absquatulate
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- Comment on SK Hynix expect the hardware crisis to continue through 2030 1 week ago:
The people that colluded and created a cartel to fix prices say that prices will keep increasing.
- Comment on Dune: Awakening's seasonally appropriate Blood and Ice expansion gets a December release date, and in a plus for preservation, an offline mode this month 1 week ago:
Played the single player mode a few months ago and it’s pretty good. It’s very immersive and lore-friendly, and you can tune your difficulty ( which may be required because defaults are mmo-tuned and grindy as fuck ). The big caveat for single player is that you’re essentially locked out of end-game equipment ( unless you tick “free crafting” or smth ).
- Comment on Mass Effect 5 was aiming to offer a "level of autonomy and choice" that could vault it into orbit with Larian and CD Projekt's top RPGs, former dev says post-cancellation 2 weeks ago:
Oh suure, suure. Right after they were supposed to get their shit together.
- Comment on CD Projekt is in "a really dangerous place", says Anthem's executive producer, pointing to ballooning costs of making games of that scope and quality 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think CDPR’s risk comes from being a “single IP” dev, but from the fact that they’re stock listed. If they were fully private they probably would’ve had a backup fund ( probably still do ) that would hold them over for a while if their games flopped. But the stock market can really bury you at the slightest hiccup, or push you to make bad decisions. Add to that the fact that they’re also an ambitious company that likes to bet big and grow fast and you start to worry for them.
- Comment on All hail brand synergy, Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a live action adaptation from Paramount and the producer behind the horrendous Doom movie 4 weeks ago:
Paramount producing a cyberpunk movie? Ironic
- Comment on Hackers steal millions of Discord IDs and email addresses in "deliberate, multi-stage attack" on security service Double Counter 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, definitely looks like a service you’d want to voluntarily submit id’s and face photos to.
- Comment on ‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered’ Hits A Metacritic Review Score Record 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, the record metacritic score was based off of just 10 critic reviews.
- Comment on ‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered’ Hits A Metacritic Review Score Record 1 month ago:
Did it tho? On steam I’m seeing a third of new reviews being negative, probably due to the performance issues on amd.
- Comment on CD Projekt release full updated Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered system specs, including ray-tracing and path-tracing requirements 1 month ago:
Much as I await this,it’s a bit sad to see my old gtx1660 relegated from the “high” bracket to bare minimum. Hopefully gog keep publishing the old-gen installer kit, for those with potato pcs.
- Comment on Age of Empires studio World's Edge reportedly lose nearly half their staff and a new game project in mass Xbox layoffs 1 month ago:
They didn’t “lose” shit, they got canned by mictosoft. After doing great work with Ensemble’s legacy, no less.
- Comment on Ahead of GTA 6, Rockstar warn modders against against making unofficial main story expansions, unauthorised ports and mods that combine GTA maps 1 month ago:
Lol, amazing what they can get away with. Imagine seeing a “mod forbidden you rubes!” statement from ubisoft or EA
- Comment on Factorio gets a full ARM64 Linux port to play anywhere - especially nice for the Steam Frame 1 month ago:
Factorio in VR? I mean it’s good news, but why would you? Maybe for people that play exclusively in VR?
- Comment on "A dried husk of a product": former Doom producer berates Microsoft for making Halo a "mid-tier" game and mourns the "financialisation" of AAA 1 month ago:
we’re starting to get to the point where the financialisation period is taking place in video games in which, you know, basically every level of AAA gaming is managed by these people.
Not sure what he means with this “financialisation” period. Didn’t AAA mean “big budget” (game quality notwithstanding) ? Of course they’ll want to manage every aspect, because developing AAA means they sunk a boatload of money into it.
- Comment on "The internet we once loved is gone": SteamDB founders announce the community-run database has been acquired by Nexus Mods' owners 2 months ago:
I’m just amazed at the entitlement of people about this, or number of people treating this as some sort of betrayal because he sold out and didn’t want to continue free solo work on it.
- Comment on Star Citizen spinoff Squadron 42 has been delayed yet again, citing everyone going gaga for GTA 6, even if it isn't coming to PC yet 2 months ago:
I know of his issues, but they hardly absolve him of blame.
- Comment on Star Citizen spinoff Squadron 42 has been delayed yet again, citing everyone going gaga for GTA 6, even if it isn't coming to PC yet 2 months ago:
I mean two things can be true at once.
It’s true that there are a lot of pc games that are trying to avoid the GTA6 release window, to the point it creates a 3 month void of games (right around christmas too!) and I suppose it’s for good reason.
