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missingno, do games w EXCLUSIVE - Nintendo Switch 2 Will Have a 3-Phase Launch Plan For Its Games
@missingno@fedia.io avatar

Are they saying third-parties don't even have devkits yet? That's a bizarre way to do a launch plan.

Gerudo,

Maybe they are doing it due to how similar gen1 and 2 are to develop on. Gen2 just gets faster processing power. Maybe Nintendo told the devs target 30 fps on gen1 and we will almost guarantee 60 on gen 2. Or something to that effect.

woelkchen,
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Are they saying third-parties don’t even have devkits yet? That’s a bizarre way to do a launch plan.

The console will be out of stock for at least 6 months anyway.

SomethingBurger,

This claim is dubious. Several publishers have already announced Switch 2 games.

Canadian_Cabinet, do games w Cloud Imperium Games [Star Citizen developer] Undergoes Major Shake-Up to Hit Deadlines

I’m surprised they set a deadline at all, considering how the game itself will never release

TRBoom,

Oh it’ll release, just not by Chris Roberts.

The last game he was in charge of was Freelancer, a highly ambitious game for the time and he never finished it. His company, Digital Anvil, started to have financial woes due to the long development of Freelancer and was acquired by Microsoft. He left the company and then a couple years later Freelancer was released!

It was very different from what it was supposed to be, but it was still an awesome game, imo.

I think the same thing will happen to Star Citizen. The money will dry up and they’ll be forced to sell. The buyer will kick Chris out and then have the team make a finished product.

jagermo, (edited ) do games w 12 Years and $700 Million Later, What's Going on With Star Citizen's Development?

I backed it with about 60$ on the Kickstarter and have tried a few alphas. It’s nice but unpolished. I don’t care about the drama and by this point, if they release a game, I’ll be happily surprised - and if not, meh.

itsnotits,

It’s* nice but unpolished.

DarkThoughts,

Tits* nice but unpolished.

blargbluuk,
@blargbluuk@sh.itjust.works avatar

I prefer unpolished tits personally

fulg,

Same for me, though I did splurge a bit ($150 I think) to get the game on a USB key shaped like one of the starships in the game. I will never get that USB key…

If they ever get done I will consider spending more time with it, I don’t really care for early access into an unfinished game.

I should have asked for a refund when we had the chance…

jagermo,

Oh, wait, it was 30 usd. And i backed Shadowrun Online for 66, so Star Citizen might even be the better bet :)

Nuke_the_whales, do games w Ubisoft's Board is Launching an Investigation Into The Company Struggles

Here’s one. Your main series assassin’s Creed still has the same glitches and bugs it did 15 years ago. The last one was so much more of the same that it’s the first Ac game I put down and gave up on after an hour cause it felt like I had played it already. How bout building a new game from scratch instead of repeatedly dipping into the same garbage pile and charging premium for it, while your other titles are overflowing with micro transactions and bullshit

Eyck_of_denesle,

Prince of Persia 😴

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

That new one is a solid metroidvania. It would have been better if they shrunk the map a bit or introduced meaningful upgrades more frequently, but it was still very good.

farngis_mcgiles, do games w New Details on Valve's New Game 'Deadlock' - Insider Gaming

considering valve abandoned the last two games they made (artifact and dota underlords) I don’t see this going any better

simple,

Well, artifact was dead from the start and underlords was more of a spinoff chasing a fad. What we know about Deadlock is that they’re putting a lot of resources into it, and it sounds like it would be really popular with the MOBA crowd.

Akasazh,
@Akasazh@feddit.nl avatar

Pouring resources does not equate quality, there’s no new idea here. They try a overwatch like game when their IP contains the most successful hero shooter out there.

really popular with the MOBA crowd

They tend to play non shooter mobas, you know, like dota. Why try to compete with your own ip?

It reeks of poor design choice, jus like artifact, and no amount of money will fix that.

gaylord_fartmaster, (edited )

I keep seeing everyone comparing this to overwatch, how is this like overwatch at all? Just because you pick a character and they have unique abilities?

