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HRDS_654, do games w Capcom President Thinks Game Prices Are 'Too Low' - IGN

Here’s my hot take, I agree, but publishers need to increase pay to developers before I will accept a price hike. Until then I am waiting for that discount like I always do.

Holdoooo,

The best developers are not in the game industry, because of the pay. Only exceptions like really-into-games dudes and highly skilled ones, like game engine developers.

JokeDeity, do games w Capcom President Thinks Game Prices Are 'Too Low' - IGN

Every company executive has gotten way too big for their fucking britches. I’m pirating shit again, fuck all of these greedy mother fuckers.

grayman,

You’re literally taking yachts away from someone’s children! Why can’t you think of the board’s children?!

shifty51, do games w Ubisoft's XDefiant Delayed After Being Rejected by PlayStation and Xbox - IGN

Classic Ubisoft making a buggy mess of everything

Perfide, do gaming w Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3 Revive Age-Old RPG Debate About Encumbrance

I get the complaint with starfield since transferring stuff to your companions or ship is such a pain with their awful UI, but it’s not even an issue in BG3.

99% of the time my party members have plenty of room to store all my shit, and in the rare occasion they don’t it’s a sign I have tons of shit to sell. On the even rarer occasion I run out of room in a situation where I can’t easily leave, I can just send my extra crap to camp. Mind you, besides Shadowheart(Str 18) me and my party members all have base strength.

hh93,

The only thing annoying with BG3 is that “sell all wares” only refers to those at the current character

I’d have liked it if stuff marked as wares would always be automatically distributed between the characters (or that there was a button to do this)

Also why can I select multiple items at once and move them between characters but not mark multiple items as wares?

Why can’t I save that every cup I pick up should go to wares automatically?

I feel as if BG3 could’ve made the whole carrying thing far less annoying with ways to do less inventory management

Lowbird,

You can multi-select items and mark them all as wares at once, just only for one character at a time. I agree all wares should be pooled between characters though, or we should have the option at least.

Texas_Hangover,

Thanks for reiterating that.

DudeBro, do gaming w Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3 Revive Age-Old RPG Debate About Encumbrance

I really wish Baldur’s Gate 3 had a shared party inventory. It’s already partway there, I can still move a potion from Astarion’s inventory to Shadowheart’s inventory now matter how far apart they are. It’d just be nice if I could save a few minutes of inventory sorting if everyone just pulled from one mega inventory that added everyone’s encumberence together. The way its implemented now just adds several unneccessary steps that don’t even matter because of the magic pocket system.

sure, (edited ) do games w Cyberpunk 2077 Only Getting One Expansion Was a 'Technological Decision', CD Projekt Red Says

Makes sense since they are moving away from the RED Engine for future releases. Only way I could see them spending more time with Cyberpunk was if the launch hadn’t been so rough (to say the least).

Pyr_Pressure, do gaming w Final Fantasy 16 Producer Naoki Yoshida Wishes There Was Only One Console - IGN

What exactly is it that prevents a PlayStation from playing an Xbox game?

A dell PC can play the same games that an Acer can.

Why can’t we have some sort of standardized console operating system like android where different companies can design their own console systems all of which can play the same games?

Oh, is it simply because of capitalist proprietary bullshit? Okay that’s fine.

NuPNuA,

That model has been tried in the past and it didn’t work because no one was making any licensing costs from the games produced to pump into R&D to progress the platform. Remember the 3D0?

The reason a PS can’t play an Xbox game is because Sony don’t have access or the legal right to implement the hardware or software environment that MS have patented for the Xbox.

jmcs,

Except Valve is doing with the Steam deck. And if Google could be bothered to take it seriously, Android could also be a contender.

NuPNuA,

The Steam Deck is a PC at the end of the day though which has always been a different model. They still lock the main OS to their store despite it being more open if you want to dig deeper.

MonkderZweite,

What, emulating x86 games on Android?

MrMagnesium12,
@MrMagnesium12@feddit.de avatar

The latest Xbox and PS consoles are basically x86 PC’s with a AMD CPU and a locked down operating system. The Xbox uses a system based on Windows 10 (games are running in separate OS containers, basically Window VMs in HyperV) and the PS is using Sony’s Orbis OS, what based upon FreeBSD.

NuPNuA,

None of which changes the fact that the console market is driven by platform holders selling consoles for low profit or even a loss and making it up on the back end with their cut of all games, accessories, etc released for the format.

Vipsu, do games w Microsoft Closes Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More in Devastating Cuts at Bethesda
@Vipsu@lemmy.world avatar

Honestly all these tech layoffs could really come bite back publishers and the big tech in the near future.
Theres a lot new talent for competitors to snatch and fraction of these developers might even form up new studios to make the next big thing.

Noite_Etion, do games w Final Fantasy Maker Square Enix Takes $140 Million Hit in ‘Content Abandonment Losses’ as It Revises Game Pipeline - IGN
@Noite_Etion@lemmy.world avatar

The company said it wants to be “more selective and focused in the allocation of development resources”, and as a result of the “close examination”

Hate company gibberish like this. We plan to spend money differently… Somehow, but were planning!

Additionally Square needs to stop releasing games exclusively to a single platform, no wonder Rebirth sales haven’t been released as many (including myself) are waiting for the PC release.

Mainly waiting for PC release so I can use mods to shut Chadley up, and turn off all the anime grunting.