It’s also true that roberts is a scammer and you should not belive his lies because SC and S42 are scams.
- Comment on I analyzed my first 30 years of gaming and the 400 games I played 2 months ago:
Yea l, figured the same. It’s just name, year, status, platform and kit type/size for now. Not like I can recall when I finished Kohan or whatever obscure 20th century game anyway.
- Comment on I analyzed my first 30 years of gaming and the 400 games I played 2 months ago:
Ooh, a fellow listmaker. I’ve started compiling a “past three decade” list as well, mostly for keeping a game kit inventory, but your tracking is way more dilligent. I’ve starte only last year and have been going from memory and old kits and you can imagine how that’s going. Tried a few online tools but none are actually satisfactory for stat purposes, so it’s still in spreadsheet form.
Anyway thank you for the great read, it’s fun to compare and contrast with someone else’s opinions on a couple hundred games.
- Comment on 'Peak Rockstar Arrogance' — GTA 6 Fans Aren't Thrilled With Netflix's Paywalled Extended Look at the Game 2 months ago:
…but they will still buy it.
- Comment on Midnight Moments is a cyberpunk diorama builder for the neon sign and drizzly rain lovers 3 months ago:
Longshot: playing Anno 2070 with the Eden Initiative
- Comment on "Our business did not grow with our audience": post-layoffs, Xbox execs are trying to sell a gaming division bounce back by summer 2027 3 months ago:
Yea I tried to argue against this when she was hired, but holy hell after the past month this reeks of glass cliff. I’d wager by 2028 xbox will be done for. Shame they’re taking so many good names down with them.
- Comment on Krafton have big plans for Subnautica, after the second game's once-divisive co-op "confirmed the potential to expand beyond the existing fan base" 3 months ago:
Oh god, here comes the Subnautica 3 roguelite soulslike extraction shooter with a battle royale mode! Can’t wait!
- Comment on Palworld Hits Nearly 1 Million Concurrent Players 10 Days After 1.0 Launch 3 months ago:
Gave it a try for a couple of hours to see what the fuss is about. It’s not bad, like a cross between survial crafting/ pokemon game / animal crossing, but very casual and dad-friendly. Haven’t seen many bugs but there’s some jank here and there. I’m not really seeing it have a lot of staying power, but that might just be me not being familiar with pokemon games.
- Comment on Oh no, that's Lenovo saying they think these RAM prices will be the new normal and may never go back to how they were 4 months ago:
He’s probably right. Inflation will likely catch up and the prices won’t go down in any significant manner. We ran into this years before the RAMpocalypse, while searching for a sub-200€ GPU, or trying to build a sub-500€ entry level gaming pc.
- Comment on Expect RAM prices to stay high with Micron locking in deals for 5 years 4 months ago:
Don’t think anybody expected micron to return to the consumer market once they got on the gravy train. What I wonder is whether they’re like nvidia now, actually producing, shipping and getting paid, or are those SCAs just promises and more IOUs? Because just reading “micron exponential growth” everywhere does not inspire confidence.
- Comment on "We made a series of mistakes": GOG apologise for emailing Nazi symbols to people in newsletter about Slavic fantasy game 5 months ago:
I’m not from the US, but yes, I recognize the symbols. It’s just that I don’t put too much stock in an marketing email. Maybe I’m completely desensitized due to all the discount spam we get, but it could just as well have been the announcement of a new wolfenstein game or smth ( not sure what’s in it, haven’t read it ).
- Comment on "We made a series of mistakes": GOG apologise for emailing Nazi symbols to people in newsletter about Slavic fantasy game 5 months ago:
I dunno man, I haven’t noticed the nazi SS thing until it blew up on lemmy. I just kinda glazed over the title, figured the symbols had smth to do with a new advertised game and into the bin it went. My money’s on an edgy/nazi employee or an attempt at a joke in very bad taste.
- Comment on Fable Gets Delayed Once More Potentially To Avoid GTA VI Eating its Lunch 5 months ago:
They’re not even on the same platform, wtf
- Comment on Star Citizen crowdfunding reaches $1 billion, gaining the last $100 million in six months 5 months ago:
Mildly related: it feels like eurogamer has really stepped up their ragebait game. I’ve been subscribed to their rss for years and lately it’s just ragebait after clickbait after community drama. What happened eurogamer? Who bought you?
- Comment on Former Microsoft VP says Microsoft missed the AI wave like the internet and mobile, as Copilot scales back in Windows 11 5 months ago:
“People didn’t dig our chatbots. Ut must ve because we’ve fallen behind”
The level of delusion, I swear