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dreadbeef, miesiąc temu do gaming w As Game Pass prices get laughably high, Microsoft is reportedly spinning up a free version of Xbox Cloud Gaming—but of course you'll have to sit through ads

Gotta drink your verification cans

specialwall, miesiąc temu do gaming w As Game Pass prices get laughably high, Microsoft is reportedly spinning up a free version of Xbox Cloud Gaming—but of course you'll have to sit through ads

I was wondering how they would be able to run such an expensive service based on just one person’s ad revenue:

Microsoft is also currently testing a limit of one hour for sessions, with up to five hours free a month

I just don’t understand how Microsoft thinks someone is going to sit through minutes of ads and be okay with only 5 hours per month in return.

savvywolf, miesiąc temu

When I was a kid my parents would only let me play games for half an hour a day. That works out at, using the monthly times, three times as much as Microsoft is letting people use.

Microsoft, is it an ad supported tier or a limited trial. Pick one.

TheAlbatross, miesiąc temu do gaming w As Game Pass prices get laughably high, Microsoft is reportedly spinning up a free version of Xbox Cloud Gaming—but of course you'll have to sit through ads

Canceled my sub via the handy link in the 50% price hike email.

Microsoft can huff my piss

Cheems, miesiąc temu do games w Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

I almost certainly will never play another NFL or NCAA game again. Cod can go fuck itself. I’m almost definitely not in the demographic to which they’re trying to sell games to anymore. But God damn I know I’m not the only one in this field.

Timberfang, miesiąc temu do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

At least they (hopefully) won’t be getting even worse?

ChaoticEntropy, miesiąc temu do games w Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

Mass Effect but now Cerberus is unequivocally the good guy.

sadfitzy, miesiąc temu do games w Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

I’m interested to see the fan response to this.

jjjalljs, miesiąc temu

I feel like the average video game player has really poor media and political literacy, but maybe it’s just the ones who make noise online who fit that profile.

rafoix, miesiąc temu

Sport games sell very well every year and have tons of predatory monetization. The target audience is not very discerning.

utopiah, miesiąc temu do games w Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

“read the runes” … people need to stopping believing that money is money. Money is money AND strings attached. It’s totally different to get 1 EUR from a friend vs 1 EUR from a brank vs 1 EUR from VC vs 1 EUR of public subsidies. Money NEVER comes without string so one must be cautious they are not getting a noose around their neck while signing a contract.

PS: IMHO NLNet is an example of “good” money. Other examples welcomed. In software in the game “industry” specifically I don’t know where one can find non “bad” money so please if you have examples, do share.

yakko, miesiąc temu

Bad money chases out good, they say.

utopiah, miesiąc temu

Fascinating, digging into en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham's_law then, thanks for bringing that up!

yakko, miesiąc temu

I thought I might be playing it loose applying it to the case of private equity in the creative arts, but it feels right

yermaw, miesiąc temu do games w Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

I really cant wait for this generation of kids to grow up and start dealing with bills and shit. The moment they learn the true value of money this whole trend of buying lootboxes and packing players will die on its arse so fast.

I just hope theres some fly on the wall footage of the boards faces when they realise.

viking, miesiąc temu

You think? That generation will have kids who buy the same crap and won’t listen to their parents, just like the kids now don’t listen.

yermaw, miesiąc temu

Im hoping so. We don’t have the receipts to show them. Were just grandpa’s who yearn for the good old days and we just dont get it.

Akrenion, miesiąc temu

I know adults who boost their ego with lootboxes. Beating the peasants by spending money that others use for groceries is how they feel superior.

Joeffect, miesiąc temu

Yeah no… the fucked thing is they don’t care … everything is fucked… spending a bit of money on cheap plastic brings you a little bit of joy… why worry about money if you don’t even have much? You can’t get ahead so at least you can be happy… thats where we are…

ShaggySnacks, miesiąc temu

Gotta keep the bread and circuses going.

ExLisper, miesiąc temu

You don’t grow out of an addiction.

mohaas, miesiąc temu

They’ll just graduate to sports gambling.

jjjalljs, miesiąc temu

I know plenty of adults who are really bad at money and paying bills.

Tm12, miesiąc temu

You rang?

dubyakay, miesiąc temu

They will just become packers at Amazon.

MyNameIsAtticus, miesiąc temu

Unfortunately they don’t grow out of it. I have a friend who still spends upwards of hundreds of dollars on games, especially Gacha games. It’s an addiction that i worry won’t be stopped

Jumi, miesiąc temu do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

I’ve been boycotting them since before Battlefront 3 and I’m not stopping now

KingThrillgore, miesiąc temu do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

The thing is EA is supposedly one of the most stable and most high-benefit positions in the industry.

Well thats about to change

drspawndisaster, miesiąc temu do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

Yeah we know

kadaverin0, miesiąc temu do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

Good news, everyone! EA are still going to be profiteering shitbags who nickle and dime customers with season passes and loot boxes for content that already exists in the code.

W3dd1e, miesiąc temu do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

So EA had poor values before and will continue to have poor values in the future. Got it.

Tronn4, miesiąc temu do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

Values: money grab