lazycouchpotato

lazycouchpotato, 2 dni temu

How big is that backlog?

Mine crossed 1500 recently 😅

lazycouchpotato, 22 godziny temu

Yeah I collect all the free games that Epic gives out, plus other random freebies and game bundles.

Will I go through all 1500 in my lifetime? Absolutely not.

Which game(s) are you currently playing?

lazycouchpotato, 11 dni temu

Gift article I found online.

The part that interests me is this:

Jill Braff, head of ZeniMax studios, said in the town hall that she hoped the reorganization would allow the division, which also develops Fallout and Doom, to put more focus on fewer projects. “It’s hard to support nine studios all across the world with a lean central team with an ever-growing plate of things to do,”

Why gobble up so many studios to consolidate into a gaming megacorp, then get gobbled up yourself by Microsoft? What’s the purpose of acquiring so many studios and holding onto so much IP if you can’t handle them?

lazycouchpotato, miesiąc temu

Java is quite popular online due to all the mods and the videos people upload to YouTube using those mods, but I believe in terms of number of users, Bedrock outscores it quite a bit. The barrier to entry is lower – $7 on iOS/Android and most people have phones.

lazycouchpotato, miesiąc temu

This looks so good. I’m drawn to games with unique art styles.

lazycouchpotato, 3 miesiące temu

I’d rather see consoles open up to being general purpose PCs, than not see consoles at all.

Valve got it right with the Steam Deck. I enjoy accessing my game library from SteamOS and using the Desktop Mode when I need to be productive.

If the Xbox had an option to boot into Windows, they’d be selling the Xbox like hot cakes. It would keep users invested in Windows as a platform rather than them moving to Linux or macOS. It’s such a waste of potential.

They’re far too stupid to realize that.

lazycouchpotato, 5 miesięcy temu

It’s included in the Netflix subscription so no additional cost for subscribers. Haven’t heard if it’ll be available for non-Netflix subscribers yet.

The Definitive Edition was supposed to come out for iOS and Android in “the first half of 2022”. Hopefully they spent the additional time fixing all 3 games.

lazycouchpotato, 5 miesięcy temu

Definitive Edition is the new bit here indeed.

lazycouchpotato, 5 miesięcy temu

The Definitive Editions are basically a remaster of the 3 games - higher res textures and models, updated lighting, general improvements, etc.

Rockstar/the studio they gave the project to botched the job pretty hard. Innumerable bugs and glitches, compilations of which can be found on YouTube.

In the 2 years they’ve worked on the Definitive Edition since release, they’ve tackled some bugs, but many still remain. I wouldn’t recommend paying for it yet if you want to try them, and instead stick with the original versions. The older versions might look dated but at least they aren’t a hot mess.

lazycouchpotato, 5 miesięcy temu

I had a ton of fun playing Ingress in highschool/college – exploring parts of my city I had never been to before, walking around a ton, meeting new people and making friends.

But yeah, it’s a data collection service for Google Maps.

lazycouchpotato, 6 miesięcy temu

Crush 3D is also a game I remember doing this.

youtu.be/lyym2v2Ktb4

lazycouchpotato, 6 miesięcy temu

Yeah I love the visuals. The 3D parts remind me quite a bit of Supraland.

lazycouchpotato, 7 miesięcy temu

Isn’t Ori only published by MS? Moon Studios is a private studio, IIRC.

lazycouchpotato, 7 miesięcy temu

I don’t think it’s fair to consider Starfield, since the game was in development before the acquisition completed. The only significant input I would consider is making it Xbox/PC exclusive.

lazycouchpotato, 7 miesięcy temu

The digital version looks sleek when vertical. Too bad that Sony’s choosing to include the horizontal stand in the box instead.

The console clearly wasn’t designed for horizontal use.

lazycouchpotato, 7 miesięcy temu

Yikes. Mixed reviews on Steam right now.

All I ask of Xbox is to make one positively reviewed game that isn’t by Obsidian. The last five games made by first party Xbox studios (remasters/re-releases excluded):

• Forza Motorsport (Mixed reviews)
• Minecraft Legends (Mixed reviews)
• Pentiment (Positive reviews) (Obsidian)
• Grounded (Positive reviews) (Obsidian)
• Halo Infinite (Mixed reviews)

Obsidian doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

lazycouchpotato, 7 miesięcy temu

Fair enough. I thought about considering Bethesda, but since the acquisition was not too long ago, I didn’t think MS would have had significant input in any of the recently-released games – aside from making Starfield and Hi-Fi Rush Xbox/PC exclusive.

Out of their last 5 new IP releases: Starfield, Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, Ghostwire Tokyo and Deathloop, only Redfall was a dud, so things are a bit better there.

lazycouchpotato, 7 miesięcy temu

I listed Bethesda games separately.

lemmy.world/comment/4443091

lazycouchpotato, 7 miesięcy temu

Sackboy: A Big Adventure, since my PS Plus subscription is running out and I don’t intend on renewing due to the price increase.

