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DrQuint, do games w LoL players rebel against “disgusting” prices with new Prestige TFT skin - Dexerto

So… a gacha with a mounting odds and a top reward?

I dunno, this kind of stuff is just background noise to me. I ignore all of it.

NOT_RICK, do games w LoL players rebel against “disgusting” prices with new Prestige TFT skin - Dexerto
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

If someone wants to waste their money on cosmetics that’s their problem

corrupts_absolutely,

why are there laws against gambling around the world then? its completely voluntary

ninjan,

Because in our society we very much need money and gambling sells itself by making you believe you’ll get money. Cosmetics in games has no such issues.

EDIT: as long as you can’t sell them for money a la CSGO.

brsrklf,

If that was the only reason, nobody would care about vulnerable people as long as they’re not dirt poor to begin with.

Decent gambling laws are supposed to protect people with addiction problems.

De_Narm,

Paid cosmetics being fine stems from a time where not every other game weaponized FOMO by basically hacking your brain. Yes, it is still easily avoidable by a lot of people, but we shouldn’t allow vulnerable people being preyed on.

mikwee, do games w Roblox gets banned indefinitely in Turkey over “child exploitation”
@mikwee@thebrainbin.org avatar

Awful. A government should not be allowed to block websites.

UndercoverUlrikHD,
@UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev avatar

What about websites providing CSAM, hosting livestreams of animals being tortured for payment, selling drugs, etc…

Blocking a website is the only way for a country to stop these kind of illegal activists, short of shutting down the physical servers.

Ghostbanjo1949,

That statement doesn’t really make sense. Especially in this case, the website is a business and a store. A government definitely has the right to take legal action against a physical store operating within it’s jurisdiction, so why would the same not hold true for an electronic one?

Omegamanthethird, do games w Overwatch 2 is finally bringing back 6v6 with tests to decide OW’s future
@Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

Did OW1 not have PvE when it launched? I remember that being my favorite part of the first game.

Riven,
@Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Iirc it had occasional pve events but the point of ow2 according to them was to have a permanent pve mode which iirc never happened but I haven’t played in a while so take my words with salt.

Omegamanthethird,
@Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

That sounds right. If PvE wasn’t permanent, it was a pretty common event type.

Zorque,

There were holiday events, like halloween (junkenstein) and an anniversary event covering the robot invasion thing from lore. But I don’t recall there being any permanent events, especially at launch.

GARlactic, do gaming w Smash Ultimate reveals 5th anniversary event & confirms new content in 2024

Can the new content be not charging almost the full price of an entire new game for the DLC?

HawlSera,

It’s just spirits

Socsa, do games w LoL players rebel against “disgusting” prices with new Prestige TFT skin - Dexerto

You can play the game without the skin, right? And the skin gives you no advantage?

I legitimately don’t understand the issue here. Fleecing idiots literally makes your experience better by keeping the game free and popular.

shifty51,

Because some people aren’t idiots, they are gamblers with a real addiction. If you had a gambling addiction today or were part of a vulnerable group with no other outlets this game would bleed them dry and leave them with nothing of value they can sell later when they hit rock bottom. It’s not morons we care about, it’s addicts.

yata,

Why does a game becoming streamlined to fleecing idiots make your experience better?

bjoern_tantau, do games w New Nintendo patent suggests Switch 2 may solve joycon drift
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

I still wonder what was so special about my N64 joysticks that I never experienced drifting. They’d recalibrate every time you turned the console on (or held some key combination) and after that were golden.

apprehensively_human,

The rare comment praising the N64 controller joystick.

MurrayL,

Yeah, except they were also so horribly designed that normal use literally grinds away the plastic at the base of the stick until it starts flopping around like a wet noodle.

SailorMoss, (edited )

The N64 used optical sensors in its joysticks. If you take apart the N64 joystick you’ll see the joystick is attached to some disks with slits in them. The N64 had an optical sensor that would count how many slits passed by.

Here is a GIF demonstrating the mechanism.

blazera, do games w New Nintendo patent suggests Switch 2 may solve joycon drift
@blazera@kbin.social avatar

Switch drift was so bad, im not getting the new switch unless it goes months without drift reports first.

chris,
@chris@l.roofo.cc avatar

I upgraded my joycons to the guilykit joysticks and they are wonderful. And its not even that difficult. Took me about 30 minutes for both. But it’s a shame that I had to change them at all.

BennyInc,

Do Amiibos still work with the new sticks?

darkevilmac,
@darkevilmac@lemmy.zip avatar

The NFC reader isn’t on the sticks, so I don’t see why they wouldn’t.

BennyInc,

I thought they were, since you touch the stick with it.

https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/82d8938f-c695-4bc2-97b0-c9cccc48c37f.png

EldVrangr,

It’s actually around the stick, not in. Check a right joycon teardown, you’ll see the antenna stuck to the inside of the shell.

chris,
@chris@l.roofo.cc avatar

Yes.

garretble, do games w New Nintendo patent suggests Switch 2 may solve joycon drift
@garretble@lemmy.world avatar

I had to replace my original sticks this year because they finally started to drift after five years or so.

I now have some Hall Effect sticks in each side, and I haven’t had any problems in the last six months with them. I really hope they go this route for the switch 2. It makes a lot of sense for them to, as well. They wouldn’t have to deal with fixing as many, and consumers would get a better product. Could be a rare win for both parties when I’m sure there’s some bean counters going “but if the controllers break more often we can sell more controllers!”

mp3,
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

Could be a rare win for both parties when I’m sure there’s some bean counters going “but if the controllers break more often we can sell more controllers!”

Hopefully a class-action wipes off all profits gained from that way of thinking.

Viking_Hippie,

Unfortunately not. Planned obsolescence fuckery is the norm now, not the exception.

mp3,
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

At least one class-action going ahead so far.

…citynews.ca/…/nintendo-joy-con-controller-lawsui…

Viking_Hippie,

Yeah, but that’s in Canada. Unlike the US, they don’t let companies get away with LITERALLY everything yet. Good on them for staying sane on top of the asylum though…

morphballganon,

What is Hall Effect?

sleep_deprived,

It’s a way to detect which way the stick is pointing using magnets. It’s way more accurate and incredibly reliable.

9point6,

Also because the moving parts don’t actually make contact with the sensors, the wear issues that affect joycons basically don’t exist

Engywuck, (edited )

HI! My son just received a Nintendo Switch for Xmas. Would you mint telling me more about those Hall Effect stick i.e., brand/model? It’d be interesting to know hot to get them “just in case”. Thanks a lot in advance!

garretble,
@garretble@lemmy.world avatar

Hello! I just remembered your message.

Here’s an article about the ones I bought (though I bought them through another site besides Amazon because I’m not an Amazon fan.

Anyway, the process is pretty easy, though there are some smallish cables to be careful about.

polygon.com/…/nintendo-switch-joy-con-drift-gulik…

Engywuck,

Hey, thanks a lot. I’m not an Amazon fan as well, so I’d buy them elsewhere when/if needed.

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”

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.

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