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Aurenkin, do games w 'You're a very long arm. You steal things. It's a comedy game,' explains developer of comedy game where you steal things with a very long arm

Sounds like fun! I wonder what the premise is

Agent_Karyo, (edited )
@Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world avatar

It turns into a surprise hentai game in the later levels 🤣

Cris16228,

Really? Asking for a friend ^if^ ^you^ ^lied^ ^to^ ^me,^ ^I’ll^ ^find^ ^you^ ^:(^

_cryptagion, do games w The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst

big games get delayed, a lot

And yet so many of them still suck at launch.

WarlordSdocy,

That’s cause the business side keeps pushing for increasingly unrealistic deadlines and will only accept delaying so much before forcing it out.

biscuit, do games w The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst

Weird vibes in this comment section.

David_the_designer,

They are all from players who are against things Rockstar did with GTA and what it represents for the industry. But they are not representative of the whole market.

The article is right about the impact for small studios. On the timeline for the game I’m working on, we have a prediction for GTA VI release with a big question mark and we hope to avoid it.

The problem is not that all players will spend $100 on the game. The problem is that the majority of the press coverage, Steam traffic, streamer time, etc. will focus on the topic. Even if there is bad press around GTA, that’s still attention that is not on other games.

neatchee,

Exactly this. I work in the games industry as well and even big studios are falling over themselves NOT to release anywhere near GTA6.

Nobody believes there won’t be people playing other games at that time. But it’s going to dominate the media cycle for a month, especially if it is either better or worse than fans hope. And the reality is that many, many people have limited gaming budgets. If you’ve only got $100 to spend, GTA6 is very likely to be the default pick at that time.

It’s a behemoth in terms of grabbing attention from both the media and players. All the best laid plans for a successful release can be completely derailed by a game like GTA6.

tonytins,
@tonytins@pawb.social avatar

I really didn’t know what to expect with this article. That being said, the industry holding their breath on GTA 6 is a bit much, to say the least.

paultimate14, do games w The Simple Act of Buying a Graphics Card Is the Defining Misery of PC Gaming in 2025

The 9070’s on eBay are getting cheaper and cheaper the further we get from the launch. I think scalpers underestimated AMD’s stock and they are slowly discovering that.

Immediately after the launch the XT seemed to be starting at $1,200. Now they are down to $800. The non-xt is down to $650.

Depends on how much stock AMD can provide in the coming weeks and months, but I’m still thinking I’ll be able to get one at MSRP this year.

SmokedBillionaire,

I’m not sure where you are seeing this but on eBay they are still showing a ton of cards from 12-1800.

This shit is a problem and only the apathetic retailers can fix it.

Zorque,

Being bought, or being sold? There’s a difference. If they’re not being bought at those numbers, they’ll still show up the most.

They also said “starting”, which implies that’s what it’s being sold at, not what you see the most listings for.

Mouette,

It still see them more around 800-900€ which is more than what i paid for a 7900XT wtf

filister,

In Germany the official Gigabyte shop sells those for 1141€. This is completely nuts.

ExtremeDullard, do gaming w 52-year-old 'Super Mario' supermarket in Costa Rica wins unlikely victory against the Nintendo lawyers: "He is Don Mario, he's my dad"
@ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I note that Nintendo had the good sense not to come after Mangione for trademark infringement…

desmosthenes, do games w Diablo 1 and 2 devs secure $4.5 million for a new ARPG: 'We're going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions'
@desmosthenes@lemmy.world avatar

path of exile 2 is it. that said respect for the goats

UprisingVoltage,

Came to say this

scottmeme, do games w Ubisoft comes crawlin' back to Steam
@scottmeme@sh.itjust.works avatar

When you make a trash launcher, people tend to ignore it. Who knew?

Kecessa,

You could create the best launcher in the world and people would ignore it because they don’t want multiple launchers and their library is already centralized on Steam.

conciselyverbose,

Maybe.

But until there’s an alternative that isn’t outright disrespectful with how complete and utter dogshit it is it’s hard to say that for sure.

Inertia matters. But so does the fact that no one has bothered putting the work in to not be a trainwreck.

scottmeme,
@scottmeme@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’m starting to build up my GOG library quite a bit, and that launcher in its current state is still better than Ubisoft Connect.

datavoid,

I feel like both ubi and gog launchers are basically unusable. I have no idea why gog doesn’t fix their shit

JustMarkov,

For GOG just use Heroic.

Angry_Autist, do gaming w It only took two days for someone to unlock a developer mode in Baldur's Gate 3's modding tools, opening up the possibility of custom levels and campaigns

Cannot wait to see some of the sick things modders bring in the coming years

tetris11,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

BG3: WhickedWhims and BasementDrugs

Angry_Autist,

Guess I’ll have to wait a bit longer for the vore mod…

njm1314, do games w Someone finally figured out a good use for NFTs: Peter Molyneux is using 'land' sales from his failed blockchain game to fund the development of his new project

We already know good use for nfts, money laundering.

LaserTurboShark69, do games w Old School RuneScape player says 'see ya at a million!' after pickpocketing 500,000 NPCs in a doomed quest for treasure under multiple self-imposed restrictions

I’m glad I can still play RuneScape vicariously through these weird challenge characters

kata1yst, do gaming w Indie dev baffled after acquaintance clones his game, puts it on Steam, and acts like it's no big deal: 'Happens every day homie'

Calling this dude a douche-canoe is too generous.

