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CHOPSTEEQ, do gaming w FF7 REBIRTH HOT TAKES

Square chickened out after manchildren ree’d about the really interesting changes made in Remake, kinda walking it back and trying to pretend it didn’t happen. And ironically, that’s kind of just worse, because those nerds are never going to be happy with what happened in Remake and its ramifications in Rebirth and ReThree, my nerds are mourning for what we could’ve had, and Square looks kinda pathetic and easily bullied.

RangerJosey,

If they were easily bullied they’d have finished Xenosaga by now.

anarchoilluminati,
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The post called for hot takes, not shit takes.

Poopfeast420,
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I haven’t finished the game yet, but I really wonder what the point of Remake’s ending was, when this game doesn’t do anything with it.

CHOPSTEEQ,

Maybe the final piece will pull it all together? I hope they make me look like an idiot

jarfil, do gaming w Why Steam can be considered a monopolistic platform?

The nice thing about Steam, is that it’s “too big to clamp down”:

  • People used to 🏴‍☠️ on the high seas, for many reasons.
  • Steam came up as a “single point of sale”, at the same time as Netflix was doing the same for movies and series.
  • Over time, companies tried to carve out chunks of the pie, restoring some of the original fragmentation…
  • …but while Netflix has been torn to shreds of its former glory, Steam is still the main “single point” for games…
  • …with a “single point” DRM

Steam’s DRM only exists because game updates keep coming out with constantly updating DRM versions. The moment Steam tried to act against its clients, and they decided to leave Steam, every Steam game copy at that moment, would get cracked all at once.

Maybe EA, MS, Nintendo, Sony, etc. don’t see that as a great thing… and that’s why they’ve been setting up their own stores… but I think it’s AWESOME! 😁

millie,

Most single player steam games are cracked anyway. The real danger of steam is the reliance on it for most multiplayer games. Though if it were to get particularly nasty I imagine adding aftermarket multiplayer functionality would probably be in the realm of possibility. If private WoW servers are a thing, it stands to reason that the same can be done with a lot of other games.

jarfil,

Steam supports different multiplayer server modes: Steamworks Multiplayer

Some games already use P2P, or provide servers for the community to run, so only the private servers would need replicating. Even in that case, I’d argue that having “some” common API, would make it easier than chasing around everyone’s different implementations.

pdxfed, (edited ) do trains w China's HSR has served 22 billion passengers since 2009

It also didn’t exist and now is at 25,000+ miles of track.

The US, meanwhile has exactly one “highish speed” line in the country from DC to NY that hasn’t improved in decades.

Failed state

megopie, (edited ) do gaming w Why Steam can be considered a monopolistic platform?

For them to be prosecuted as a monopoly, or be considered one legally, it would have to be shown that they achieved or maintain their dominant market position by preventing or undermining competition. Say by having a bunch of exclusivity deals to keep big name titles only on their storefront, or by buying out any competitor that gained traction.

Monopoly isn’t about being the biggest seller in a market, it’s about being the biggest player in the market by undermining competition and restricting commerce.

Edit: want to clarify there is a distinction between the legal meaning of monopoly (see the Sherman anti trust act and other subsequent laws and rulings) and the colloquial usage (Only seller in the market). Steam is nether.

BuboScandiacus,
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BuboScandiacus,
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litchralee, do trains w China's HSR has served 22 billion passengers since 2009

I can see that the source for the data is written below the chart, but is there also a link to the tabular data?

Poopfeast420, do gaming w FF7 REBIRTH HOT TAKES
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My Hot Take on the game: it’s really mediocre, maybe even bad, and I don’t know how it got so much praise, when it originally launched.

PatheticGroundThing, do gaming w Why Steam can be considered a monopolistic platform?

I live in constant dread of the day Gaben kicks the bucket and Steam is carved up by bloodsucking profit-chasers

Vidu, do publicystyka w Miliarderzy pieniędzmi grają w świat

Pieniądze, czy władza stają się chyba w pewnym momencie tylko narkotykiem. Już nie wiesz po co, już nie cieszysz się hajem i tym na co pozwalają, tylko po prostu chcesz większej dawki.

W pełni się zgadzam, że turbo bogacze czy władcy mają kiepską wyobraźnię i są pozbawieni fantazji. Mniej bym się dziwił jakby realizowali jakieś popierdolone scenariusze niż w sytuacji, gdzie jeśli w ogóle pracują nad jakimiś wielkimi projektami to są tylko zmiany optymalizujące ich przyszłe dochody.

Musk udawał, że ma wizję, że zaryzykuję wszystko byle stanąć na Marsie, ale się okazuje, że chuj, wszystko co może to wpływać na wybory w różnych krajach żeby wygrywały opcje które zmniejszą jego podatki i dadzą mu więcej kontraktów.

dj1936,
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Jak ja byłbym miliarderem, to wykupiłbym wszystkie (lub możliwie najwięcej) przestrzeni reklamowych w Polsce i na każdej napisałbym coś w stylu “i co teraz jebane biedaki hahaha”. A Ty?

Vidu,

Ja bym spełnił prawicową wizję świata i tym razem naprawdę ktoś by opłacał lewackich aktywistów za ich protesty. Ostatnie pokolenie dało radę blokować wisłostradę mając kilkadziesiąt osób? To ja wynająłbym 500 osób i patrzyl jak wszystkie autostrady w kraju są przez miesiąc zablokowane.

dj1936,
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xDDDDD

8petros,

@dj1936 @Vidu To już nie byłbym ja.

jecht360, do gaming w FF7 REBIRTH HOT TAKES
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I don’t see any reason that there needed to be a remake at all.

boredtortoise, do gaming w FF7 REBIRTH HOT TAKES

Yuffie is great. Most of the minigames aren’t

RangerJosey,

She’s just the worst. I spent the whole game waiting for her to steal my materia and disappear.

That would have been preferable to her being there for 40 hours being a dumbass. Imo.

scrubbles, do trains w Steam locomotive in Cluj-Napoca train station (Romania)
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Romanian trains are always so pretty

harcesz, do publicystyka w Poszukujemy dodatkowych rąk do pomocy w Kontrabandzie!
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Warto byłoby to wrzucić też do !technologia albo !wolnyinternet. Żeby nie pojawiało się wielokrotnie na liście postów wystarczy dorzucić jakiś link (np. do serwisu o którym mowa), albo obrazek :)

silo_bear, do gaming w *loads savefile*
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@UltraGiGaGigantic

Reminds me of the fantastic series, Unskippable by the Escapist

https://youtu.be/KXJBtFUMQmU?si=ck83kHpnYtsVALCT

tetris11, do gaming w Don't take damage, EZ
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Remember: Fragnicorps are like Jelkinodes that can be traded with. You will never meet any.

NakariLexfortaine, do gaming w Don't take damage, EZ

Protip: To kill Death, shoot it until it dies.

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