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mx_smith, do games w Roblox gets banned indefinitely in Turkey over “child exploitation”

So this sounds like a parent problem.

Pika, do games w Roblox gets banned indefinitely in Turkey over “child exploitation”
@Pika@sh.itjust.works avatar

lol I can see why they would do that

KittyCat, do games w Overwatch 2 is finally bringing back 6v6 with tests to decide OW’s future

The fundamental issue with this game is they made some classes absolutely stomp others in 1v1. If you want to make a game that can scale to different team sizes, every class should at least have a chance of beating any other.

miau,

I agree with you, but many players get deeply offended when a dps gets beaten by a sup

warm,

What you are suggesting is the issue is what they have been trying to 'fix', but it goes completely against what Overwatch is and what made it great to begin with. It's not about 1v1s, it's a team game and they have attempted to devolve it into a 1v1 game where you just happen to have 4 other teammates.

A damage hero should absolutely win 1v1 vs a support hero everytime and it shouldn't even be close.

It's fine if you enjoy the solo play style more, but it's just not what Overwatch is about and why the majority of the original Overwatch playerbase quit.

KittyCat,

Counterpoint, in TF2 teamwork is also very important, yet every class can quickly drop every other one. Even medic can drop a heavy in under 4 seconds of sustained fire.

warm,

This isn't TF2 though is it, the games were designed differently and achieved different things. If TF2 is the game you want, why not play that? Overwatch had it's own identity, one the devs have slowly stripped away.

MerchantsOfMisery, do games w Overwatch 2 is finally bringing back 6v6 with tests to decide OW’s future

I’m still playing TF2 🤓

Peffse, do games w Tekken 8 players divided as devs add “Tekken Shop” with microtransactions

So, is this game DOA?

inclementimmigrant,

No, we’re taking about Tekken. DOA has shitty mtx problems of its own.

Badum tis.

KuroiKaze,

10/10

pgetsos,
@pgetsos@kbin.social avatar

DOA

Badum tits*

yamanii, do games w Tekken 8 players divided as devs add “Tekken Shop” with microtransactions
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

It already was, activision and capcom both did that, and no, cheat DLCs aren’t accessibility, cheats should be free like they were back in the ps2 days and earlier.

thepianistfroggollum, do games w Baldur’s Gate 3 player finds “rarest” ending where characters are dogs and cats - Dexerto

Well, my wife now has a new goal in life, replacing the search for the realm of naked men.

ALERT, do games w New Nintendo patent suggests Switch 2 may solve joycon drift
@ALERT@sh.itjust.works avatar
bitwolf,

Man if they did a DualSense style controller with the solid l/r1 and a touchpad for htpc use I’d be all over it.

I might just get one anyway as a backup but they’re really close to the ultimate controller with the kingkong

WetBeardHairs,
SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE,

I installed these on my wife’s joycons because she mashes the sticks like Gail the Snail. So far no issues with drift! The kit comes with all the tools you need to do the swap so it’s very straightforward.

Telodzrum, do games w Switch 2 leaks claim console runs “like a PS5”, FF7R to be launch title & more - Dexerto

What is the chip in this thing? The Tegra was already old and underpowered when the Switch was in design stages.

Centillionaire,

New chip is a new Tegra by Nvidia, if rumors from 2 years ago are true. About 10X the old Tegra chip. So no, not PS 5 level, but decent.

jumper775, do gaming w GTA 6 fan storms Gamescom stage demanding Rockstar release the game - Dexerto

It seems like game studios cannot possibly do right in this regard. They can either be like valve or rockstar where they are criticized for taking their time, although they almost always put out great original titles or they can be like cd project red where they push out the game as fast as they can and they are criticized for rushing it. There can be no middle ground as to not rush it and to make it a good game may mean delaying repeatedly until it’s in a releasable state, and only the studio can be given that decision.

M1st3rM,

Well some people are always gonna complain but The majority wants finished polished games. So they can do it right. I don’t get the dude tbh. Does he really prefer to be disappointed? There are so many games to play while waiting

crow, do gaming w GTA 6 fan storms Gamescom stage demanding Rockstar release the game - Dexerto

So that’s that sort of people who are still hanging around GTA Online, suckling on T2’s tit. Huh.

theangriestbird, do gaming w Space Marine 2 devs “hopeful” PS5 Pro will surpass Quality Mode with higher performance - Dexerto

This is such a nothing article. “We asked the creative head of the Space Marine 2 team if he thought the PS5 Pro would improve the framerate. His SHOCKING answer??? ‘Maybe.’”

mx_smith, do games w Roblox gets banned indefinitely in Turkey over “child exploitation”

Can someone tell me how the kids are being forced to make video games. I have read several of these articles and can’t understand the logic. My kids played Roblox and created games on the platform they were never forced or coerced to make anything. Maybe it’s our messed up capitalistic society that expects everybody to monetize anything that’s fun.

