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aluminium, do games w Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”

Imagine if both epic and the devs made an agreement to make all games 10% cheaper and share the costs.

Tamo240,

How does that benefit devs? Epic should swallow the cost if it wants to do that

Sanctus, do games w Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

EGS is worse than Steam was 10 years ago. Its only useful for piling free games from the store that I’ll never play.

XeroxCool,

Oh yeah, I don’t have time to play my main Elite:Dangerous profile anymore but I’ll totally have time to use my free Epic license to plaster my name across the galaxy on deep space exploration.

Jerkface,

Why can’t you just draw dicks like a normal person?

XeroxCool,

Not sure if joking… But someone did take advantage of the 3rdgparty heat map and spent a couple dozen hours of game time drawing this dick in the galaxy

reddit.com/…/someone_mapped_out_a_giant_dick/

PunchingWood, do games w Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”

What he really meant to say was that he shilled out for the bags of money

L0rdMathias, do games w Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”

do nothing

Win

The gaben method works again

otter, do games w The Crimson Diamond is a wonderful EGA-like graphic adventure game for 2024

This looks like so much fun! 🤩🤘🏽

Alexstarfire, do gaming w Saudi man earns world record for 444 game consoles hooked to one TV

I would like to see them all turned on at once so I can see the circuit breaker explode.

A bit more serious though, why have them all hooked up to one TV at once? There’s no way all that works right automatically. There’s gonna be some manual invervention to get the console showing on the TV.

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks,

That way you get a world record.

M500,

If it’s all analog, maybe he has some crazy connection setup. HDMI could be done by hdmi splitters that can detect when a signal is being received.

I think it would be possible with a ton of work and trial and error.

M500,

I just watched the video and he does have like this really complex video splitter I guess and he show this like giant spreadsheet he has so when he wants to play PlayStation one he looks on the spreadsheet and knows which switch settings to use and then his power he did show some of them and it looks like someone will automatically turn on though

acetone, do wolnyinternet w USA: Meta (FB/Insta) zapłaci kolejne 1,4 miliarda dolarów za rozpoznawanie twarzy bez zgody
@acetone@pol.social avatar

@harcesz jak to było? Jeśli kara jest grzywna to prawo dotyczy tylko biednych?

harcesz,
!deleted269 avatar

Nie masz 2 miliardów dolarców na grzywny? Żenujące. Może czas zacząć wcześniej wstawać, ciężej pracować? /s

theangriestbird, do gaming w Metropolis 1998 lets you design every building in an isometric, pixel-art city

Looks awesome! and the fact that the dev is starting from a place of having the pathfinding algorithm figured out is promising. Better to start there, rather than end up like Cities: Skylines with abysmal frame rates that even top-end hardware can’t keep up with.

I’m not sure how I feel about the artstyle yet. It certainly looks gorgeous in screenshots, but I wonder if it will be difficult to read when you are actually playing. Camera rotation will be the key for me, personally. If I can’t rotate the camera to get alternate views, that might be a dealbreaker.

tomato,

It will probably allow you to rotate the camera every 90 degrees like cited Rollercoaster Tycoon. At least that’s what I would expect from a game with this kind of graphics.

ReplicantBatty, do gaming w Metropolis 1998 lets you design every building in an isometric, pixel-art city

Definitely checking this out, it looks like it will scratch a very specific itch lol

muhyb, do gaming w Metropolis 1998 lets you design every building in an isometric, pixel-art city

Nice! Added to my wishlist.

meant2live218, do games w $500 aluminum version of the Analogue Pocket looks like the Game Boy’s final form

I have a Steam Deck and love it… But part of me really likes the idea of the Pocket (not necessarily the aluminum one). It’s rough, cuz I’ve never gotten into FPGA stuff before, and this run is going to be a one-time thing. I guess I’ll hold off until the regular plastic ones are available again?

thorbot,

But why? Just play the games on your deck.

meant2live218,

Specifically the form factor. I have a lot of nostalgia for the GBC and SP, and the smaller size means it’s much easier to carry and whip out while traveling. Currently, my Steam Deck is used for when I’m on a long (6+ hours) flight or when I’m staying somewhere for a weekend. I don’t feel great about bringing it out while taking a bus or train, and it’s a bit much to bring out while sitting at an airport gate for 45 minutes.

