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LadyLikesSpiders, do games w Capcom is worried that mods “offensive to public order and morals” will ‘tarnish’ the rep of their PC games

This subject keeps popping up, and I think the part that’s really upsetting me besides the whole “I bought this, Capcom, let me do with it what I want” is the idea that you can have a game where the solution to your problems is blowing someone’s head off with a shotgun, but god forbid Chun Li have exposed tits

I’m not here saying that Capcom should just stop putting violence in its games, or that it should just sexualize all of its games. What I AM saying is that the idea that sexuality is inherently more offensive than killing is straight up backwards to me. It’s not even a capcom thing. That’s just most societies, but Capcom is hitting a nerve with this

Touching_Grass,

I remember hitting a point when I realized how insane it is the most media will solve all problems with guns. Like it makes more sense why the culture cherishes guns after becoming aware how weird it is.

Zion, (edited )

What I AM saying is that the idea that sexuality is inherently more offensive than killing is straight up backwards to me. It’s not even a capcom thing. That’s just most societies, but Capcom is hitting a nerve with this

Exactly, it’s ludicrous and always was. Especially in this day and age.

  • Mom/Dad: Billy what are you watching?
  • Billy: The Texas chainsaw massacre.
  • Mom/Dad: What happens in that?
  • Billy: People get hacked up with a chainsaw.
  • Mom/Dad: Oh, ok.

Later that day:

  • Mom/Dad: Billy what are you doing?
  • Billy: I’m playing Street fighter.
  • Mom/Dad: What’s that?
  • Billy: It’s a one on one fighting game.
  • Mom/Dad: Oh, that’s nice… Wait a minute, IS THAT A PAIR OF BREASTS BILLY!!!
  • Billy: yeah, I installed this mod and…
  • Mom/Dad: THAT’S IT! (Proceeds to confiscate the console)

As a parent myself, I understand not wanting to expose your kid to sexual content depending on their age, but in the context of sexual intercourse etc, not just a naked body.

notfromhere, do games w Microsoft Nintendo acquisition hopes revealed by leaked Xbox exec email

"I’ve had numerous conversations with the LT of Nintendo about tighter collaboration and feel like if any US company would have a chance with Nintendo we are probably in the best position. The unfortunate (or fortunate for Nintendo) situation is that Nintendo is sitting on a big pile of cash, they have a [board of directors] that until recently has not pushed for further increases in market growth or stock appreciation.

“I say “until recently” as our former MS BoD member ValueAct has been heavily acquiring shares of Nintendo and I’ve kept in touch with [ValueAct CEO] Mason Morfit as he’s been acquiring. It’s likely he will be pushing for more from Nintendo stock which could create opportunities for us.

Let the enshittification begin

oxideseven,

Publicly traded companies was just the worst damn idea ever… growth for growth’s sake is ruining everything.

Corkyskog,
@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works avatar

Honestly to me the real shame is everyone’s retirement is tied up in Wallstreet, but no one is personally voting, that’s all done by investment managers. Even in the cases where people get their proxy votes, they mostly throw them away.

Retail investment is a quarter of the market, but only 32% of retail shares had their votes cast (vs 80% for the market as a whole), and on average only 12% of a firms retail accounts vote at all.

WheeGeetheCat,
@WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works avatar

If I own shares through a vanguard index, can I vote in each of those companies?

If so, how?

Someone could make a tool to make it quick and easy

Corkyskog,
@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works avatar

Depends what fund, seems like they are trialing a new proxy vote system

ByteOnBikes, do gaming w All five of you will get a free buggy when you next boot up Starfield

While you were over there playing your folklore Monkey game, doing your Fortnite dances, and trying to be Elden Lord, I was here studying the blade enjoying Starfield loading screens.

magic_lobster_party, do games w Elden Ring is "the limit" for From Software project scale, says Miyazaki - multiple, "smaller" games may be the "next stage"

I hope we will see more smaller scale games from them in the future. Elden Ring is fantastic, but I want them to make another take on Sekiro’s combat.

overload,

Sekiro 2 would be amazing. I’ve always felt we were robbed of dlc for that game and hadn’t had enough after ng3+

magic_lobster_party,

I think it’s unlikely we’re going to get Sekiro 2 because the franchise is under Activision. If anything, we’ll probably get a spiritual successor under Namco.

overload,

Mmmnnn yeah probably… Lies of P is the closest game I’ve found to Sekiro.

Gradually_Adjusting, do games w Animal Well creator plans to follow the superb Metroidvania with a game that shares its world but “may not be a direct sequel”
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

Billy Basso is a protean talent. He built his own game engine and did AFAIK all the work on Animal Well, which on release was closer to its vision than any of the critically acclaimed games I’ve played from this decade.

I wish I could cloister myself for three weeks just to play AW. It is rich.

garretble,
@garretble@lemmy.world avatar

I was telling a bunch of friends to not be surprised when Animal Well ended up on a bunch of GOTY lists.

