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ijeff, do gaming w CEO Bobby Kotick will leave Activision Blizzard on January 1, 2024
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Great news! I’m normally not a fan of mergers but hope Microsoft will do a better job with the Blizzard IP.

thepixelfox,
@thepixelfox@kbin.social avatar

Considering Microsoft own Bethesda and they pulled the whole 'xbox and pc exclusive' bullshit. It seems like Microsoft are trying to create a monopoly of gaming companies so they can compete with and try pull people away from Sony. They hate that Sony continues to beat them in console sales.

So my concern is they're going to stop selling things on Sony, such as overwatch, diablo etc. They only promised call of duty for 10 years. I didn't read any other games with this promise in the merger deal. I honestly think it should have been blocked cause they are trying to monopolise the gaming industry and basically force a switch to their game pass or console.

Yes blizz was a shit show. But Microsoft are children who don't like that people have friends other than themselves.

Gordon_Freeman,
@Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social avatar

they pulled the whole 'xbox and pc exclusive' bullshit.

Unlike Sony that keeps launching games on Xbox /s

thepixelfox,
@thepixelfox@kbin.social avatar

I was meaning more the fact that Bethesda released on playstation until Microsoft bought them. If Bethesda only ever released on Xbox I wouldn't have an issue. But my issue is Microsoft are already pulling their bullshit with another company they acquired.

Gordon_Freeman,
@Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social avatar

I was meaning more the fact that Bethesda released on playstation until Microsoft bought them.

Sony has been playing this game for a longer time, as @CoderKat said, and nobody cared

Do you know Psygnosis of WipEout fame? They developed multiplatform titles for Staturn, PC and N64, when Sony aquired them that stopped (Well, they launched WipEout on the N64 and that angered Sony but they stopped after that)

Sucker Punch (Ghost of Tsushima) first game was for the N64

Guerrilla Games (Horizon Forbidden West) started developing on the Game Boy Color, and also made games for the GBA and Xbox

And a very long list of developers now owned by Sony, most of them developed for a bunch of different platforms before Sony's acquisition

But the thing is most people think those studios were created by Sony rather than purchased

CoderKat,

The frustrating thing is they’re both being shitty for consumers. It’s terrible that they’re acquiring these previously cross platform publishers and making them exclusives, but at the same time, this is what Sony has been doing for a while (at best, they very recently have started doing PC releases but with a multi year delay, which I don’t really count as truly cross platform).

ijeff,
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I’m not into consoles so as long as there’s PC support, I’m good. I wouldn’t call something exclusive if it’s on PC… As long as there isn’t a crippling anti-cheat, that means it can be played on Linux!

thepixelfox,
@thepixelfox@kbin.social avatar

But there's people who don't play on pc. That's a pretty crappy thing to say. 'i don't care about it unless it affects me.'
I console game, cause I grew up on consoles, I can't do the whole sitting in a pc chair thing. There's more than just people who play pc. And if it's on pc only, that is pc exclusive.

ijeff,
@ijeff@lemdro.id avatar

Picking up a console means locking yourself down to (and supporting) a platform designed around creating exclusives. PC games aren’t locked down and can work on a much wider range of hardware and even operating systems.

I use my PC almost exclusively from the couch with my OLED TV. Sometimes from bed with a tablet on a flexible arm via Sunshine/Moonlight.

Crotaro, do gaming w Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core looks like a tougher, action-minded co-op dig

I hear a rock, I yell a stone!

This is great news and I’m incredibly looking forward to the release. GSG have my trust when it comes to doing Early Access right.

vardogor, do gaming w Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core looks like a tougher, action-minded co-op dig
@vardogor@mander.xyz avatar

wish this had split screen. would’ve bought it by now

lemillionsocks, do gaming w Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core looks like a tougher, action-minded co-op dig
@lemillionsocks@beehaw.org avatar

First game was super fun so look forward to the sequel.

stom, (edited ) do gaming w Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core looks like a tougher, action-minded co-op dig

Meanwhile the original game is stuck with rockpox for 8 more months.

I do not enjoy the rockpox.

Zaniad,

GSG_Jacob on Reddit stated “I’m definitely on Team End Season 4, myself. We’re still discussing how to approach this internally.” This statement was in response to a redditor expressing hope season 4 could be ended early or that rock pox could be confined to a single area.

Seems like the rock pox issue should be solved earlier than 8 more months.

JoShmoe, do gaming w Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core looks like a tougher, action-minded co-op dig

Give me this.

sculd, do gaming w Former Ubisoft executives reportedly arrested over sexual harassment allegations

Still boycotting all Ubisoft titles. Doesn’t care how good they are. This is simply unacceptable.

QuentinCallaghan,
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I don’t feel wanting to buy any newer Ubisoft titles either.

BlinkerFluid,
@BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one avatar

I’m not so much boycotting them, it’s just that AC has been trash since Black Flag and we don’t have a Rayman 4 yet… so… what am I gonna buy, nothing?

sculd,

Agreed on AC but Division is a pretty fun shooter. Not playing the new one anyway.

OsrsNeedsF2P, do gaming w Former Ubisoft executives reportedly arrested over sexual harassment allegations

Five former Ubisoft executives have reportedly been detained for questioning by French authorities, years after they departed from the company amid widespread sexual assault allegations.

Whee

NightOwl, do gaming w Oldest Unity game developer group breaks up over lack of trust in the company

Positive to come from this might be companies going with their own internal engine if they have the resources to do so.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted, do gaming w Oldest Unity game developer group breaks up over lack of trust in the company

Companies need to learn that you can rollback policies, but you cannot rollback loss of goodwill.

Too bad modern capitalism is all about short-term profit over long-term anything. Who cares if you burn down the forest as long as you can walk away with the wood, right?

thingsiplay,
@thingsiplay@kbin.social avatar

Companies need to learn that you can rollback policies, but you cannot rollback loss of goodwill.

So true!

Karak,

Was there even any short-term gain this time? Next company to try this will probably give much less notice if legally allowed.

Fiivemacs, do gaming w Oldest Unity game developer group breaks up over lack of trust in the company

Why wiuld any companies trust them at this point…bail, let unity die and set a precedent to other engines to not fuck with the companies that make the products.

I just wish collectively humanity could do the same for these multi billionaire companies who will kill you to make 10 cents profit.

Venat0r, do games w Oldest Unity game developer group breaks up over lack of trust in the company

Why don’t they change the focus of the group to another engine?

MajesticSloth,
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Their official statement says they are creating another group (without Unity in the name) that will cover any game engines. Which they specifically mentioned Unity, Unreal, and Godot.

MrPoopyButthole, do games w Unity makes major changes to controversial install-fee program ...😑
@MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.world avatar

“I am sorry,” Unity executive and industry veteran Marc Whitten said in the blog post.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/509732c8-e12c-47fe-ba32-715c4e72aca9.webp

simonced, (edited ) do games w Unity makes major changes to controversial install-fee program ...😑

Just the fact that they’ll spy on me when I install a game, makes me want to avoid buying unity games forward.

In fact, they certainly already have some analytics, so yeah, I’ll avoid unity for my games from now on…

ultrasquid, (edited ) do games w Unity makes major changes to controversial install-fee program ...😑
@ultrasquid@sopuli.xyz avatar

I still think its a terrible idea to start a new project in unity, but for developers who are too far into a project to reasonably switch without spending a lot of time or money (like Ultrakill or Silksong), this is good as it means they can finish their games without having to worry about a passive income loss which could put them out of business.

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