JasSmith

@JasSmith@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After laying off 9,000 employees , Microsoft records $27.2 billion profit in latest quarter⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think Microsoft has cared about people pirating Windows for decades. They still permit people to use the MAS. It’s like two seconds to activate Windows for free forever now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After laying off 9,000 employees , Microsoft records $27.2 billion profit in latest quarter⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  They massively over-hired and over-acquired during covid. Demand spiked and they started poaching every studio and developer they could find. These layoffs were likely always the plan for when demand dropped again, and when they needed to streamline and consolidate the studios they purchased.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After laying off 9,000 employees , Microsoft records $27.2 billion profit in latest quarter⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  -10 downvotes for stating a fact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG now ask for donations when you buy games⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll allow it. I like what they’re doing over there. No DRM. Download everything. Game preservation. I wish they had done a better job with Galaxy but it looks like Microsoft is about to do their own store aggregator now so maybe that’s moot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m convinced there’s almost nothing they could do to lose net subscribers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make your complaints heard about bad games, says Dragon Age veteran Mark Darrah, but "your $70 doesn't buy you cruelty"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Skill Up’s review perfectly summarised all the criticisms. One of the most damning indictments was the feeling that HR was always in the room. He brings receipts for all his complaints. Some of the most unbelievably stupid, juvenile, and ham-fisted writing I’ve ever seen in any video game. This would be a failure if it came from any other studio, but to see BioWare fall this far is really difficult to see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[@GamersNexus] They Changed Everything: Valve Steam Deck OLED vs. LCD Tear-Down⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Pro consumer behaviour like refusing to sell the Deck in Australia because of our Consumer protection laws?

  That didn’t really seem like a joke to me but thanks for clarifying. I guess conveying tone is difficult across text.

  I’m not sure if you’ve seen them yet but Steam Decks aren’t PCs. They’re handhelds. They compete with handhelds like the Nintendo Switch. I understand there is category overlap with the Deck but to call it a PC is clearly silly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[@GamersNexus] They Changed Everything: Valve Steam Deck OLED vs. LCD Tear-Down⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I highly doubt Newell is harbouring some kind of grudge. Several countries have ruled against Valve in more onerous ways.

  I’m not sure where you got the notion that Japan is a larger market than Australia but the Japanese spend around US$26B/year on video games. Australia is around $US$2.6B. Australia isn’t even in the top 10% worldwide. Now factor in expensive shipping, distribution, and warranty support in Australia, and it seems fairly obviously why they haven’t expanded there yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[@GamersNexus] They Changed Everything: Valve Steam Deck OLED vs. LCD Tear-Down⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that really why they don’t sell in Australia? I don’t believe your consumer protections laws are tougher than Europe. I can’t find any stated reason for not selling in AU. I suspect it’s just down to market size. They only recently started selling in Japan and they have 5x as many people.