After that, I’m going to start God Of War.

lazycouchpotato, 7 miesięcy temu (edited 7 miesięcy temu)

The response regarding the move from the people I know who manage the Wiki has been positive. Happy to hear that.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

The LED dimming feature was added to both the console and the controller a while ago.

support.xbox.com/…/how-to-configure-night-mode

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu (edited 8 miesięcy temu)

The PS3 had gyro with its Sixaxis controller in 2006. Not sure what took Xbox 17 years.

Edit: After reading certain comments, it seems that The Verge could have misunderstood the use of the accelerometer. It appears to be for the “lift to wake” function rather than gyro.

lazycouchpotato, 7 miesięcy temu

I’m guessing you’re talking about the wired version that works with the Xbox console? What made you not like it?

I have the 8bitdo Pro 2 which I use with my phone and iPad. Aside from the rubber wearing out on the thumbsticks, I’m happy with it.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

Xonotic is the only one I’ve played out of all the games in this post. Only tried it for a couple hours, but it was fun.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

Pleasantly surprised by the list. Should appeal to a wide variety of gamers. I don’t mean offense to any devs, but MS was truly scraping the bottom of the barrel to find games for Games w/ Gold for the past few years.

Some odd choices, like having the sequels Dishonored 2, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Doom Eternal and Psychonauts 2 but not Dishonored 1, Ori and the Blind Forest, Doom (2016) and Psychonauts 1.

They haven’t raised the prices for Core thankfully unlike PlayStatiton, but I’m still probably not signing up for it. Money’s tight right now and the last thing I want is to pay for access to online gaming.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

I know this comes across as one of those classic phishing emails that claim to require your immediate attention or else your account will be deleted, but unfortunately in this case it’s legitimate.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

If you purchased or redeemed a code for Minecraft for Windows 10 Edition in the past, your Microsoft account is eligible to get Minecraft: Java Edition for free. If you log into the Minecraft Launcher with your Microsoft, it should prompt you to set up a Java Edition username (separate from your Xbox Gamertag).

More information can be found on their help page here.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

If you are currently able to login and play, then you should be good. I believe they blocked Mojang and Legacy accounts from logging into the launcher a while back.

Doesn’t hurt to check though. Make sure that the upper left corner of the launcher shows your Xbox Gamertag (may be different from your Java Edition username) and says “Microsoft account”.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/575d0a30-6686-49ce-a1f4-36c0b3e4a506.png

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

That does appear to be the case at this moment.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

Redeeming that Windows 10 Edition code is separate from migrating to a Microsoft account. The code was just a free perk.

If you have not migrated your Mojang account yet, you have two options:

1. Migrate your profile to the same Microsoft account as the one on which you redeemed that Windows 10 Edition code. The benefit of this is that all your PC Minecraft is on one login.
2. Migrate your profile to a different Microsoft account, allowing you to double dip. You’ll end up with two Microsoft accounts, but also two Minecraft: Java Edition and Minecraft for Windows 10 licenses. It’s free real estate.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

You will have to request Minecraft Support to delete that existing Java Edition profile from your Microsoft account. Once they do so, you can migrate your Java Edition profile to it. I’m assuming their support’s pretty hammered right now, so I’m not sure if they will get back to you in time.

The easiest thing to do would be to choose a different Microsoft account to complete the migration, despite the inconvenience it might cause later on.

Migrate it to your child’s/spouse’s Microsoft account if you have one. If you’re feeling extremely generous, migrate to a friend’s Microsoft account. You can then swap usernames between the accounts at a later date.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

Death Stranding coming to Mac was announced at WWDC in June.

The pre-order page is up on apps.apple.com/us/app/…/id6449748961

RE: Village is already available: apps.apple.com/us/app/…/id1640627334

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

I got some clarifications from Unity regarding their plan to charge developers per game install (after clearing thresholds)

• If a player deletes a game and re-installs it, that’s 2 installs, 2 charges
• Same if they install on 2 devices
• Charity games/bundles exempted from fees

Regarding this being abused by bad actors:

Unity says it will use fraud detection tools and allow developers to report possible instances of fraud to a compliance team

• @stephentotilo

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

I hope no one is considering this. The bonus is terrible and the earning of points isn’t all that great either.

It doesn’t specify how much 1 point is worth, but I’m guessing it’s 1 cent, so an effective 5% discount on all your Xbox purchases.

If you have a Costco membership you can get a 4-Pack of $25 Xbox gift cards for $80 - a 20% discount.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

Yeah, store-branded cards are almost always terrible choices.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

“Only” 12 years here.

lazycouchpotato, 8 miesięcy temu

There’s a Bethesda parody from a few years ago: youtu.be/YPN0qhSyWy8