That being said, I would hate to split all my saves and progress between the two systems, so maybe I’ll just remain on the Deck.

thorbot,

Interesting take, I think my Deck is a great size and it easily fits in my shoulder bag, I bring it everywhere. Don’t have a want for anything smaller honestly, it feels so good in my hands, anything smaller just gives me hand aches after a bit. But I can understand your perspective.

meant2live218,

I’m a shorter dude (5’8"), so while I’m in love with my Steam Deck, it’s definitely a little much for me sometimes. Heavy to hold up, and I carry it in the OEM case. That being said, I’m a HUGE fan of the new case and basically only use the inner case, leaving the outer shell at home.

thorbot,

What’s the new case? I just use the hard shell it came with.

meant2live218,

When they came out with the OLED (and the special edition) instead of giving the regular shell, it was 2 shells. 1 thinner one that’s a bit thicker than the deck, and then the big one with a handle and the elastic covering a space to carry the charger. The small one actually velcros into the big case.

thorbot,

That’s not how my 1TB LE OLED came. It just had the one big case

meant2live218,

Oh, weird. I have the limited edition one, is that the difference maybe?

Check to see if your case seems extra big, and if the inner lining can be lifted and removed from the black case.

thorbot,

In my previous comment I mentioned the OLED LE, that stands for the OLED Limited Edition you mentioned. And no, there’s no inner case I somehow missed. It’s just the one large one.

meant2live218,

RIP my impulsivity and FOMO. Ordered a black one. Though I may have an out, since my credit card company flagged it as fraud and said they cancelled the transaction.

Etterra, do games w $500 aluminum version of the Analogue Pocket looks like the Game Boy’s final form

I’ve always wanted a handheld digital device that I can beat someone to death with without breaking it. Thanks Nintendo!

anivia,

I’ve always wanted a handheld digital device that I can beat someone to death with without breaking it

So, a Nokia 3310?

LunarLoony, do games w $500 aluminum version of the Analogue Pocket looks like the Game Boy’s final form
@LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Just me or do aluminium buttons sound really uncomfortable?

Melonpoly,

Why would they sound uncomfortable? Unless they don’t refine the edges it shouldn’t feel any worse than plastic buttons.

anivia,

Lots of cars have aluminum steering wheel and air conditioning buttons. They aren’t uncomfortable at all

Carighan, do games w $500 aluminum version of the Analogue Pocket looks like the Game Boy’s final form
@Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

I mean it’s fancy, but als pointless since that’s the price point of a Steam Deck, a strictly superior device.

SlothMama,

It doesn’t have an actual cartridge slot, so it’s not strictly superior

jol,

There are cartridge readers you can connect to your PC if you really want to.

Thann,
@Thann@lemmy.ml avatar

Unless you try and put it in your pocket

Tikiporch,

I can fit my steam deck in my pocket, but only some pants. Nike makes a techfit line that can fit a tablet in your pocket.

acosmichippo,
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

fits in my jncos perfectly.

SidewaysHighways,

No probs to grind some rails on my blades and keep playing the Vidya on the move with my jncos and etnies

jol,

Get bigger pockets.

naticus,

Let me just dust off my JNCOs from '98. I knew they’d be back!

bork,

I have a steam deck, and have used a friend’s analogue pocket. They aren’t even the same category of device, and the analogue is literally the best emulation experience I’ve ever used. The screen, by itself, is a better emulation experience for GBC games than the steam decks default experience.

It is not a superior device by every metric.

shinratdr,
@shinratdr@lemmy.ca avatar

Yep, ask anyone who owns both. Nobody is playing a Gameboy game on a Steam Deck when they have an Analogue Pocket. Experience is much better, it just feels right on it.

That being said, if that’s not an important thing to you then a Steam Deck will play Gameboy games with near perfect accuracy and no issues, as well as do a million other things. So it’s indisputably a better value.

I would never pitch an Analogue Pocket at someone because if its the kind of thing you want, you already know about it and probably have one.

anivia,

and the analogue is literally the best emulation experience I’ve ever used

The Analogue Pocket doesn’t use emulation. That is literally the entire point of that device, and the reason they can charge 10 times as much as you would pay for an Anbernic device with the same form factor

SkunkWorkz, do games w $500 aluminum version of the Analogue Pocket looks like the Game Boy’s final form

When Analogue 3D?

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