I’ve been playing dota for over a decade and couldn’t get into any other moba I’ve ever tried, but I think this sounds like it could be fun and I’d give it a chance at least.

Edit: I take that back, I’ve played exactly one other game I’d classify as a moba extensively, and it was Monday Night Combat, which was really similar to this concept. Super Monday Night Combat killed it and sucked though.

farngis_mcgiles,

monday night combat was dope

gaylord_fartmaster,

I loved that game. If Valve wants to take a crack at making Super Monday Night Combat but done well I’m here for it, and I think they could pull it off.

Akasazh,
@Akasazh@feddit.nl avatar

Ok you’ve got me with Monday night combat, I hope to be proven wrong tbh, it’s a sliver of hope and I won’t join the bandwagon.

Lmaydev,

We know very little about it at this point. It doesn’t reek of anything, seems like you’re just making assumptions based on very little information.

Akasazh,
@Akasazh@feddit.nl avatar

The idea is not very exciting. I’m hoping to be proved wrong, I really am.

Defaced,

There were many factors that went into the failure of artifact, gameplay was not one of them and is still solid to this day. The biggest problem was the monetization, and not really the monetization itself, but the timing of monetization. Hearthstone conditioned people to want free cards and earn free rewards by playing the game, artifact was a digital representation of a physical card game where you could literally build decks for like $10 and enjoy it, the allure of free low quality shit will always overshadow high quality paid content and it’s just fucking sad. Now look at hearthstone, a shit husk of a game it once was.

Lmaydev,

Apparently valve doesn’t really assign teams to certain projects. People can work on what projects they like and things organically get people behind them if they are looking good or interesting.

This means games that do get completed are often really good and ones that weren’t looking good fizzle out.

It’s an interesting approach for sure. I think it makes sense rather than steaming ahead with a bad game. On the flip side what could be an interesting product may die out.

It’s happened several times to half life 3 apparently.

cottonmon,
@cottonmon@lemmy.world avatar

They had to suspend that policy for HL: Alyx though.

kat_angstrom, do games w Ubisoft Says That XDefiant Has Fallen Behind Expectations

That seems to be a problem with their expectations, not the game.

simple,

It’s also a problem that it’s exclusive to the Ubisoft launcher and isn’t on Steam…

PopOfAfrica,

I was going to play it, but poor linix compatibility with the ubisoft launcher killed that for me.

stardust,

It was enough to make me too lazy to bother even when the hype was there. Now it seems even the community that plays/played it is negative on it so even less likely to bother with Ubisoft launcher for it than at launch. I have UPlay installed too, but I don’t even know if anyone in my friend list from Steam was playing it compared to other games that they are shown playing.

slaacaa,

You are actually right. I tried this game as a friend liked it, and it basically does everything that COD does, but for free, so it’s not the worst way for somebody to spend their time online. Still, I imagine Ubi execs promised to dethrone every other shooter and have 100 million payers to milk for MTX.

mogoh, do gaming w Forget Ubisoft's AAAA Games, CD Projekt Is Making 'AAAAA' Games

AAA-Category was already stupid in the first place. It originates from grading systems, but instead of a sane A - F grading or 100% - 0% we got AAA and Indy.

uninvitedguest, (edited )
@uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca avatar

Pretty sure it comes from credit rating systems.

teawrecks,

Pretty sure it comes from America Automobile Associations.

mogoh,

I think one could call credit rating a grading system. But I won’t die on this hill.

AndrasKrigare,

I agree, but I think AA also exists. I’d put Remnant From the Ashes in that category

Katana314,

no it’s because you have to put two AAA batteries in the disc to play the game

sneezycat, do gaming w Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake Is Dead - Insider Gaming
@sneezycat@sopuli.xyz avatar

The original holds up anyway, and I firmly believe they were gonna butcher it, so… is this a win?

umulu,
@umulu@lemmy.world avatar

Is the original worth a play? Amazon prime gaming has it for free this week. I just redeemed it.

sneezycat,
@sneezycat@sopuli.xyz avatar

Yeah, although you should install the unofficial patch and widescreen mod (if needed).