Denjin,

The details are too much to go into here in a simple comment. For a full investigation into Roblox check out this video by People Make Games, a games journalism site:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ

Essentially, Roox makes billions off the free labour of children. The entire eco system is set up to funnel kids into a cycle of consuming others content and producing their own. It’s also completely unregulated which has allowed some shady people, some of whom are, or directly work for, the owners of the platform to set up quasi developer studios where children are subjected to the same appealing treatment and exploitation of the regular games industry, while earning none of the revenue.

mx_smith,

Well none of these sources tell me how the kids are forced into this. All these services are free, so I still don’t see the exploitation. Are you saying the kids are tricked into making games for Roblox, if so then maybe that’s on the parents. As a software engineer and having kids who played Roblox their entire lives, I still can’t make the leap of exploitive practices over just capitalism. Maybe show me another platform that kids can learn how the basics of game design while hosting the game at the same time.

FrowingFostek,

More perfect union did a really great video about the exploitation. From what I can remember the crux of the argument goes roughly like this:

Kid plays game, kid is encouraged through game to create content for game. This content created by kid is sold through game to other kids. Kid who put the work into creating this gamemode is not compensated fairly.

The video goes on to explain a lot of other exploitative practices of roblox.

yamanii,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

Not coerced, but tricked into thinking they would get money for it while roblox or some other adult creator takes 90% of it.

At least in my day when we made some small rpg maker 2000 thing for free there wasn’t anyone above me getting rich while I got zilch.

ObsidianNebula,

I watched a video a while back about this, but the details are fuzzy. I think it was the one I linked below if you want to look more into it. In essence, there aren’t a ton of cases where kids are actually being forced to work. However, there are strong incentives for kids to work on Roblox projects that the developers themselves push. The devs want a constant stream of content and money coming in, but they don’t want to pay adult workers at adult wages, so they offer Robux to players who make games. It is difficult for people to convert Robux to actual cash, and the money they receive is often significantly less than they would if they put the effort into any other form of work, so many of these kids are essentially making content for the developers for free or significantly less than they should earn. If there was no payout for content creators and the kids were doing that development just because they had passion for the game, it might be a different situation, but there are quite a few kids that believe they can make serious money doing this and don’t understand that the developers are exploiting them and paying very little. Adults can probably do more research and better understand the situation they are getting into, but kids often don’t have the same critical thinking skills as adults and will accept the lie being pushed by the developers and community that they can get rich by contributing to the game they love.

Video: youtu.be/_gXlauRB1EQ

Follow-up: youtu.be/vTMF6xEiAaY

Vipsu, do games w Tekken 8 players divided as devs add “Tekken Shop” with microtransactions
@Vipsu@lemmy.world avatar

I wish more players would just ignore these cosmetic microtransactions and go with the default skin or at least limit themselves to ones that can be obtained by actually achieving something in the game. Using default skin while outplaying people in competitive games could probably induce some people to make quite salty comments.

Pxtl, do games w Valve employee reveals “stupid expensive” scrapped VR console plans
@Pxtl@lemmy.ca avatar

Imho apple has it right for high-end vr: no wires because wearable computer.

HidingCat,

Only if latency is really really low. VR is one of those things that's really sensitive to even the slightest bit of lag.

I don't mind cables if it's a single USB-C cable.

Pxtl,
@Pxtl@lemmy.ca avatar

I mean a wireless wearable computer would have network lag but the important lag – between the rendering GPU and the screen – would be nil.

I mean streaming the video data to the headset Miracast-style would be dumb, I agree, but afaik all the rendering hardware in the new Apple headset is inside the headset.

The new Steam Deck and its copycats have proven that a compact gaming-grade PC is doable. If not fully contained in the headset, then make a little fannypack with a cable up to vr headset, but you can walk around untethered otherwise.

HidingCat,

Ah right, I see what you mean. I was thinking of gaming that requires a separate computer, but like you said, there can be other ways to do that.

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