 10 months ago:
Some grapes are considered sour instead of sweet, but I get your point, not the first choice I would go with either.
- Comment on Microsoft paid $13B for this tech 10 months ago:
Sorry my autocorrect is stupid and I’m too lazy to proof read and check sometimes.
- Comment on I don't get it 10 months ago:
Why so sour?
- Comment on Microsoft paid $13B for this tech 10 months ago:
Well I mean it did work. You have now shared it and made it a meme for others to enjoy, it’s fulfilled it’s task successfully.
- Comment on Did someone tell Steam it's not April 1st yet? 10 months ago:
What would be the point of that? They’ve had fan bases work together before, if they did something like that it would be immediately figured out most likely.
- Comment on Did someone tell Steam it's not April 1st yet? 10 months ago:
It almost seems tongue in cheek, especially with rddr2 winning the labor of love.
- Comment on Did someone tell Steam it's not April 1st yet? 10 months ago:
Fan votes have been and will always be popularity contests.
- Comment on Another example of shrink flation... oh, my beer... 11 months ago:
Weight of the beer plus the can would be 1lb.
- Comment on i made a speadsheet to get through my backlog a while ago and today i hit my milestone for the year. 11 months ago:
Between epics free games and the games you get from ps/xbox for being subscribers its really not that large of a list.
Just between those 3 you would have a library of about 120 games. 1-2 a week for epic and 3 for each ps and Xbox.
- Comment on Matthew Perry’s Cause of Death Revealed as ‘Acute Effects of Ketamine’ 11 months ago:
Would they be at high levels for treatment though?
- Comment on The Last of Us Online is Dead 11 months ago:
Works better from a marketing and Par angle to spin it that it will be soo good that we need to focus everything on it vs. it’s gonna crash and burn like the first so let’s cut the losses now.
- Comment on The Last of Us Online is Dead 11 months ago:
No one asked for live service and I don’t think they mentioned it until now themselves.
If it was as good as they thought it was, they would make it work, sans live service.
- Comment on Naughty Dog cancel The Last Of Us Online while teasing new single player projects 11 months ago:
Did anyone ask for a live service multiplayer? Seems like a cop out excuse.
- Comment on Just speak normally 11 months ago:
Narcism is a better look?
- Comment on Just speak normally 11 months ago:
It’s what is laziest and easiest for them. Some people are simply taught to think of others while conversing instead of just themselves.
- Comment on Just speak normally 11 months ago:
Most people I know would say 9 and 3/4 instead of 1/4 to 10 when looking at an analog clock. We were taught to mentally do some minor math, same habits, just better I guess.
- Comment on Just speak normally 11 months ago:
Because that means the person is old and can’t count from 10 to 9 and change 1/4 to 3/4?
- Comment on An easy way to enlarge a photo 11 months ago:
Same energy as losing your glasses on your head or your phone for a flashlight to look for phone.
Everyone makes follies like this, we just like to pretend we are better and can’t.
- Comment on What the actual f*** is this Rockstar? 11 months ago:
Bthese have been used to train ai for decades. Of course they can solve them, it’s what they are being trained to do by them.
- Comment on aLiEnS!!1 11 months ago:
Were block and tackles a thing in that time too?
- Comment on Bodycam: Porch Pirate Busted with Car Full of Packages to ‘Build Gingerbread Houses,’ Cops Say 11 months ago:
Oh my sweet summer child, what do you think pirates did before they were watching movies?