Other than that, it’s still a very fun game and I do recommend it :)

umulu,
@umulu@lemmy.world avatar

Nice! Thanks for the heads up.

Crankenstein, do games w Borderlands 4 Price Has Been Confirmed

It don’t matter what the release price is. Everything goes on sale eventually.

mohab,

I've never paid more than $20 for a game.

And I wouldn't play Borderlands 4 for free, TBH. If they pay me my hourly rate, I may consider it depending on contract length. Other than that, fuck off, Gearbox.

Crankenstein,

I have, but only fighting games because that first month of online play is heaven when there is no meta established and no one has muscle memory yet.

But yea, fuck Gearbox, I uninstalled every Borderlands Game after the new changes to EULA. Fuck them having kernal access.

ms_lane,

Guybrush would be proud.

Empricorn,

…unless it’s made by Nintendo.

xep, do games w Star Citizen Loses 'Integral Staff' Responsible for Server Meshing

Isn't this a critical feature that they must finish to realize the game? Hopefully they still have the required expertise available to complete it.

exu,

complete

That’s where you’re wrong

FartMaster69,

Completing the game isn’t the goal.

Flamekebab,
@Flamekebab@piefed.social avatar

Game development as a service.

edgemaster72,
@edgemaster72@lemmy.world avatar

Bro, just 9 more years of development, come on bro, it’s just 9 more years, we lost developers but I swear we’ll be done soon, it’s only 9 more years, bro.

(This comment is gonna age poorly when it’s nowhere close to releasing in 9 years and I should’ve picked a larger number)

Anti_Face_Weapon,

Honestly I don’t think It will take that long. It seems like, based on previously released data and their more recent moves, that they are hemorrhaging a lot of money.

I do not think they have 9 years. They will go out of business long before then. Most likely they will have some kind of product as the “completed 1.0” within the next few years.

PushButton,

Bah, they will ask for more money and idiots will gladly give it to them.

The circle will continue.

Anti_Face_Weapon,

Based on the numbers they have released, their expenses are increasing a lot. They could legitimately run out of money.

SkyezOpen,

They’ll slap together a new megaship that makes all the old pledge ships look like shit and price it at 5 thousand and watch the money pour in.

harrys_balzac,

It’s a race between Star Citizen and Elder Scrolls 6 at this point to see which drops first.

Allero,

Elder Scrolls 6

locahosr443,

I feel confident that star citizen will have the bugs patched before tes6 though… They’ll have from now until the heat death of the universe lol

MehBlah,

I don’t think finishing the game is part of the plan.

Ashtear, do games w Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Surpasses 3.3 Million Copies in 33 Days

Feels like the GOTY frontrunner at this point, as it seems to have edged out KCD2 in the press. Amazing achievement for a fresh studio.

Death Stranding 2 and Hades 2 (if it comes out this year) are other possibilities.

Coelacanth,
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Last time a game was in the zeitgeist to this extent was BG3, and we all know how that went. Only thing going against E33 at this point is that the Game Awards are a long time off and recency bias/forgetting about it tends to have an impact.

I sincerely hope it does sweep the awards, not only is the game phenomenal but it would also send a very positive message to the industry.

Who knows though, people love Kojima and if Death Stranding 2 is slightly more approachable than the first it might put up a good fight.

SuperSaiyanSwag,

I’m not too worried about that, Elden Ring was a February game.

Bbbbbbbbbbb,

Breath of the Wilds was also an early year release GotY winner

KingThrillgore,
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

Historically, Game of the Years have always been either in the first quarter, or the last quarter.

Bbbbbbbbbbb,

You know, a few weeks back i looked at all the GotY nominations by year, and as long as an RPG was nominated, it won. So Im thinking COE33 has it in the bag, going by the trend, unless a separate banger of an RPG comes out.

Ashtear,

I think Astro Bot pokes a hole in that, unless you’re talking about a specific award?

Bbbbbbbbbbb,

Hmm, i guess i did miss ReFantazio from those nominations, youre right. I dont think ive seen anything of that game, so possibly thats why i glossed over it.

