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Mechaguana, do gaming w Blizzard veteran Chris Metzen is Warcraft's new executive creative director
@Mechaguana@programming.dev avatar

Man I have no idea what will happen now. Will he diminish the amount of dicks in our salad or dress it up better? His pay must be insane to be putting up with the current state of blizzard.

adept, do games w Game prices are too low, says Capcom exec

Quality can only increase. If people have to think twice about buying games and don’t preorder every half- finished game

Rand0mA,

Ah. The old preorder my bullshit game before you realise we stopped putting effort into it to finish the fucking thing scam.

normanwall, do games w Game prices are too low, says Capcom exec

He’s right, he could easily give his salary up for the developers wages

Pavidus, do games w Game prices are too low, says Capcom exec
@Pavidus@lemmy.world avatar

You know what, I’ll bite. For this to work though, let’s agree on two things. First, the game they’re selling shouldn’t be a hot pile of garbage on day one. Second, I don’t want to even catch a whiff of microtransactions or subscription based models. If we can nail those down, I would be fine with a price increase. As it stands, the sticker price is just the cost of entry in the vast majority of games. They are still bringing in cash well after the initial purchase.

kromem, do games w SAG-AFTRA members overwhelmingly vote in favour of authorising video game strike

I wonder what the relative votes were among members that had actually been hired for video game work in the past decade.

nottheengineer, do games w SAG-AFTRA members overwhelmingly vote in favour of authorising video game strike

Why would union members ever vote against authorizing a strike?

kn33,

Different people have different priorities. Sure, pay and benefits is a factor that just about everyone considers. The difference lies in the weight that factor holds for them compared to other factors such as a genuine enjoyment from their work, wishing to avoid taking from the strike fund, or any other factor that matters to them.

For most people, the consideration works out in favor of a strike. In a large enough population, though, it won’t for some people. 95%+ is really good. Let’s take it and not alienate those that didn’t vote for it. That leads to attrition of the union.

nottheengineer,

Thanks for the genuine reply. I thought union members trust their union to manage the strike fund well and decide when an actual strike is necessary, but that’s apparently not the case.

kn33,

The members are the union, though? So the union is managing the fund and deciding when it’s necessary through this vote.

gerryflap,
@gerryflap@feddit.nl avatar

Because they can’t just strike whenever they’re slightly upset. Strikes are the weapon you use when the negotiations go nowhere and all other options are off the table. And a strike won’t work with people who aren’t fully committed to lay down the work to fight for a cause. So you’d vote against a strike when you don’t think that the cause is so important that it warrants a strike.

Ghostalmedia,
@Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t know why you’re being downvoted for asking a simple question.

Could be a number of things. Some people are begrudgingly in unions. They kind of need to be in the union to get the job, but they might not like the idea of organized labor.

Some people might be tight on cash and might also need their regular wages at the moment.

altima_neo,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

You got money saved to survive for potentially weeks without income? Not everyone does.

Astronautical,

I understand why you’re getting down voted, so I’ll explain a bit: although union members are able to leverage protest for a variety of reasons, that’s usually the last thing anyone wants to do. Negotiations are always the first step so that actors or whomever can still get paid, since while on strike that’s not paid labor.

sploosh, do games w 15 years later, more Beyond Good & Evil 2 footage surfaces

Has there ever been a good game that took over a decade to develop?

theragu40,

Not many. Mother 3 and Metroid Dread maybe. I also thought Psychonauts 2, but turns out that was probably more like 8 years.

Reverendender, do games w Game prices are too low, says Capcom exec
@Reverendender@lemmy.world avatar

I think my salary should go up

AnUnusualRelic,
@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

Have you considered being a CEO for a gaming corporation?

Reverendender,
@Reverendender@lemmy.world avatar

I’m still working on “Be attractive. Don’t be unattractive.”

applebusch,

Have you seen many CEOs? Those aren’t requirements.

mindbleach, do games w Game prices are too low, says Capcom exec

Lower your budgets, ship more often, stop treating products like services.

Sanctus, do games w 15 years later, more Beyond Good & Evil 2 footage surfaces
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

I’d imagine they’d have started over in six different engines by now.

Gurei, do games w Game prices are too low, says Capcom exec

I’m already waiting for games to go on sale in order to avoid being an unpaid bug tester, so sure do whatever you want.

InEnduringGrowStrong, do games w Here's how Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth players will catch chocobo in the wild
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

How many FF7s are there now?

Itsamelemmy, do games w Game prices are too low, says Capcom exec

Some are. BG3 could have been double and still worth it. I’d say most capcom games are overpriced as is.

Poutinetown, do gaming w Dev cancels Switch port of Wipeout-style racer blaming controversial Unity fees

Does Godot work for Switch?

strongarm,

Yes, but you need to work with a porting company or pay for proprietary software

greybeard,

That isn’t for lack of trying on Godots part, but there are parts of making a Switch game that are incompatible with an open source engine. It is possible to have a closed source export profile that targeted the switch, but someone would have to make it, and that someone would charge money for it. Which is almost exactly what has happened.

It is interesting how free it is to build games for consoles these days. Now that everything is on pretty standard hardware, gone are the days of needing a dev kit and special knowledge of how the CPU or other hardware worked. Even the switch is standard ARM hardware, the proprietary part is the OS integration parts, not the hardware.

atocci, (edited )

What the other comment said, but also for an example of a Godot game on Switch, check out Cassette Beasts!

Sharpiemarker,

I’ve had Cassette Beasts in my steam wishlist for a while. How is it?

bugsmith,

It is fantastic. The most polished and stylish monster tamer I’ve played to date. I strongly recommend it to any fan of the genre.

pixel,
@pixel@beehaw.org avatar

I haven’t enjoyed a “pokemon clone” as much in a very long time, coming from both a lifelong pokemon fan and a competitive battler. It respects your intelligence, buildcraft is fun, the monsters are cool, the story is surprisingly good (not incredible but still well done and touching and fun, big pokemon black/white and black2/white2 vibes in that regard just a bit more adult). I loved it

Sharpiemarker,

That’s quite the endorsement! I’m sold.

atocci,

It's so much fun, I legitimately enjoyed it more than the last few Pokémon games. I haven't enjoyed a monster collecting game that much since Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Highly recommend it.

Sharpiemarker,

Brilliant! Thanks for the recommendation.

httpjames, do games w Game prices are too low, says Capcom exec
@httpjames@sh.itjust.works avatar

$80 for AAA games is already super expensive. I buy most of my games on sale now.

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