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kinther, do gaming w Microsoft keeps pushing toward repairability, now with Xbox controller parts
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My Xbox one just started throwing weird errors and logging me out of Netflix. I’m about to give up on the thing.

Reygle, do gaming w Microsoft keeps pushing toward repairability, now with Xbox controller parts
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With windows “365” on the way, celebration now would be pretty damn ironic.

anon2481, do gaming w Microsoft keeps pushing toward repairability, now with Xbox controller parts

Xbox controllers go on sale frequently but I doubt these parts will. It makes repair a hard proposition when a new controller is 10-20 dollars more than the replacements. Perhaps this is by design.

Kaidao, do gaming w Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers

I’m curious if the decline in Mac gaming is due to the launch of GPTK. I know a few people using it on their Mac - does it count as Windows or Linux instead of MacOS?

xusontha, (edited ) do gaming w Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers

Doesn’t Linux include ChromeOS?

Eggyhead, do games w End of the road: The Xbox 360 game marketplace will shut down in 2024
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I wonder if this was spurred on by the fact that 360 backwards compatibility hamstrung their ability to profit from a lazy port of RDR being sold at a full $60 on other platforms. Best just remove people’s ability to buy anything from that generation in case it happens again.

kbity,
@kbity@kbin.social avatar

Backward-compatible Xbox 360 games will still be available for purchase on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S stores, Microsoft says.

So no, presumably Microsoft just doesn't want to deal with the tangle of close to 20-year-old code that holds up the Xbox 360's store interfaces.

Tischkante, do games w End of the road: The Xbox 360 game marketplace will shut down in 2024
@Tischkante@kbin.social avatar

If only someone would replace it with something else har.

freebread, do games w End of the road: The Xbox 360 game marketplace will shut down in 2024

Hate to see any digital stores go but there isn’t much left that can’t be found on other consoles or the One/SeriesSX Microsoft store. Had a lot of fun panic buying when the Wii U eShop closed- enjoyed the community discussion and the thrill of finding all the hidden gems. It just seems most of the good stuff on the 360 store has been delisted for years. :/

Stovetop,

Yeah, at least Microsoft is invested heavily in backwards compatibility, is still allowing people to download purchases they’ve made, and are continuing to offer backwards compatible Xbox games for Series X.

I mentioned this in another thread, but this is less Nintendo closing down a store full of games that cannot be found anywhere else, and more like Steam dropping support for Windows 7.

freebread,

Well put! I also wonder if backwards compatible purchases made after the shutdown will retroactively work on 360. I bought stuff for 360 through the new Microsoft store often and it showed up fine.

iltoroargento, do gaming w 10 years of FTL: The making of an enduring spaceship simulator
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What year is it?!?!

Seriously though, I am now become old.

TwilightVulpine, do gaming w Starfield leaker arrested for felony theft after attempting to sell early copies

Dumb shit to do but a felony? That's just excessive. This is no violent crime, and it's not a large scale one either.

Once again the law seems to care more to serve corporate interest than what is just.

Wookie,
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Corporate interests pay politicians and judges who make and pass laws. This guy stole a game and gets a felony, but did anything happen to those who cause financial crisis or housing crisis? They usually get bonuses

tokyo,

I was thinking the exact same thing. That is wild. It really shows you how much power corpos have. They literally destroy the environment in so many different ways and get told: pay these fees and you’re good. Business continues as usual.

But this dude? God forbid he leaked and sold a corporate product. Nothing less than a felony is clearly warranted.

shiveyarbles, do gaming w Starfield leaker arrested for felony theft after attempting to sell early copies

The biggest crimes are not murder or stealing from regular people, it’s threatening corporate profits.

brcl,

But corporations are people.

Laws for thee and not for me…

Hadriscus,

Corporations are people ?

GammaGames, do gaming w Volition (Saints Row developer) shuts down

30 years, wow! Pretty big shame to see another studio shut down

hlqxz, do gaming w Volition (Saints Row developer) shuts down

That’s very sad. I enjoyed Saints Row 4 a lot. Very rare to find such a good meme game. I hope they make a comeback.

BlinkerFluid, do gaming w Impressions: Starfield’s sheer scale is already giving me vertigo
@BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one avatar

I just… man, this isn’t my first rodeo with Bethesda, or the 25-year-old game engine they’re still using.

If there’s more than one major town and five different things to do, I’ll be surprised.

Madison_rogue,
@Madison_rogue@kbin.social avatar

No doubt...

Are we going to get 25,000 planets with repeating assets and only one town? I'll have to take your word for it, I don't have a platform to play it.

ono,

Maybe the planets are more like asteroids, just as Skyrim’s cities are more like neighborhoods. ;)

osarusan,

25,000 planets, but only 10 faces and 5 voices shared among all the inhabitants of the universe.

BlinkerFluid,
@BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one avatar

“Is that Patrick Stewart?”

“Yes, and so is he, and him, and that guy, and that dude, and those guys, and that lady…”

luthis,

Yep same. I’ll wait till I read reviews from gamers I can trust if it’s worth playing.

I really hope it is.

Facebones,

I enjoyed them through Oblivion, then Skyrim gives us generic fantasy land with generic fantasy lads and watered down gameplay…

… Then nobody shut the fuck up about it for 12 years. 🙄

alternative_factor,
@alternative_factor@kbin.social avatar

As someone who started with Morrowind, I prefer Skyrim over Oblivion. The Oblivion setting is better but the scaling just made it SUCH a slog.
However, I hated Fallout 3 and didn't even bother with 4 so I agree bethesda games have become less interesting over time.

RaineV1,

It doesn't use the old engine.

Tarte,
@Tarte@kbin.social avatar

Unreal Engine is a 25-year-old game engine, too.

BlinkerFluid,
@BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one avatar

One’s a company’s pride and joy and the other is a crutch because they don’t want to spend the money to move forward. Good comparison of a bad example.

*Apparently they actually modified Creation for this game. Color me surprised.

drdiddlybadger, do gaming w Volition (Saints Row developer) shuts down
@drdiddlybadger@pawb.social avatar

They made a lot of bad moves after a while but the saints row series and their other games were pretty baller. Sad. Hope the team all find good stable positions after.

theangriestbird,

To what extent were the og Saint’s Row games and the remake made by the same people? I know Volition’s name was on both games, but I wonder if a lot of the experienced leaders left Volition after Saints Row 4? Seems like that’s always the explanation whenever a studio’s games take a sudden dip in quality.

drdiddlybadger,
@drdiddlybadger@pawb.social avatar

You know it’s pretty likely the most experienced people left long ago. It would explain a whoooooooole lot.

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