This man is an absolute douche-barge.

ChicoSuave,

A discharge barge.

Aganim, do games w God of War Ragnarök will require a PSN account to play on PC

Well, another game I won’t be playing in that case. Fortunately my backlog is large enough to keep me busy for the next couple of years, so I feel no need to play every new title. But still: my wallet thanks Sony for making the choice for me.

StupidBrotherInLaw,

We’ll help you pirate it, just ask.

Aganim,

Thanks, I know my way around the high seas should the need arise. But I can’t play every game out there anyway, so as long as I can get my gaming needs satisfied through non-shittified legal means I prefer that.

littlebluespark,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

Ragnarok

“… should the mead arise.”

littlebluespark,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

Oh, and also, it’s only “illegal” because they have the money.

See: wage theft

Katana314,

I think they’re okay with that. The budget for these games has ballooned so much, they feel like they need a market goal beyond the $60 sale. Microtransactions are one approach, but pulling people into a gaming ecosystem like PSN is another. If you’re not interested in either, you’re not their target demographic.

mortrek,

just a couple of years… yeah…

Zerush, do gaming w You can't take it with you, but you can't leave it for someone else either: Valve says you aren't allowed to bequeath a Steam account in a will
@Zerush@lemmy.ml avatar

How will they control if someone other continue with your account when you die?

Moghul,

Same as any other illegality. It’s legal until you get caught. The account will work fine until for one reason or another it becomes obvious you’re not the original owner of the account, and then it’s banned. Billing changes, location changes, ip changes, confession, etc.

Zerush,
@Zerush@lemmy.ml avatar

Maybe some generations later in the future it becomes suspicious. Valve want gain money and there is no reason that it will deep investigate if the downloads are still paid from the same account and paid with the same banc account, irrelevant if it’s from a different IP or ISP, that are things that can change even with the same user (transladet to other city, changing provider or PC, etc).

Moghul,

But imagine if the original owner bought Skyrim, and then you have to buy it again if you want to play it. Two Skyrim moneys!

Zerush,
@Zerush@lemmy.ml avatar

Anyway, if I’m dead I’ll give a fuck if Valve want to claim something

dependencyinjection,

When it appears the OG user is 150 years old.

grahamja,

I can’t be the only one that puts their age as 1st Jan any random year in the 1920s instead of taking the time to put my real age in to view new games coming out. Steam already thinks I am near death.

dependencyinjection,

Nope. I too don’t use my own DOB but I’ll tend to keep the range correct. Maybe I should start going older.

vulgarcynic,
@vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works avatar

There was a great response to this from Gabe several years ago (looks like 13 years ago, fuck, I’m old)…

totalgaming.co.uk/93-of-steam-users-born-on-janua…

Xoriff, do gaming w President of Xbox at Microsoft asked about the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, spends close to a minute saying almost nothing

So… At what point do gamers start sending a message. “Microsoft: why are players cancelling their game pass subscriptions?”

Or does the smackdown happen from the creator side “Microsoft: why doesn’t anybody want to make games on our platform anymore?”

They wouldn’t pull this kind of shit if there were monetary repercussions. So, why do these bullshit strategies work?

ImplyingImplications,

You know how kids will want anything that has their favourite character on it? Gamers are just like that. Elder Scrolls 6 can have 1 minute ads in between areas and it would still top sales charts because gamers cannot stop themselves.

I really hope the recent pushback Sony got will spark a new norm but I’m very cynical.

shutz,

Someone would just release a mod that replaces the ads with Monty Python sketches.

Fubarberry,
@Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz avatar

I think Sony just delisted Ghost of Tsushima from all countries where PSN isn’t available, even though it’s primarily a single player game that won’t require PSN.

So Sony is still on their bullshit, even though they conceded over Helldivers.

BlitzKrieg2552,

I’ve been an Xbox fan for a long time and 3 months ago my GamePass Ultimate subscription ran out. Been pondering buying up another 3 years to continue it since Hellblade 2 is coming out this month. This recent fiasco has changed my opinion of Xbox and I will no longer be supporting Xbox as I have been. Might buy a month membership just to play Hellblade for less than the actual price of the game, but otherwise I’m done. Fuck them

KingThrillgore,
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

You can start by not buying GamePass, or preordering games.

You are asking a lot because gamers are the dumbest fucking people on the planet.

AsherahTheEnd, do gaming w Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios

AAA gaming is doomed, it has been irreversibly tainted by capitalism and I don’t think it can recover. Indie games are where it’s at, typically higher quality and much cheaper. It’s shameful how terrible most AAA games are nowadays because they have to put in excuses for microtransactions. It’s depressing but I think we’re truly entering a golden age for indies and other smaller budget games.

Muffi,

I’ve been playing the Hades 2 beta recently, and I keep thinking about how incredible it is that this game is already better than any AAA title I’ve played in the last like 8 years. And it’s still in beta and made by just 23 people. Call of Duty, FIFA and the like will keep the big studios running for a while, but indie has definitely overtaken the industry and I’m all for it.

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