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Zardoz, do games w Overwatch 2 is now Steam's "worst game of all time"

Guess that’ll be the last time they put a game on steam

Call_Me_Maple,
@Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world avatar

Nah, the next CoD is most definitely coming to Steam. Blizzard had to know that these reviews were coming from the discourse online alone. Plus, pretty sure that it’s Microsoft’s decision to do so now anyways and there’s no way their going to limit their potential profits by locking out a platform like that just over some bad reviews.

Contend6248,

You poor soul, do you think they give one single fuck?

Blizzard is tone deaf, all they look at is the moneyflow

r1veRRR,

How is everybody just now finding out how capitalism works? Any public company is LEGALLY REQUIRED to care only about shareholder profits. It is literally illegal for them to do anything else.

upandatom,

This is not true.

the_post_of_tom_joad,

That’s a widespread belief my friend, that is just not true.

chiliedogg,

Fiduciary duty is a real thing. Agent/principal relationships require the agent to try and get the maximum return for the level of risk.

Even if a CEO doesn’t have a written fiduciary duty in their contract do, the company as a whole usually does.

The CEO of a public corporation reports to the board who report to index fund managers who have a agent/principal relationships with all of their investors.

upandatom,

Your examples are not counter points to the original claim of

Any public company is LEGALLY REQUIRED to care only about profits. It is literally illegal for them to do anything else.

chiliedogg,

The comment was basically shorthand for “a fiduciary duty exists between corporate leadership and shareholders, creating a legally-enforceable requirement that the only consideration be maximum potential return on investment for existing shareholders and risk.”

r1veRRR,

It’s absolutely true in practice. CEOs have gotten sued for not acting in the shareholders best interests.

And in relation to the original comment I replied to, are you truly saying that companies, esp. public companies, are not, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, beholden to making money for the shareholders? Any “nice” company will make less money, will not compete well, will then fail or be bought out by the less nice, more profitable company.

the_post_of_tom_joad,

Im not a lawyer, but I’ve looked into this misunderstanding before and it stems from what constitutes "breaking one’s fiduciary duty to investors. While deliberately acting against the interests of investors is illegal, ive yet to hear of a lawsuit, let alone a successful one, brought by an investor for not making all of the money. Id be interested in hearing an investment oriented lawyers perspective since from what i understand, the full extent of fiduciary duty has not been tested that way in court

JustZ,
@JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

Lawyer here, it is true.

Board of directors and company officers have a fiduciary duty to the stockholders and the corporate entity.

Acts done outside their authority as stated in the articles of corporations are said to be ultra vires. They are absolutely actionable.

When the directors or officers breach the fiduciary duty to shareholders, they are liable under what’s called a derivative action, because it is derivative of the contract represented by the stock certificate.

Kraivo,

They only come to steam because of desperation

Hdcase, do gaming w Microsoft's £1/$1 Xbox Game Pass offer cut from a month to 14 days

As they continue to spend billions buying publishers and developers to shore up their Game Pass offerings, expect prices to go up and the deals to get worse.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@kbin.social avatar

The price of Game Pass is still four months for the price of one full priced new release game, like it was before. But now new games cost $70 instead of $60.

Lowbird,

Game Pass is still $9.99 a month for PC, unless they upped the priced literally today. So $40 for 4 months, which includes new released games that are otherwise still sold full price, and narrative indie titles that most would only play through once anyways.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@kbin.social avatar

I was referring to the price for Ultimate.

HellAwaits,

“I am altering the deal, pray I don’t alter it any further.” - Darth Gates

NuPNuA,

That’s how sub services always work. They get a user base via great introduction offers then slowly raise prices up to where they should be and hope enough people are brought into the ecosystem to not leave.

spike, do gaming w Final Fantasy 16 sales did not meet high expectations, says Square Enix president
@spike@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Also only releasing on one console is a relict of the past and misses out on so many sales.

We have the technology to compile to every current gen console + pc with the right engines. Square should release their games for all consoles at once.

combustible_lemon_engineer,

For Series X sure. Given it performance issues on PS5 getting it to run on the Series S might have been pretty challenging.

Darkaga,

And they're not allowed to release it unless on the X if didn't run on the S. See: Baulder's Gate 3

Neato,
@Neato@kbin.social avatar

But then how will Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo ensure you have to buy their console to play their IPs?

spike,
@spike@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Actual Good Hardware for a reasonable price. Or gimmick control schemes like the ps vita, Wii (U) or occasionally the Switch. I loved the first “The World Ends With You” on the NDS, tried emulating it, but the control scheme without a touch screen and the physical buttons are so weird, I bought a 3DS to relive that masterpiece since my DS Lite died.

QuarterlySushi,
@QuarterlySushi@kbin.social avatar

While it’s a little more complicated than just compiling the code for multiple platforms, I do agree that the effort would have been worth it

iNeedScissors67, do gaming w The Witcher producer blames Americans and social media for Netflix series' simplified plot
@iNeedScissors67@kbin.social avatar

The games and books seemed to do just fine in America lol

Hyacathusarullistad,
@Hyacathusarullistad@kbin.social avatar

The Witcher 3 is one of the best selling games ever, and is considered by critics and fans alike to be one of the best games of its genre ever. This guy is a fucking clown.

sadreality,

Yes, came here to say this. Thank you for your services. American executive never own any failures. Claw back their bonuses, fucking brain piece of shits can't even do their jobs anymore.

Arcane_Trixster,

This is a Polish executive. You’re just parroting other’s opinions.

sadreality,

Well good to know that not only Americans suck this bad... kinda refreshing actually. Either why is u hurt tho?

iNeedScissors67,
@iNeedScissors67@kbin.social avatar

Yep lol it's laughable. Love your user icon, I use the N7 icon for a lot of different services.

