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callmechiko, do games w Arc raiders is a horrible game

Yep, went back to Helldivers 2 for some actual PvE gameplay.

currycourier, do games w World's Video Game Companies

Does Tencent count? Not sure what qualifies as “Game-Focused”, but IIRC gaming is the biggest source of their revenue at least.

CosmoNova, do games w Arc raiders is a horrible game

I don‘t say this often but that is a legitimate skill issue on your side.

Nosavingthrow,

You should be saying it more. Out of mathematical necessity, half of all players are worse than the other half. I don’t imagine as many people on the upper half are whining as much because things are going well for them.

smeg, do games w World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles

Looks like the data is a little out of date, seems the PS5 has outsold the 360 now. Also why are handhelds missing?

gilokee,
@gilokee@lemmy.world avatar

Handhelds aren’t technically consoles.

smeg,

Wikipedia seems to think they are. I’ve seen “home consoles” used when you want to exclude handhelds, what makes you say that they’re technically not consoles?

zikzak025,

Plus the Switch is a handheld, which makes it a weird distinction to make.

Goodlucksil,

The Siwtch is not a handheld, unless you count the Switch Lite into those sales. You can perfectly use a Switch as a home console.

zikzak025, (edited )

I count it as a handheld because every switch can be used as a handheld, while not every switch can be used as a home console.

So I guess why wouldn’t the Switch Lite be counted in those sales? It’s the same device, sans detachable controllers and docking capabilities.

It’s like calling a phone that you can plug into a monitor with peripherals a “desktop”

yakko,

Agreed, the steam deck belongs on this list or the switch doesn’t.

TacoSocks,

The steam deck has unfortunately sold a tiny fraction of the sales of the consoles listed in the image. I can’t find any exact numbers but the steam deck has sold between 4 to 6 million units.

smeg,

More than things like the Phillips CD-i which makes the Wikipedia list, so they’re at least distinguishing between consoles and PCs

B0NK3RS, do games w How Are You Guys Handling This?
@B0NK3RS@lemmy.world avatar

Have a look at the Heroic Launcher. I remember reading it included a feature to play some Windows games in compatibility mode or something?

Apart from that I guess it’s Geforce Now, Amazon Luna etc…

thenoirwolfess,

Can confirm.

Most games I run on Heroic are free giveaways from Epic. Those are, to the best of my knowledge, all Windows. Heroic handles the compatibility with Proton, similar to how Steam does it. With a fancypants workaround you can even install Sims 4 as a direct game exe, and well, you can run any program from it if you really wanted

Katana314,

I’ve used it for Epic and GOG, Lutris for Ubi/EA, but can either play MS UWP games? That seemed to be the one huge hurdle for any third party launcher in general.

T00l_shed, do games w Video games where you get to kill US soldiers

Hmm, well with what’s happening in the US, some of the wolfenstein games would be appropriate

bearboiblake,

I’ve been playing through Return to Castle Wolfenstein which does go some way towards scratching that itch, ideally I’d like to have something set in a bit more of a modern era though… with that said, are the newer Wolfenstein games worth playing?

T00l_shed,

Any game where you can shoot nazis is a good game

nyctre,

Haven’t played the new colossus yet but the new order was pretty good. I can recommend it.

AnchoriteMagus,

Both new ones are excellent.

Not FPSs, but pretty much any strategy game set in either world war lets you play vs the US.

Company of Heroes, Steel Division, Hearts of Iron, Great War: Western Front, etc.

Of course, you’d have to play as Nazis or the Red Army, but there ya go.

carotte,

if you wanna do that tho, keep in mind that they’re owned by microsoft, so pirate them if possible

T00l_shed,

I got it for free from epic, but good call out

CosmoNova, do games w World's Video Game Companies

Is Groombox actually that big or is it based on what the CEO says it is worth? I remember reading some ridiculous statements about their net worth.

eRac,

These are all public companies. Roblox is RBLX on the NYSE. It hit an all-time high of $141/share in September, and this infographic was probably produced then.

It’s now back down to $80/share, which is $56.8 billion in market cap.

someguy3, (edited ) do games w World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles

Anyone think the switch can take over? It’s at 154 million according to newer link. Only 6 million to go.

