PrinceWith999Enemies

@PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Life By You devs spent “a month in purgatory” prior to closure, says laid-off designer, despite their sim-like exceeding Paradox's expectations⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mothers, don’t let your babies grow up to be game devs…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$70 titles are doomed to go “the way of the dodo” says Saber Interactive CEO⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this is the same thing streaming media companies are realizing. When it was just pretty much Netflix, media companies would license them their content and Netflix would get their subscription fees. Then the media companies decided that they could earn more by cutting out the middleman and producing their own content.

  This created a headwind where companies established departments for producing content for streaming and funded them generously. However, the fragmentation on the consumer end ended up splitting the market such that it became unprofitable to run at those levels - everyone wanted $10 per month to subscribe to their dedicated service, and looked to in house productions to drive consumer loyalty. That, predictably, fell apart and now they’re increasing fees, cutting down on family accounts, and cutting productions.

  I think that the massive layoffs we are seeing in the gaming industry is a similar reaction. Game budgets have become bloated to the point of being unsustainable. I feel badly for the devs and staff affected by the contraction, and I remain impressed by the size of the game market overall, but at some point, like streaming media companies, you have to realize there’s only so much pie to go around. The size of the pie does grow, but the expectation of demand has significantly outpaced demand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This New Dating App Is Only for People With a Credit Score of 675 and Above⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Those are already built into the process.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roku Issues a Mandatory Terms of Service Update That You Must Agree To or You Can't Use Your Roku | Cord Cutters News⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We need legislation put in place that prevents companies from arbitrarily changing EULAs.

  Changing a EULA should require the company to refund the price of the product (to be returned at the company’s expense), in addition to refunding customer purchases associated with the services associated with the product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've just got an AppleTV+ sub. What should I watch?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s an incredible amount of content out there. The best of the best would include Ted Lasso and the Morning Show. The only thing I’d recommend is googling a show if it’s most recent season isn’t current. It’s tough to get really into a show and having it end in a cliffhanger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Leonardo da Vinci Documentary From Ken Burns to Premiere on PBS in November⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  His self portraits would indicate people aged a lot faster back then, if that’s the case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Streaming Platforms Have a Profitability Problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m only being pedantic for the sake of fun, but load any image (or stream data) into a hex editor and bam! you have text.

  Also, the musical Avenue Q has an entire song about what the internet is for, and I believe it’s inclusive of both pics and streaming video.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are we living through the end of an empire?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Elon Musk as Andrew Ryan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marques Brownlee's hands-on critique of the Telsa Cybertruck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oof.

  The Multipla had a certain jolie laide. This just looks like what a not-gifted sixth grader draws in his notebook between the Cool S and the swords.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unrelated question: does anyone want to check out a compound in the woods with me?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Choose a leader

  I didn’t know we had a King. I thought we were an autonomous collective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be a better pirate.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They were on sale for a buck an ear.