And they were like, “Nahh” until they played it when they were like, “Ahhhh.”

From top to bottom it’s one of the most interesting and well put together games I’ve played in so long.

v4ld1z,

You’re nitpicking and biased, I win bye bye

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

This is hilarious. What?

v4ld1z,

The “owner” of Animal Well’s publishing company, Big Mode, is a well-known YouTuber called videogamedunkey who makes gaming-related comedy video. This is a reference to one of his videos

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

I guess I’m not as big of a dunkus fan as I thought

v4ld1z,

Enjoy. It’s around the 1-minute mark but the whole video is worth a watch

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

I give this video a 5 out of 7, it has a little something for everyone. Shutting the website off now bye

v4ld1z,

: ^]

supersquirrel, do gaming w Skyrim-style open world RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon releases out of early access today

but you don’t want to play a *Microsoft-undermined game,

Tech corporations (especially US ones) that big don’t back anything, they enclose markets, buy the innovative companies and undermine the industry until they can force a meager profit out of the industry even though they are selling crap.

Exhibit A: Gamepass

I will not be a part of the Spotify-cation of the video games industry, for that is one of the things that killed my love for producing music.

stevo887,

You do you but Game Pass is awesome and the value is unmatched.

supersquirrel,

Why do you think it is that way right now?

What part of the progression to the end stage of Spotify do you think we are at?

Maybe the stage where they give you a bunch of stuff in an unsustainable firehose because it is meant to destabilize the industry and decisively put Microsoft between gamers and video game developers so they can charge both more rent once there aren’t any popular alternatives left?

I know that someone like you with your attitude will just say “whatever bro, it is what it is” and frankly I don’t want to live that way because nobody can live that way forever.

To be clear, Gamepass itself is a totally fine concept, but if you choose to remain ignorant of the context Gamepass is being used in that is your problem and honestly people are going to remember you didn’t care, especially video game developers.

stevo887,

I find massive value in the service so I subscribe to it. When I don’t I won’t. It’s not the deep “bro”. Maybe Microsoft does have some underlying motive to reshape the gaming industry but I’m not going to think about it that hard. Also things change and it’s ok. Apple started the digital music movement BTW and I’m not an artist so that is theirs and the labels deal to negotiate. Spotify is great value too FYI.

supersquirrel,

It’s not the deep “bro”. Maybe Microsoft does have some underlying motive to reshape the gaming industry but I’m not going to think about it that hard.

I know you don’t want to, that was obvious from our initial interaction which is precisely why I am taking the time to try to get you to think about it harder or at least point out to others the folly in your shallowness.

stevo887,

Plenty of other things in my life that require that attention over a video game service.

supersquirrel,

That is perfectly ok, you don’t have to tackle the world by yourself, thank you for providing me the public opportunity to show why you are so critically incorrect in your approach to things you love so the rest of us can evolve together :)

Just because we are leaving you in the dust doesn’t mean we won’t care for you, but my oh my you are taking out a big future debt on your soul by going through your life with an attitude like this.

stevo887,

Me and 34 million other people, thanks for having our backs!

supersquirrel,

Why wouldn’t I?

I have nothing against the idea of people using gaming streaming services. I think it is awesome actually, I just can’t join into the positivity yet until we solve this existential underlying problem.

AbeilleVegane,

Ad populum btw

stevo887,

stats can also just be stats

luciole,
@luciole@beehaw.org avatar

You sure are spending plenty of attention on defending that you don’t have attention to spend on this. We all vote with our wallets. There’s no opting out.

Eggyhead,

Just wait for the enshitication. Once they have a stranglehold on the gaming industry, that’s when the prices go up and the benefits go down.

stevo887,

Nobody is forcing anyone to subscribe.

Eggyhead,

It doesn’t make a difference. They’ll enshitify that service to hell whether you subscribe or you don’t.

stevo887,

Then you guys should stop wasting your time.

Eggyhead,

My friend, this is why Lemmy exists.

Kit,

Amazing how I’ve been hearing the same thing since the service released 8 years ago. Will it eventually get shitty? Probably. But in the meantime it’s a phenomenal value.

Eggyhead,

Step 1: get lots of subscribers Step 2: enshitify

It took them 8 years of trying to get to step 1.

Kit,

They hit 10 million subs 5 years ago. Not sure what your definition of “lots” is…

Eggyhead,

During the pandemic? Wasn’t PS plus at around 40m at that time? Xbox live at 90m? Netflix at 180m?

Kit,

PS Plus is closer to Xbox Live than Xbox Gamepass. Xbox Live had 40-50 million subs at the time in 2020.

Presently Xbox Live has 120 million users vs 33 million PS Plus Essentials subscribers. Gamepass has 34 million subs vs 14 million higher-tier PS Plus subs. Even if we drop Nintendo into the mix, Gamepass has an equal number of subs to Nintendo Online members. Seems like they’re doing just fine.