NOT_RICK,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Probably not, unless Nintendo releases a surprise last iteration of the console which I also don’t see as that may cannibalize Switch 2 sales. A Switch Micro would be cool though

ripcord,
@ripcord@lemmy.world avatar

It’s still selling, and there are new games still coming out for it. Yes, it will take over.

NOT_RICK, (edited )
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Its 2025 sales numbers are about 4 million, half that of 2024, and that’s with half the year with no successor console. Maybe it’ll beat it, but I don’t feel it’s a foregone conclusion

B0NK3RS, do games w Arc raiders is a horrible game
@B0NK3RS@lemmy.world avatar

Calling it a horrible game is a bit much.

I don’t think it’s as amazing as people make it out to be but, like you mention, turning off crossplay significantly improves matchmaking and supposedly giving feedback helps balance it even more. Its also a lot more fun with friends but the amount of PVP increases with groups and especially much more with 3 man.

big_slap, do games w Arc raiders is a horrible game

I’m sorry you aren’t enjoying it, I haven’t had this much fun playing a game in a long time.

the thrill of finding something important and then trying to extract without dying has been so much fun. perhaps try using voice chat to talk your way out of potentially violent situations? if i hear someone else, I start chatting and if I dont hear voice comms or one of the emotes you can use to communicate, I’ll let them know im shredding them on sight lol

artyom, do games w How Are You Guys Handling This?

What’s my best option going forward for gaming?

Probably the same as always: look for a good deal on a used PC. Or buy all the used components and slot them together. The former is usually a better value.

warm, (edited ) do games w How Are You Guys Handling This?

Get a Steam Deck? You can hook it up like a PC, use it sat around. Though its not a powerhouse. Wait and see how the Steam Machine fairs? There's still a good second hand market for parts too.

Its a shitty time at the moment with scumbag companies and AI, so consumers are completely fucked.

Also: Fuck subscriptions.
Plus the game pass versions of games are complete dogshit compared to the Steam versions most of the time.

artyom,

Steam Machine will be priced “like a PC” so, not really a solution either.

tuckerm, do games w Among 2025 games with over 10K reviews, Deltarune is the most highly rated
@tuckerm@feddit.online avatar

It’s amazing just how much better games have been from indie devs and smaller publishers. I don’t see a single game from EA, Ubisoft, or Activision on there.

happytortoise,

Indie devs don’t have to deal with interference from suits who are obsessed with cost cutting and wholly out of touch with what people want

mic_check_one_two,

Cost cutting and designing for the lowest common denominator. Suits are afraid to take risks, because they want to sell to the widest possible audience. So they end up playing it safe and making bland milquetoast games that all feel exactly the same.

SleeplessCityLights,

A dish made to please all palates is a bland dish.

imecth,

Steam reviews aren't really a good quality metric, a 6/10 game can have 95% ratings, it's the rotten tomatoes of video games.

gmtom,

In fairness even if a big studio released a great game, enough people would either try it and not like it, or just give a bad review because it’s EA, that it wouldn’t make this list.

Indie games don’t have that problem.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Split Fiction is published by EA.

davidgro, do games w World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles

Genuinely surprised that nothing old-school made the list: NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, A2600, etc.

Infrapink,
@Infrapink@thebrainbin.org avatar

The NES was the best selling of those, at ~60 million. The PS1 completely changed the curve.

It's funny. People remember the PS3 as a failure because it's the worst-selling PlayStation, but it still crushed NES numbers

paultimate14,

And it still outsold the 360 in the end

bjoern_tantau, do games w World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

Strange, I distinctly remember it being a big deal that the Wii outsold the PS2 at some point.

jedibob5,

The Wii might’ve had higher sales at its peak, but PS2 had a lot of longevity.

bus_factor,

I figured the 2004 release as the PS2 slim turned the tables again, but that was still before the Wii came out in 2006. It’s possible that story only counted the original PS2 and this chart counts both, though.

someguy3,

Never heard of that. Maybe it was for a specific year or region.

paultimate14,

I don’t remember that. Maybe you’re thinking of something like “if the Wii keeps selling at its current pace it will pustell the PS2”?

They said that about the Switch as well and it didn’t happen.

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