TheHobbyist
@TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip
Just a stranger trying things.
- Comment on Facebook now wants to write your posts for you with AI. 1 month ago:
If you login, why would it matter? You are logged in, they have identified you.
- Comment on The big Portal 2 mod Portal: Revolution is out now on Steam 4 months ago:
I just replayed the 1 and 2 recently, love’em. Is reloaded bad?
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 4 months ago:
Yes, it seems you are right. Nonetheless, even at equal prices, isn’t it surprising?
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 4 months ago:
I don’t have any, but I see the following: Cyperpunk 2077, which is available on steam, is cheaper than on the developer’s own platform (gog.com), despite both being at 50% off. Is there any incentive for CDPR to sell it more expensive on their platform?
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 4 months ago:
I don’t see how any of that justifies that valve prohibits publishers from selling their games for cheaper on a platform other than steam.
If anything, the 30% cut is significant and if a developer finds a cheaper platform elsewhere, why wouldn’t he also be allowed to sell his game for cheaper there too?
It’s really dubious to see valve try to control developers market strategies on platforms other than steam.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 4 months ago:
It’s not about what the publisher sets as price, it’s about restricting his options.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 4 months ago:
I found out recently GOG was created by CD project, the same company behind CD Project Red which made The Witcher and CyberPunk. Was very glad to find out about that.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 4 months ago:
There is nothing exclusive to steam with respect to Linux support. All of the things required for games to run on Linux which valve support are fully open source and even existed before valve got involved. They just threw money at the efforts and turbo charged it (which is great).
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 4 months ago:
I’m fine with them existing, but if there are clauses preventing publishers from proposing their games both on steam and elsewhere while they can’t make it cheaper elsewhere, I would like these clauses to stop. I read somewhere there are such clauses and these kind of clauses seem very uncompetitive to me and I wonder why they are legal (if they are).
- Comment on 25 FPS default to 50 Hz instead of 75 (OLED) 5 months ago:
30 fps defaults to 90 hz, where is the default frame doubling in that case?
- Comment on 25 FPS default to 50 Hz instead of 75 (OLED) 5 months ago:
You’re confusing rendering and displaying. There is no doubt that rendering at higher fps requires more power draw. But were talking here about a fixed rendering framerate of 25 fps and a case of refreshing the screen at 50 or 75 hz using the same 25 fps rendering. This is not a usual scenario so there is little info about this, hence my initial point.
- Comment on 25 FPS default to 50 Hz instead of 75 (OLED) 5 months ago:
Where did you see it draw less? And by how much? Computing 50 frames per second does draw less than computing 75, but a display to render at 50 or 75, I have not seen anything with respect to consumption, so I’m curious.
- Comment on 25 FPS default to 50 Hz instead of 75 (OLED) 5 months ago:
This is not about VRR. I am talking fixed refresh rates.
This is entirely possible because the display can perform at any refresh rate between 40 and 90. As to why 75 over 50, your second paragraph answers that.
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- Comment on The death of ownership: Companies are taking away your ability to actually own the stuff you buy 5 months ago:
Ownership of games is a pretty reasonable interpretation in this context. How can ownership of games exist in a context of digital access, activation, online requirements and no physical media?
- Comment on The Metal Gear Solid Collection is so true to Hideo Kojima's "original vision" that it needed a new content warning 8 months ago:
I think it’s a reasonable middle ground. Much better than outright removing the content and the warning…