thatKamGuy

@thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Handheld consoles are the industry's next battleground | Opinion⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The success of the Steam Deck alongside the Nintendo Switch I think is the primary reason MS is attempting to enter the market, and So y is giving it another try.

  Out of curiosity, is there any reason why you don’t consider the Vita a PSP2?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indestructible quartz crystal can store 360TB of data for billions of years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  COD developers are actively salivating at the thought!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because they cost so much to make⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Indies are honestly the only thing keeping me in this hobby; well that and retro collecting…

  A game like Vampire Survivors has given me hundreds of hours of entertainment and value for a fraction of the cost of a single “AAA” game - even factoring in the handful of expansion packs he’s released.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because they cost so much to make⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Corporations are beholden to their shareholders, yes - but the issue is more down to the fact that we seem to have forgotten that shareholders have the intellect of a toddler… give them free reign and they’ll eat pure sugar for dinner and then complain about a tummy ache.

  The line can still go up by delivering quality experiences (as mentioned elsewhere: BG3, RDR2 & hopefully GTA6); by taking care of your stakeholders (which includes employees and customers), it results in higher long-term returns for everyone.

  But again, shareholders are toddlers and the current system is giving them free rein.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because they cost so much to make⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Provide me with a complete experience out-of-the-box as an end-user (you know how it should be done, developers - it’s the way things were before the PS3/XBox 360 era), don’t try to nickel & dime me with ‘micro-transactions’ or ‘battle passes’, or scam me with multiple ‘expansions’ every year… and then, and only then, we can talk.

  $60 USD in 2000 is worth about $110 now; so there’s room to negotiate - but it needs to be in good faith, and I don’t trust publishers to do so currently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World Of Warcraft's latest expansion The War Within is live, adding a new continent, hero talents and Delves⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been clean since the second year of Shadowlands; Dragonflight was literally the first expansion I hadn’t played at all (I’ve usually played at least a year of every other one before that)…

  …can’t lie that I haven’t vicariously followed the goings-on through YouTube videos, and that TWW has seemed quite promising from multiple angles to the point that I have been tempted to.

  However, like my initial dabble with Classic (and anything addictive, really) - things don’t hit quite like they used to… and I’d rather leave myself with positive memories, rather than risk getting slapped in the face with cold, hard reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve To Steam Deck Owners: Stop Huffing Its Vent Fumes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s got that ‘new-tech’ smell blowing out of the cooling vents in spades… it’s legitimately pleasant!