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Literally why

They already have Truth Social and Twitter.

You don’t have to make excuses for an independent company that willingly took on a project and was in no way coerced into it.

I mean, the answer kinda just has to be something like Call of Duty to make sense. Think about how much evolution that series has gone through over the years, and how many components there are between campaign, multiplayer, Zombies, spec ops, battle royale, and most recently DMZ. It’s probably the most variety you’d get from just one franchise.

The only things Annapurna has made up until now have been exclusivity deals. This is their first game that’s actually theirs.

I wouldn’t be so hopeful, Twitch has pretty much remained unbeaten and the only “ad block” solution I’ve found still gives a 30 second interruption of the stream, it just doesn’t show the ad anymore. It’s why I don’t use the site anymore, even with Twitch Turbo as an option these days.

I feel as if this is the first real sign that this shit has had an impact. Minecraft isn’t a small community by any means, and them ditching the huge subreddit over this is shocking.

The PC gaming community alone would kill this plan. Data caps make game steaming for long periods untenable and Valve has explicitly been focusing on Linux and Proton for the last decade to try and prepare for Microsoft doing something like this. Apple just released their game conversion toolkit or whatever that shows promise for (relatively) quick and easy ports of Windows games to M2 Macs. Having a streaming connection to play games would be laughable to anyone in the eSports community and would immediately result in companies abandoning Windows.

My biggest problem with GOG is that Galaxy doesn’t rival Steam, same as every other launcher. For example, GOG hosts a lot of older games, that used to be their bread and butter and even their namesake. These games generally don’t have native controller support, so if I want that, I have to launch them through Steam anyway to use Steam Input. If I want to play something on a Linux device, which is now more likely than ever since I own a Steam Deck, the fact is that it’s a pain in the ass to deal with GOG even with their minimal DRM stance (because they allow DRM now seemingly so long as it doesn’t prevent the player from beating the game) because of the lack of support, making it more reasonable to buy games on Steam, even when it’s a game that does support controllers (like how I own The Evil Within on GOG).

The big feature of GOG Galaxy is that you can pull every other launcher into it, but that doesn’t matter to me when I still have to launch everything via Steam anyway. Feels like they’re missing the point a little bit.

There are several pages in this thread so these might’ve been mentioned already, but

Mirror’s Edge, the original.

Tomb Raider (2013) and up

If you enjoy the Ubisoft formula, Far Cry 6

Saints Row 2 and up

Mass Effect franchise before Andromeda

“But you don’t understand! They are the bad guys!”

Y’know, that’s the funny thing. I live in the U.S., and all the people losing their rights seem to be the good ones that are nonviolent and just wish to live their lives.

You say this like there aren’t plenty of movies and shows that don’t have this problem at all, even YouTubers generally knock this out of the park.

Dialogue is one of the only things that should always be clear, it exists to tell the story and missing critical parts of that because they can’t be assed to make sure it sounds half decent in more than one specific environment using one specific audio technology is not something I’m willing to support.

They’re publishing Alan Wake 2. Alan Wake 2 will be digital-only.

Make a product, make it good

I hypothesize that if this worked, Xbox would be outselling right now. From a features standpoint, Xbox has been on the ball for years trying to improve their platform. Backwards compatibility, a cheap 1080p console to go along with their 4K flagship, 1440p support from day one of this generation instead of taking nearly two years to put it in, Xbox Adaptive Controller and Copilot for accessibility, Series X|S having Xbox One controller compatibility, replaceable controller batteries so that slow controller death isn’t an issue, Microsoft Rewards exists to get stuff like Xbox giftcards for just playing games and typing shit into Bing, a fully-featured Chromium-based browser (meaning you can do pretty much anything on there that you could do on a normal browser, like GeForce Now or browser games like this (and yes, it works with the Xbox controller on the console), Gamepass (specifically Ultimate, which comes with hundreds of games on its own, EA Play Basic, a bunch of stuff for Riot Games games, game streaming, “perks” like game DLC, movies, and trials for services, and more point-gaining opportunities for MS Rewards), and on top of all of that, you can pay $20 for developer access and install emulators for pretty much any console Xbox 360 or below.

On the PlayStation end, they also have a lot of great features, like the DualSense controller (built-in controller microphone is a super nice-to-have, the DualSense haptics are sick as fuck when they get used to the fullest, and they’ve got gyro functionality for console users wanting to play with gyro aim in competitive shooters), the fancy PS+ guides feature, the most high-end VR headset on the market, and I really appreciate them not using a proprietary expansion format that completely fucks people all the way from launch until like a couple of weeks ago when Seagate exclusivity runs out finally, but that’s about where my praise of the platform itself ends (Edit: The monthly PS+ games are also way better than the XBLG games, which is excellent for people who don’t want the Netflix-style subscriptions but do pay the online fee).

The real value to people seems to come pretty much just from what games are on the platform. So,

and people pick what they need based on WHAT THEY ACTUALLY NEED.

they actually are. People just wanna be able to play the cool new games, and Xbox hasn’t had any in a long time. Starfield might actually be the first game since the Xbox One where a large amount of people are pissed off that it’s exclusive to Xbox, whereas PlayStation gets game after game that Xbox gamers would really like to have. Hence, exactly why they bought Bethesda and made Starfield exclusive.

Edit to add: A new PS5 would cost 7 times as much in my country. That’s also another thing to consider.

While a PS5 would be notably better, I don’t think it’s 7x better. Get the PS4, there are over a decade of great games for it.

I knew it. As soon as Epic announced their bullshit I saw the end in sight.

forgettable and unmemorable

Not true, I distinctly remember my hatred of the entire plot and progression of The Last Jedi and the ending of Rise of Skywalker.

The rest of it I don’t know anything about but that’s more likely because I’ve only seen each one once and never subbed to r/sequelmemes and have only played The Complete Saga LEGO Star Wars games.

Tbh I usually just use it to play games on a bigger screen with a Bluetooth controller when I’m bored, Nintendo Switch style. There are plenty of console-style mobile games + streaming services that can make it a pretty good time killer if I’m the only one in a waiting room or something.

People never cared. Just look at CoD, MWII was the fastest-selling game in franchise history and it’s the same company. People don’t give a damn unless it personally affects them.

I dunno, I don’t really see it as “respecting my time.” Historically, games like this have been hit or miss for me, so I never wanted to blow over $20 on it, and I certainly don’t feel like $35. I would much rather just play something else I already own or can get for cheaper until I can buy the game on a whim instead of having to commit and play “check every nook and cranny for deal-breakers during the refund window.”

I would also far prefer something like what BattleBit Remastered is doing. Game came out for $15, it’s one of the best shooters I’ve played in years, so I bought the $20 supporter pack for some in-game cosmetics. Low entry price and rewards for further support. I fundamentally disagree with raising prices on existing products and hate this idea of price FOMO that has extended past early access.

It also means that after a while people figure out the pattern of “new show, cancelled, new show, cancelled, repeat” and stop caring about originals. Like Netflix.