Eggyhead,

I don’t personally know anyone on game pass, and only one with Nintendo online, so that seems accurate. But it doesn’t matter. Releasing AAA games day one on a subscription model isn’t sustainable for Microsoft or the studios participating. Those prices will go up and the service will enshitify.

CommanderCloon,

10m is not even a speck of the gaming landscape

Kit,

40% of Xbox gamers are from the US. The US has 132 million households. That means that roughly 1 in 10 US households currently has a Gamepass sub. Hope that puts it into perspective.

CommanderCloon,

You’re assuming that those 40% of Xbox gamers are also 40% of Xbox game pass subscribers

Kit, (edited )

No. 34 million current gamepass subscribers. 40% of Xbox gamers are from US, so roughly 13.6 million subs in the US. There’s 131 million US households, thus 1 in 10.

Don_alForno,

They said that about steam and look at us now.

It’s people flocking to it until it’s the only place to release games that is gonna force you.

stevo887,

People use something out of value and/or convenience. It taking over is just the effect of that. It’s capitalism not some underlying motive from the corporation. Of course a business wants their product to succeed.

Stovetop, (edited ) do games w Morrowind-inspired indie RPG Ardenfall releases in early access this year

Playing with fire with that name, given Morrowind takes place on Vvardenfell. They just removed the V’s and changed a vowel.

Edit: Finally had a chance to watch the trailer after work, and noticed they are even using the Magic Cards font in their trailer, which is the same font used for all the text in Morrowind. Not that Bethesda owns the font (it was used by MTG before Morrowind), but could make it harder to argue the name is coincidental.

radix,
@radix@lemmy.world avatar

Especially with a company that once decided they owned “scrolls” in any video game title.

ElcaineVolta, do gaming w Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme
@ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org avatar

I am really good at not buying games from chud studios, I can just play Dark Souls forever, don't try me.

ConstableJelly, do gaming w Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme

Glad to see a publication pushing back on the recent asinine comments and behaviors from CI.

tacosanonymous, do gaming w Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme
@tacosanonymous@lemm.ee avatar

This is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen. There are plenty of “anti-woke” devs already and they make really shitty games.

newthrowaway20,

I know it’s not video game related, but this made me think of the critical drinker and the god awful ‘non-woke’ movie he made.

Cornelius_Wangenheim, do games w Frostpunk creators cancel "Project 8" and lay off staff amid concerns that "narrative-driven, story-rich games" don't sell

I’m going to guess they mean narrative-driven “games” like Hellblade or Indika, which were all narrative and almost no game.

pyre,

even so they both were extremely well received

awesomesauce309, do games w DayZ creator reveals a "Kerbal Space Program killer" with kittens and challenges license owners to sue him

Their KSP2 design doc was too technical with not enough art? Did the publisher know which ip they were working on?

a2part2,

Well. Better start saving then…

Delta_V,

Did the publisher know which ip they were working on?

gestures broadly at the current state of KSP2

To quote every Oblivion NPC: “I don’t know you, and I don’t care to know you.”

ceenote, do gaming w Elden Ring is getting a free-to-play mobile version with in-app purchases

You know there are people at tencent unironically thinking “People were happy with how unmonetized Elden Ring was. How can we monetize that satisfaction?”

Cowbee,
@Cowbee@lemmy.ml avatar

Usually, the devs aren’t thinking that, management is and that’s what’s shoveled downward. Still people at tencent, but I imagine it’s not everyone ludicrously evil.

ceenote,

Still, this is a reminder not to get too attached to any particular developer. Doesn’t matter how sincerely dedicated to producing fun and satisfying experiences From is: when Tencent talks, they have to listen.

ZombiFrancis, do games w Baldur's Gate 3 patch 3 releases today and lets you change your appearance and pronouns

First they let you choose them. Now they let you change them! Aaagh the freedom is crushing! How can such control ever be given to gamers!?

Eesh.

Is Starfield even multiplayer?

Kolanaki, (edited )
!deleted6508 avatar

The question about Starfield being multiplayer (it’s not, BTW) just made me wonder if other players in the BG3 session see your character’s pronouns (I haven’t played online yet).

Wouldn’t be that cool if the other players keep misgendering my gnome.

ZombiFrancis,

I honestly don’t know why I said Starfield. I am almost certain I meant BG3. Or maybe I also was reading about malding over Starfield pronouns.

Ah well.

Kolanaki,
!deleted6508 avatar

Haha I figured it was on purpose linking this news to the current Nexus drama over the removal of a mod that removes the pronoun option at character creation.

CrazyEddie041, (edited ) do games w Baldur's Gate 3 patch 3 releases today and lets you change your appearance and pronouns
@CrazyEddie041@kbin.social avatar

I'm ready for the impotent screeching of all the manlets who hate parts of speech.

RGB3x3,

PrOnOuNs rUinEd my BG3 BeAr SeX!!

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