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LemmyIsFantastic, do games w Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal approved by UK regulators

Finally. Screw the UK for holding this up. 100% pissy I ended up posting for Diablo instead of having it on gp.

BeigeAgenda, do games w Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal approved by UK regulators
@BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca avatar

That merger reminds me of this sketch: Halo: The Future of Gaming piped.video/JFtoanBDjOE

theKalash, do games w Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal approved by UK regulators

Nice, let’s get this on the way!

hoshikarakitaridia, do games w Unity’s CEO is out, but that still may not be enough for developers

Yeah I’m gonna give the summary of the most important comments on this:

  • Unity is untrustworthy
  • they pulled this shit knowing it would fall flat
  • the CEO got his position when he was already known to be a prick
  • shady insider trading is shady
  • the board who chose or approved the CEO is still the same
  • there’s solid alternatives

These are all the reasons why you shouldn’t go back to Unity. That said, I’m very sorry for the Devs of Unity who most definitely don’t deserve this.

DerisionConsulting, do games w Unity’s CEO is out, but that still may not be enough for developers

Choices are not made by 1 person in an organization.
Getting rid of one person isn’t solving the program, pretending that it is is insulting.

Aurenkin,

Yeah exactly, he left because he finished the job he was there to do. Now they are acting like this is some kind of move to placate their customers as if it wasn’t the plan all along.

MxM111,

I give you case in counter-point: Xitter.

Crackhappy,
@Crackhappy@lemmy.world avatar

I will counter your argument with some Xcrement

Risk,

Public owned organisation, then.

away2thestars, do games w Unity’s CEO is out, but that still may not be enough for developers
@away2thestars@programming.dev avatar

I’m working on a 7 year old game with Unity. It will take me a long time and energy to port to Godot. I’m gonna carry on with unity, but I’m learning Godot at the same time. I really wish there was a porting button you could press.

chemical_cutthroat,
@chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world avatar

With all of the bullshit going on, I wouldn’t be surprised if a larger company creates on and then releases it, possibly even as foss.

APassenger,

That would be awesome.

And karmic.

away2thestars,
@away2thestars@programming.dev avatar

A button to export project you mean? Amazon could definitely give Godot some love. There are exporting projects, but they break a bit on the code part apparently

Crackhappy,
@Crackhappy@lemmy.world avatar

I would really love to hear your perspective on the differences between unity and godot and the minutiae of the port. Also, I’m a longtime coder.

away2thestars,
@away2thestars@programming.dev avatar

I spent a week and really liked Godot, lightweight, amazing UX, very compatible with Linux, and the feeling of being part of a community is so good. C# support is great, but not as good as Gdscript, and coding in C# is so much faster for me. For instance there is no hot reloading on C#. Managed to get Vs code working and debugging after as while but broke the compatibility with unity of Vs code. So it’s tricky to work on both engines on Vs code simultaneously.

Crackhappy,
@Crackhappy@lemmy.world avatar

It’s hard to quantify the daily trials of coding.

Okalaydokalay, do games w Unity’s CEO is out, but that still may not be enough for developers

It shouldn’t be when they were talking about making that shit retroactive for games that were already released. Unity proved they cannot be trusted. Besides, developers should move to other engines for the sole reason of sending a message to the other guys in the industry like Epic’s Unreal Engine. Pull shit like this and you’ll lose out on the developers. Make them realize that Unity was a failed experiment and no one wants to be like them.

ech, do games w Unity’s CEO is out, but that still may not be enough for developers

For anyone paying attention, it shouldn’t be. Anyone that goes back to business as usual fully deserves the rug pull when this or something worse is implemented again.

iwenthometobeafamilyman, do games w Unity’s CEO is out, but that still may not be enough for developers

A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it across. The frog hesitates, afraid that the scorpion might sting it, but the scorpion promises not to, pointing out that it would drown if it killed the frog in the middle of the river. The frog considers this argument sensible and agrees to transport the scorpion. Midway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway, dooming them both. The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: “I am sorry, but I couldn’t resist the urge. It’s my character.”

pastermil,

🎵 I’m giving you a nightcall to tell you how I feel 🎵

Someguy89, do games w Microsoft eyes closing its giant Activision Blizzard deal next week

Totally not a monopoly… 🙄

NOT_RICK,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I’m concerned with the state of consolidation in the gaming space (and just about every other market, I might add) but I also find it hard to argue they’re a monopoly. They’re number three in the console space and thanks to Proton Microsoft’s de facto stranglehold on PC gaming OS’s is weaker than ever. I could see cloud gaming being a problem in the future but it’s such a nascent market who knows what will happen there.

illi,

thanks to Proton Microsoft’s de facto stranglehold on PC gaming OS’s is weaker than ever

Can you elaborate? I had to miss something…

Aggy,

I think consolidation creates many issues even if it isn't a full monopoly right now. Like making it easier for that full monopoly to show up later.

dan1101, do games w Microsoft eyes closing its giant Activision Blizzard deal next week

Anybody wanna speculate on how soon they will weasel out of their promise to keep releasing COD on Playstation?

MichaelHawkinSnider,

As soon as the deal closes.

Pistcow, do games w Microsoft eyes closing its giant Activision Blizzard deal next week

We will conclude this acquisition of Blizzar Activision with the customary groping

NeverSleepWalking, do gaming w EA being EA

Just so you know, it still says EA SPORTS: It’s in the game when you boot up EAFC24.

It’s just possible to skip it.

BnjmnBanks,
@BnjmnBanks@lemmy.world avatar

Thank you for this.

penquin, do gaming w EA being EA

Fifa games suck anyway. Never liked it. PES/ winning eleven all the way.

woelkchen, do gaming w EA being EA
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

I hate to be the advocate of EA here but I’m convinced it’s because FIFA is not allowing them to use the trademark any longer and the mentioned loopholes are either permitted by FIFA or will be closed soon.

BnjmnBanks,
@BnjmnBanks@lemmy.world avatar

Nothing to do with previous titles. You could still purchase them. This is EA locking you into playing the current version of the game. Some people like the mechanics of the older games and don’t want to have to pay these games that are more store front than actual game.

woelkchen,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

You could still purchase them.

Licensed stuff in games expires all the time, leading to them being delisted. Usually licensed music, though.

BnjmnBanks,
@BnjmnBanks@lemmy.world avatar

True. This might be that. I just have trust issues with EA.

woelkchen,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

I just have trust issues with EA.

I’m not here so make anyone trust EA. Fuck them.

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