tmyakal

@tmyakal@infosec.pub

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You can’t just throw new people at that problem": Bethesda devs doubt future Elder Scrolls and Fallout games will have the same "quality level", after losing seasoned staff to Xbox cuts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This was my first thought. If what we’ve been getting out of Bethesda is the good stuff, I’m afraid for what comes next.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates, extending to "the fundamental cosmological makeup of the universe"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I downloaded it ages ago, booted it up once, and immediately felt too overwhelmed. Reading about it is way better than playing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine - Waitlist only 3 weeks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I put myself on the list for the 2TB + controller about six weeks ago and haven’t gotten anything. I guess I should’ve settled for the smaller one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paralives' latest update throws out its wonderfully awful homunculi babies and makes it so that dead bodies should no longer litter the streets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, based on patch notes, headline is 100% on the level.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony to no longer bring PlayStation narrative single-player games to PC⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The margins on PC are worse. They’re paying extra on porting, on additional marketing, and on customer service, and Steam is taking a huge cut for that privilege. Only releasing on PS5 means the software only needs to be optimized for one unchanging configuration, and any digital sales are run through their own store with less overhead.

  Whether that difference in margin is enough to justify console exclusivity, no idea. But selling on PC isn’t as simple as just, “Look, more customers!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony to no longer bring PlayStation narrative single-player games to PC⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the incentive to get into PC to begin with was live service revenue. The Last of Us and Spider-Man both had live service games in development, so Sony was trying to give consumers a taste of those worlds via the single player critical darlings. They also tried that stunt requiring a PSN account to play Helldivers.

  Those live service games have since been cancelled, and the PSN requirements have been walked back. If they can’t make perpetual money on battle passes and PS+ subscriptions, why give Steam a cut of the game sales?

  Not saying it’s right or wrong, but I can understand why they’d do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t make a gun registry, but you’ll get put on a list for buying a GPU.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The absolute classic Cave Story+ has a huge free upgrade on PC⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it’s time to play Cave Story again.