Hyacathusarullistad,
@Hyacathusarullistad@kbin.social avatar

Thanks! Mass Effect is in my top three game franchises (the other two being Witcher and Elder Scrolls).

Gorejelly,
@Gorejelly@kbin.social avatar

Yea but that’s only because the game has lots of pretty, moving pictures. And the books have pretty covers.

I’m American, so I can’t even read. I noticed some symbols in the show that could be conceived as trying to impart words or ideas, and it just turned me right off.

You might be asking yourself: “If I can’t read, then how did I understand and respond to this topic?”, and I would then respond: “SHUT UP VOICES IN MY HEAD!”

that_one_guy,

Great comment, but could have used a more realistic scenario of using a screen reader/dictation software to comment. It’s okay though, I get that you needed to simplify it for the American audiences.

iNeedScissors67,
@iNeedScissors67@kbin.social avatar

This reads like a Dave Attell stand-up act lol

blunderworld, do gaming w Dark Souls reportedly being turned into Netflix anime

Not really into tv adaptations of video games. However, if they give this series the same high-quality anime treatment as Castlevania, sign me up.

wren,
@wren@sopuli.xyz avatar

That’s what I was thinking. With these sorts of announcements, it’s normally just ‘Well. It’ll be what it’ll be’, but with how great Castlevania was done, there’s actually a decent chance this will be solid

Xtallll, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"
@Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Real fans “Find a Way” Yarr.

NONE_dc, do games w Apple blocks Fortnite's return to iPhone in US
@NONE_dc@lemmy.world avatar

Oh, so Apple is eager for another demand, huh

YourAvgMortal,

Delaying the review process is just petty, but lawsuits are only profitable when you win, so Apple denying the app would mean Epic wanting another lawsuit.

paraphrand,

Do you think a court could force Apple to allow any and all software in the App Store? In other words, it’s not Apple’s decision who they do business with?

YourAvgMortal,

I doubt it. They could expand the list of allowed content, but Apple has a right (and responsibility) to moderate the content on their platform

brenstar,

Could lead to allowing alternative app repositories outside of just the App Store to keep Apple from gate keeping

bread, do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

I’ve been pretty consistently buying Nintendo consoles, but I’m not buying this one. Not just because of this, but I challenge these assholes to brick the device I end up playing their games on.

fartsparkles, do games w Valve's invite-only Deadlock has an even more exclusive top-secret hush-hush version

Yikes that was written poorly. Author flips back and forth between Deadlock and Deathlock.

hisao, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

Japanese schoolgirls is a big NO-NO in Australia 😅 Jokes aside, this is the first time I hear about this game, watching trailer I immediately thought about “When They Cry”, and then I read this from article: “Silent Hill f is being developed by Neobards Entertainment (which has previously served as a support studio for Capcom’s Resident Evil games), with creature and character design by Kera, and a script by When They Cry writer Ryukishi07.” So now I’m hyped!

eronth,

Oh wow I rarely find people who know about When They Cry. Now I’m interested in seeing more about the game.

AFC1886VCC, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket

Fuck off and die Nintendo

tacosanonymous, do games w 2025 will be a make-or-break year for triple-A video games as we know them
@tacosanonymous@lemm.ee avatar

I’m doing my part to break them.

gaylord_fartmaster, do games w UK counter-terrorism unit demands Steam withdraw controversial shooter from sale

Hey, thanks UK counter-terrorism unit. I hadn’t heard of this game before and it looks fun enough to justify spending $5 on it.

commander,

I’ll buy it too. First time hearing of it

TowardsTheFuture, do gaming w Nintendo officially places Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom outside series' established timeline

Yeah but where does BDG place it

n2burns,

For anyone who doesn’t get this comment youtu.be/Q-25c8Rsobw

wccrawford, do games w Braid: Anniversary Edition "sold like dog s***", says creator Jonathan Blow

I liked Braid, but I liked his other games since then a lot more. Put out Witness 2 and I’m all over it.

OTOH, put out a graphical upgrade and a couple new puzzles for Witness and try to charge full price again, and I wouldn’t bother.

Edit: Wait, Braid Anniversary didn’t even include new levels? No wonder it didn’t sell! All it has is a documentary track and some visuals.

Aielman15,
@Aielman15@lemmy.world avatar

Edit: Wait, Braid Anniversary didn’t even include new levels? No wonder it didn’t sell! All it has is a documentary track and some visuals.

“Braid: Anniversary Edition launched in May and adds 40 new levels, as well as over 15 hours of commentary”

From the article.

bread,

From a Steam review:

The game was advertised as having 40 new levels, which at first glance is sounds engaging and interesting, until you find out most of those levels are programmer/beta/alpha stages. It’s not entirely new content, but rather going through iterations until you arrive at the level as it is today. While interesting, it does feel disingenuous to advertise this as a new level. When I hear braid has a new level, I think “There’s one more puzzle piece”, but that’s not the case. You are not rewarded with anything in game, but instead receive some occasionally insightful commentary. In total, there are around 14 actual, new puzzles.

wccrawford,

I looked on the Steam page and didn’t see that, but I thought I remembered it from launch. Perhaps I was just tired and missed it, but I think they didn’t do a good enough job calling it out.

silverchase,
@silverchase@sh.itjust.works avatar

Put out Witness 2 and I’m all over it.

If you liked the puzzle design style of the Witness, check out Taiji. It uses a similar open-ended structure that leaves puzzle rules for you to discover on your own.

wccrawford,

That does look good. Thanks!

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