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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Denuvo has been broken, company promises countermeasures against new DRM bypasses — zero-day game releases become norm as security concerns mount over hypervisor-based bypass⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not about performance for me. I’m not paying for a single player offline game that requires internet. I was around for the Spore DRM. That started with 3 activations and having to call EA for more. Even the current 5 activations per day is too restrictive, as I’ve heard changing proton version counts as an activation. If I don’t own it (yes technically you don’t steam games, but I think I could easily bypass steam protection and still play my games if it came down to it) I’m not buying it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony announces major price hikes for PS5, PS5 Pro, and Portal as it blames "continued pressures in the global economic landscape"⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  $900 for a PS5 pro doesn’t leave me hopeful for an affordable steam machine. I’m not in the market for the machine, but do want the frame and I’m not thinking my hopeful $700 price range is going to happen. At this rate it might be more than the index.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve announces three new products: the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My rift-s is the one thing that I kinda wanted to stay on Windows for. Hopefully the steam frame is priced to compete with meta.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BioWare quietly lay off key Dragon Age team members while talking up the next Mass Effect⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  How the fuck did my favorite developer of the 360 era end up being a company I don’t even care if they stay open or ever release another game.

  Oh right, EA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can’t upgrade your PC to Windows 11? Buy a new one, is Microsoft’s laughable solution⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Mine too. I tried 11 and went back to 10. Honestly, only thing keeping me on Windows currently is my plex*arr servers. Guess I have a year to figure out docker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$70 titles are doomed to go “the way of the dodo” says Saber Interactive CEO⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have ads blocked everywhere, so I don’t know if BG3 had traditional advertising. I do know they focused a lot on the voice actors with YouTube stuff like them playing table top D&D.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$70 titles are doomed to go “the way of the dodo” says Saber Interactive CEO⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The article doesn’t really say pricing will go up. Just that the current AAA $70 isn’t sustainable. Even says he doesn’t want to sell their next game at $70, but is afraid of it being perceived as a lower quality game if cheaper. I think hellblade 2 will be a good test if a cheaper game price is seen as a negative. Personally, I loved 1, with their AA idea. Which is just AAA quality, in a shorter length. After the first hellblade, I was really hoping we’d see more high quality games releasing at different price ranges. Seems only indies, really move away from $70 though. I just beat immortals of avalon on ps+, and I think that would have been a perfect example of a game that should have released at $40. It wasn’t worth $70, but was a pretty fun experience for the right price.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Quest apps will be unable to support Oculus Quest 1 headsets from May⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a rift s and was already fed up with Facebook so wasn’t buying a quest anyway. This just confirms that Facebook sucks and will not be the headset I get next. Hopefully the psvr2 pc support is actually coming and works well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32°N’s liquid-lens sunglasses transform into reading glasses with a swipe⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m relatively new to glasses. I tried a pair from Zenni (maybe that was my problem) but I couldn’t use them. Had to tilt my head down to look out the top of the lens to see distance. Now I just have distance glasses and have to take them off if reading, phone etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32°N’s liquid-lens sunglasses transform into reading glasses with a swipe⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool tech, but $850. Makes me wonder though how long before vr tech makes it to prescription glasses. A pair of glasses that can eye track where you’re looking, determine the distance of your focus and adjust the prescription to be able to see clearly at all times would be awesome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta says it’s deleting all Oculus accounts at the end of the month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Same, but I bought a rift s before all this crap. Pretty much only use it for beat saber though. Finally migrated because I don’t want to lose that. At least I don’t have to have Facebook like the initial plan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Streaming Ads Are So Much Worse Than Traditional Ad Breaks | MZS | Roger Ebert⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  We are now at the point in the history of show business where a bad experience is free and a decent one costs extra.

  Except that’s not the case. *arrs and plex(probably jellyfin as well, haven’t tried it) is a vastly superior user experience than most of the streaming apps. So the good experience is free and the bad experience costs money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paramount Hopes the Super Bowl Can Power Up Its Streaming Business⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe spend that money on fixing your app instead.