Also I refuse to acknowledge the Elden Ring DLC as a nomination. Also the FF remake is a bit of an odd situation as I also refuse to acknowledge that as a new game as well, but it very clearly is.

ChicoSuave, do games w Ubisoft Says That XDefiant Has Fallen Behind Expectations

Have they stopped using their launcher? The only way I will ever play an Ubisoft game is if they ditch that jank ass launcher.

PunchingWood,

I’m legitimately wondering what’s so incredibly bad about the Ubi launcher that people hate it so much?

I’m not a fan of each brand having their own thing, I’d rather have everything in my Steam library or some other universal launcher (not GOG).

But I never had issues with Ubi’s launchers, despite having played a lot of Ubi games on there.

VonReposti,

Anything that isn’t Steam works like shit on Linux (mileage may vary, but that’s my experience). I find it hilarious and sad that I can get a better experience by pirating it and launch through Lutris.

PunchingWood,

That’s another thing I always wondered about, gaming on Linux.

I always thought of Linux of a tweaker/programmer kind of platform that isn’t much into gaming. Much like Apple being for creatives, music and Adobe. Even though all that runs fine on Windows too. That gaming on either is an entirely optional at-your-own-risk kind of deal, since a lot of games don’t support Linux/Mac natively anyway.

If one wants to play games a lot, why not simply get a Windows PC? Or a console for that matter.

No offense, but I always felt like wanting to game on Linux or Mac is just handicapping oneself.

omarfw,

because windows is doing everything in their power to ruin their OS with privacy violations and ads. I would switch to Linux yesterday if my favorite games worked on it.

PunchingWood,

If everything ran just as well as it would on Windows I would switch too. But I think that will be a long time off, even if developers decided to natively develop for Linux. It seems better than like a decade ago, but development and support is really slow.

That said, I’ve been using W11 for a couple of years and I haven’t run into any ads in my day-to-day office and home computers, I’ve seen others mention ads in Windows too, but I’m not sure where they are. And you could just use a fake e-mail and name for a Microsoft account if you need one for a Windows installation.

I’m not saying everyone should use Windows, but choosing gaming on Linux seems like it’s just people making it very difficult for themselves. Last time I ever tried it was a long time ago, but there were constant hardware issues, driver issues, game crashes and other problems that I could just not be bothered.

Katana314,

The Lutris launcher has helped me successfully play purchased Ubisoft games well. It sucks to rely on third party tools, but that’s much of what Linux is based around.

yamanii,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

Ubi’s launcher and EA app, are the only ones that keep forgetting my login info, forcing me to painstakingly go to my email to authorize this brand new device (my own PC) every few weeks.

PunchingWood,

I remember both doing the same for me a long time ago. But I’ve not had the issue since their new launchers dropped I believe.

QuantumEyetanglement,

Why not GOG?

PunchingWood,

I’d just prefer a platform that isn’t also another store. But I’m unsure if those exist.

2000mph, do games w The Xbox Series S Is More Popular Than The Xbox Series X

It makes sense. It may suprise a lot of people on here but their biggest market is not the people who demand 4k 60FPS in all games and will riot if they don’t get it. Their main market is kids playing FIFA and Minecraft and other casual gamers who just enjoy fun games at a reasonable budget. For that they really got it right with the Series S.

Grangle1,

Nintendo understanding this market is a big part of how they’ve been outselling MS and Sony in the Wii and Switch generations despite being behind on hardware power.

bob_wiley,
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  • Weirdfish,

    While I agree with you, the fact that no game has released in the past 10 years without major patches and updates means what’s on that physical media is useless

    fckreddit, do games w Starfield is Bethesda's Least Buggiest Game to Date, Say Sources

    Your daily reminder to not preorder. Least buggiest is not a high bar, TBH.

    radiohead37, do games w Nintendo is Trying to Stop You From Filing Lawsuits Against Them With New EULA Amendment

    Forced arbitration is unconstitutional. Roberts should be ashamed of himself.

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