Bitrot, do gaming w How Hidden Nazi Symbols Were the Tip of a Toxic Iceberg at Life Is Strange Developer Deck Nine
@Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Well shit.

chloyster, do gaming w Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Will Have a Character Voiced by Text-to-Speech at Launch - IGN

I can believe it being an accident. The character only has 8 lines of dialogue and it seems (if I am reading right) it’s just the English dub that has this problem? He’s voiced normally in the 4 other fully dubbed languages. It’s truly a bizarre thing to have happened though

echo64, do games w Activision QA Workers Protest New Office Mandate, Calling It a 'Soft Layoff'

If there is one thing Microsoft does not want or need, it’s QA. They have their own people.

Shareholders get richer from this buyout, and the workers get fired.

Primarily0617,

They have their own people

microsoft has QA?

trashgirlfriend,

His name’s Mike

delitomatoes,

O’soft, from Ireland

ohlaph,

had

DudeDudenson,

Yeah, their customers!

dan1101, do games w Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 3.0.1. Patch Fixes Anti-Bagging Measures Accidentally Triggering

Bagging seems like it should be a valid strategy, let yourself go to the back of the pack to get better items, but run the risk of not being able to catch up.

otp,

It seems counter-intuitive to make a racing game’s optimal strategy to lag behind the rest of the other racers

hansl,

Mario Kart is a racing game like Smash Bros is a fighting game; sure it fits, but you can’t really compare it directly to the competition.

otp,

Knocking opponents off the stage is close enough to lowering their HP to 0.

Being slower than everyone else is the opposite of being faster than everyone else. It does seem like it’s cheesing the system that’s supposed to balance things out.

Even items in Smash Bros has a skill component in getting to the item first. And “rubber band” mechanics like bonus final smashes (and items in general) can be turned off.

hansl,

It’s also possible to turn those off (items and their distribution), making bagging a minor issue at best.

otp,

Isn’t the competitive default online in Mario Kart to have items on?

wildginger,

Knocking people off the stage isnt the part that makes smash uncomparable to other fighting games.

Its the fact that its technically a platforming game, and a multiplayer game, which frequently incentivizes running and hiding from opponents, and has a built in random trip mechanic to fuck you over for no reason other than coin flip handicapping you, among a myriad of other examples of how the game can make the weaker player win.

ChairmanMeow,
@ChairmanMeow@programming.dev avatar

I think tripping was only in Brawl, no?

otp,

When the Smash meta revolves around playing sub-optimally until the other player trips, let me know.

wildginger,

Bagging isnt sub optimal either, its just not empty brain w+m1 gameplay.

Youre upset the racing game is more dynamic? There are many other racing games with less complex and risky strategies

otp,

I meant sub-optimally in terms of actually racing. Optimal speed would be getting the lowest time in the race. Bagging would be aiming to not get the fastest lap each time. I probably could’ve chosen a better word, my bad.

I’m not upset about anything. But isn’t this post about Nintendo removing/reducing bagging? So maybe some others are upset about that change. But it seems like a good thing to me.

wildginger,

Its also sub optimal speed to lag a bit so a blue shell doesnt blow you up, but since its a mario style cartoonish video game you often find that the optimal play isnt to have the smallest or biggest number at all times.

I would say any change that makes mario cart less like mario cart and more like other racing games is a change that makes a worse game. A racing game that involves more strategy than the rest is more interesting than a racing game thats just more cartoony.

otp,

I think lagging behind for OP items is less interesting than a skill-based race.

In a party environment, those OP items are great. Bullet Bills help the new player spice up the friendly environment. But if the pro is lagging behind specifically to get OP items, I think that makes it less fun and less interesting.

Zoomboingding,
@Zoomboingding@lemmy.world avatar

Eh serious tournaments disable items in Smash, the same isn’t said for Mario Kart.

ThisIsNotHim,
@ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz avatar

It does, but for a real world parallel see bike sprints.

otp,

Is it because of wind resistance? The one in front cuts through the wind for everyone else?

ThisIsNotHim,
@ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz avatar

Yes. But it’s a duel, so they’re just trying to stay behind one person.

You’re not allowed to stop, so you try and creep forward really slowly by doing bike stands until the last lap.

I dunno exactly what sandbagging looks like in Mario Cart, but I kind of doubt it looks this silly.

otp,

Interesting!

thorbot, do games w Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam

Starfield was super fun until it wasn’t. I have no desire to ever go back to it. Skyrim on the other hand…

vagrantprodigy,

For me it was super boring until I left Constellation, fun for 10 or so hours after that, super boring for a few more, and now I haven’t played it in over 2 months.

thorbot,

I actually just peaced out of constellation right away because I felt like the reason I was there was bullshit. I had 30 hours of fun doing side quests, came back to constellation because I heard there were powers I was missing. Acquiring them was tedious and they weren’t even that useful. I grinded out the main story and quit once I got the credit roll. Zero desire to go through it again

aidan,

Skyrim on the other hand…

Do you think to an extent it’s just familiarity? It is relaxing for you to go back to something you’re so familiar with, you aren’t surprised by it.

Default_Defect,
@Default_Defect@midwest.social avatar

You got downvoted, but yes, and mods. Starfield will be looked at a lot more favorably when everyone is playing a modded version of the game.

alienanimals, do games w Bungie CEO Claims Layoffs Were Due to Destiny 2 Underperformance - IGN

Layoffs were actually due to inept leadership.

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