theangriestbird
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Baby Billy’s Banana Hammock
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- Comment on Microsoft support for Windows 10 officially ends today, but a third of Steam players still use it | VGC 1 day ago:
This is being offered in the USA, too, you know. You have to submit to logging in with a Microsoft account and allowing them to back up your system preferences to the cloud.
Source? My understanding has been that the EU is forcing Microsoft to allow this option, but only if EU users submit to the requirements you mentioned. I have not heard about this being extended to US users. I was able to sub to Extended Security Updates, but I have been assuming this is because my VPN shows me in Europe.
- Comment on Microsoft support for Windows 10 officially ends today, but a third of Steam players still use it | VGC 1 day ago:
we can only hope. If the AI bubble doesn’t pop before this time next year (and that’s a big if), I think Microsoft will be too invested in AI to not keep pushing everyone into their most AI-saturated OS. If the bubble does pop, then maayyyybeee they will extend support for 10. but it’s a big if.
- Comment on Microsoft support for Windows 10 officially ends today, but a third of Steam players still use it | VGC 1 day ago:
would be awesome, but the Steam Hardware Survey also reflects that the majority of users just want to use the thing that simply works. Low-end components and 1080p have dominated those charts for years and years now. For that 97% of users stuck on Windows, you can be sure that almost all of them will just click “upgrade to 11” and be done with it. Sounds like 2/3 of them are already there, the remaining 1/3 are probably waiting til the last minute, or they are in Europe and they get to wait an extra year.
- Microsoft support for Windows 10 officially ends today, but a third of Steam players still use it | VGCwww.videogameschronicle.com ↗Submitted 1 day ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 36 comments
- Battlefield 6 hits EA’s highest ever concurrent player count on Steam, beating Apex Legends | VGCwww.videogameschronicle.com ↗Submitted 1 day ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 8 comments
- Comment on What is the most overrated game gamers hype up? 1 day ago:
The ragdoll physics still felt novel at the time. Nothin quite like headshotting a goblin and they go tumbling away from the force of your arrow
- Comment on how you know you and your PUG are about to lose the match 1 day ago:
Here you go: duckduckgo.com/?t=fpas&q=pug+gaming&ia=web
- Submitted 2 days ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 6 comments
- Comment on Masters of timing, Microsoft: Just one day from Windows 10 EOL and apparently the official Media Creation Tool isn't working 2 days ago:
very glad that Windows magically let me stay on W10 security updates for another year. I think maybe my VPN tripped them up, but i’ll take it.
- Submitted 5 days ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 5 comments
- Comment on A data center fire in South Korea sees 858 TB of government files and 'eight years’ worth of work' stored in the cloud go up in smoke 5 days ago:
maybe they can do what I do, run Windows on the server so you can tell Backblaze that it’s a personal computer. Then I only have to pay a flat rate for the one computer.
- Comment on Rating the Vibes of Megastructure Games - nocaps (YouTube, 8min) 5 days ago:
what a cool idea for a lil vid. Gotta watch the rest still, but i haven’t really thought before about structures in video games that are so massive they simply could not exist even if a human wanted to build it. In my head, these sorts of structures don’t exist in real life because no one has a need for them, but i’ve never really thought about the logistics of a megastructure.
- Comment on A data center fire in South Korea sees 858 TB of government files and 'eight years’ worth of work' stored in the cloud go up in smoke 5 days ago:
that’s gonna be an expensive backblaze account
- Comment on A data center fire in South Korea sees 858 TB of government files and 'eight years’ worth of work' stored in the cloud go up in smoke 5 days ago:
- Comment on Switch 2 continues to break US launch sales records, selling more in its first three months than PS4 | VGC 6 days ago:
to be fair, people were VERY excited about those two new games. I can see how someone can talk themselves into splurging for it, especially if the Switch is their only handheld. Prices of consoles seem to be going UP over time instead of down, so if you think you’ll want one when there are more games, it’s actually more frugal to buy NOW before chip shortages and tariffs drive the price up even higher.
- Switch 2 continues to break US launch sales records, selling more in its first three months than PS4 | VGCwww.videogameschronicle.com ↗Submitted 6 days ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 17 comments
- Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an Assassin’s Creed game partly due to ‘political concerns’ | VGCwww.videogameschronicle.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 9 comments
- Nintendo’s mysterious Close to You animation is revealed to be based on Pikmin | VGCwww.videogameschronicle.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 0 comments
- Comment on More than 60% of US game players only buy two games or fewer per year, survey finds | VGC 1 week ago:
empty soulless games
I agree, more soulslikes! MOOOORREEE!!!
- Comment on More than 60% of US game players only buy two games or fewer per year, survey finds | VGC 1 week ago:
Yeah I’m right there with you. we are the 22% of US game players that are not directly discussed in this article, the ones that are price sensitive but still buying games on a semi-regular basis. Mat Piscatella suggests that it’s that most frequent 14% at the top that are propping up the legacy industry these days, and he’s probably right. I’m inclined to believe that those of us in the next 22% still account for a decent chunk, but more and more of us are shifting towards spending money on live service games only. Idk how some people can afford to spend money on every new game as they come out, that cohort must be almost entirely wealthy folks at this point.
- More than 60% of US game players only buy two games or fewer per year, survey finds | VGCwww.videogameschronicle.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 28 comments
- Comment on Android/Phone Alternatives? [Discussion] 1 week ago:
I think the Fairphone 6 has an option to have e/os preinstalled?
- Epic Games Suing Two Fortnite Island Makers Over Inflated ‘Bot’ Engagement | Aftermathaftermath.site ↗Submitted 1 week ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 0 comments
- Comment on You might still be able to get Xbox Game Pass’ day one games for less than $30 a month 1 week ago:
Usually this sort of contract only applies for the term of the subscription, and then the company can change whatever they like at the end of that term.
The article even specifies that the grandfathered plan only continues to exist because Microsoft is “allowing” it.
When asked, an Xbox spokesperson did not confirm how long legacy Console subscriptions will remain active for current subscribers.
So I get what you are saying, but in this specific case, there is no legal reason why Microsoft could not force current subscribers to move to one of the new, more expensive plans. They are just being nice to some of their most loyal users, for some reason.
- Comment on You might still be able to get Xbox Game Pass’ day one games for less than $30 a month 1 week ago:
My understanding was that all plans were going up in price. Evidently, this grandfathered plan is not. I’m just not sure how many people are left on that plan, it can’t be many if they are continuing to allow it
- Comment on You might still be able to get Xbox Game Pass’ day one games for less than $30 a month 1 week ago:
so a strange, grandfathered loophole. Doesn’t help the new subscribers, and there are plenty of reasons to cancel Game Pass besides the steep price for Day One games. But sure, I guess there is probably a narrow raft of subscribers that will stay happily subscribed, thanks to this loophole, despite the price increases across the board.
- Comment on As Xbox raises Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says it warned Activision deal would ‘harm gamers’ | VGC 1 week ago:
Plz respect Lina’s pronouns
- As Xbox raises Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says it warned Activision deal would ‘harm gamers’ | VGCwww.videogameschronicle.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 5 comments
- Comment on Vampire Survivors-like Megabonk makes megabucks, selling a million copies in 2 weeks, and currently has more daily players than Borderlands 4 on Steam 1 week ago:
Risk of Rain? Haha yeah it’s just a really cool roguelike that is very fun in co-op. Definitely more skill-based than Megabonk.
