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_haha_oh_wow_, do gaming w Sony Reportedly Halts PSVR2 Production As Headsets Fail To Sell
@_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works avatar

Should’ve embraced PC from the get-go.

FlihpFlorp, do games w Overwatch 2 story missions future uncertain after January layoffs (according to ex-devs)

Wait I thought overwatch 2 a story mode and that was its entire point. Tbf I haven’t been keeping up with the game

BleatingZombie,

You’re right. And neither has Blizzard

FlihpFlorp,

Oh Oh

MentalEdge, do games w Overwatch 2 story missions future uncertain after January layoffs (according to ex-devs)
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Activision is burning the rope that is the ancient goodwill of Blizzard-fans at both ends.

Bdtrngl,

Surprised there’s any rope left for them to burn.

MentalEdge,
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It’s a long rope. Woven from decades of WoW, StarCraft and Diablo.

It’ll run out soon. Mostly it’s only been burning so slow cuz people have been in denial over the fact for so long.

Donjuanme,

Burned all of my rope with the battle.net “2.0” complete with Facebook integration, rmah, “get the game for free with a years subscription to world of Warcraft” and killing deckard Cain in act 2 of D3 (along with ACT 1 being the only ACT with any love put into it, and that being the entirety of the demo, also pretty clear that’s when Activision bought blizzard)

Never played any of the sc2 expansions, never watched another blizzard tournament, never bought a wow expansion (after TBC), I lost a lot of really great memory associations, but the nostalgia isn’t worth supporting the corpse-puppet of blizzard.

KingThrillgore, do games w Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

A mobile port? Well RIP my productivity.

GreenAlex, do games w Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming
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It's a lot of fun. Got me to get a stylus to use for card games on my Steam Deck.

Boss blinds that hard counter you late in the game feel pretty dang bad, but that's my only big complaint thus far.

frontporchtreat, (edited )

I initially hated this but it does incentivize deck versatility. I stopped putting my eggs in one basket and I stopped losing so much.

Neato, do games w Overwatch 2 story missions future uncertain after January layoffs (according to ex-devs)
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It was never going to happen. It was a scam to get into a new monetization scheme.

sirico, do games w Overwatch 2 story missions future uncertain after January layoffs (according to ex-devs)
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finickydesert, do games w Overwatch 2 story missions future uncertain after January layoffs (according to ex-devs)
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Why do companies not want money but yet screen and shout about wanting money?

BleatingZombie,

They were able to sell a video game which came with an IOU instead of a major component. I think they kept a lot of money by doing that

smeg,

Did they sell it though? Everyone who bought it got the game they paid for (and now sort of don’t have anymore, lol) but wasn’t the promise of PvE an add-on to the now free game?

underisk,
@underisk@lemmy.ml avatar

they probably got a lot of people to buy the first couple battlepasses. a success for that quarter, maybe, but probably not the long tail they were hoping to get from transforming it into the GaaS model. they probably made more money from OW1 lootboxes, overall

NekkoDroid,
@NekkoDroid@programming.dev avatar

they probably made more money from OW1 lootboxes, overall

I really doubt it considering how many boxes you got thrown after you, with coins for dups with which you can just buy skins. Was a great system for the player, but probably terrible monitarily.

underisk,
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Rentlar, do games w Overwatch 2 story missions future uncertain after January layoffs (according to ex-devs)

I was under the impression that they had fully shelved PvE for OW2. They basically lied and released the same game with a few tweaks to the match format. Was there actually any hope for even a pared-down co-op mode?

H1jAcK,

There was right at the very start, to help push units. I believe it was less than six months into ow2 when they realistically cancelled pve

FrankTheHealer,

There was hope initially, but as a huge overwatch fan, when Jeff Kaplan, the former game director of Overwatch, left Blizzard, I could see the bullshit that lay ahead. It took too long for others to realize.

Rubanski,

Jeff was the goat, I wonder what he’s currently up to

FrankTheHealer,

Apparently, he and some ex Blizzard people created a new studio. But itl be a few years before they have any games to unveil. And honestly, that’s fine. I mean he could announce he’s retiring and it’d be fine. He earned it as far as I’m concerned.

Rubanski,

Word

Ephera, do games w Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming

This year has been so strange, with seemingly a new hype title every two weeks or so. I wonder what lead to this…

june, do gaming w Sony Reportedly Halts PSVR2 Production As Headsets Fail To Sell
g0nz0li0,

This article is from Jan 2023 when Sony responded to a Bloomberg report that they had cut production due to lower than expected launch sales.

It’s possible they will rebut this article too, but they haven’t so far AFAIK.

june,

Oh shit. How’d I miss that? My bad.

ABCDE, do games w Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming

The addiction is very real. We are playing it daily, with 120 hours and now going into the challenges.

haui_lemmy, do gaming w Sony Reportedly Halts PSVR2 Production As Headsets Fail To Sell

Those who can afford it might want to buy something open source instead: shop.simulavr.com

Not affiliated with the product. Its linux based and not a walled garden afaik. In 5 yrs when sony drops support for the headset, you can still use this one.

helenslunch,
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Holy fuck, that price though. How about an open source wireless VR headset that’s…wait for it…just a headset, that runs on whatever computer you connect it to?

haui_lemmy,

Feel free to invent one I guess. I think we‘re basically in the same ballpark with that as we are with phones. Nicht qualifications needed and only proprietary players so far. Someone correct me if needed pls.

DreamAccountant, do games w Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming

Wowzers!

TheOgreChef, do games w Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming

I know there’s maybe a 5% chance of it happening soon, but I’d kill for this to hit before I go on vacation in July. Balatro would be outstanding to play on my iPad during a long flight.

ABCDE,

Get a Deck.

all-knight-party,
@all-knight-party@kbin.run avatar

Weirdest comment ever. Devs even confirmed a mobile port, you tell this person to buy a new expensive device instead. What?

Maalus,

Have they confirmed it comming before July?

Shimon,
@Shimon@slrpnk.net avatar

There is a way to play it. And it works very well. Switch emulatorYou might see where I’m going with this. Now, I don’t know if there are any for iPads, but you can download some for Android. Personally I use SuYu. Switch romYou will need a .nsp file of the game + .nsp file of any updates you want to include. You can get this file from your nintendo switch (or you know, the high seas) and then import it to the emulator. For me, it runs at about 15 fps on a 4 year old Samsung phone (no Snapdragon), which is playable.

The game registers screen taps very well and you won’t have any problem with playing it.

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