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p03locke, do gaming w Xbox boss would ‘love to find solutions’ so games aren’t lost when the 360 store closes | VGC
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gk99,

Don’t forget the games that were already pulled. This includes every Valve game that isn’t Portal: Still Alive (which is arguably a better version of the game than the version that came with the now-delisted Orange Box but whatever) and Portal 2, as well as other major titles like Skate 2 and Jet Set Radio.

Microsoft has the money to figure this out, they just don’t actually care enough to. I mean for fuck’s sake, they own Bethesda and we still can’t even play Quake 4 on modern Xboxes. What’s the excuse there, Phil?

After years of dealing with his PR statements one after another, I just switched back to PlayStation for the first time since around 2015 since they don’t yank my chain about features. I still think they’ve put less effort and freedom into their platform, but they never say something positive like this and then just forget about it.

Chadus_Maximus, do gaming w Xbox boss would ‘love to find solutions’ so games aren’t lost when the 360 store closes | VGC

Xbox boss “would love to find solutions” so games keep being profitable even after they’re no longer being sold.

Bonesince1997, do gaming w Tencent is bringing back military FPS series Delta Force

Boo Tencent

codexarcanum, do games w Lies of P is getting difficulty options to make the Soulslike more accessible

Works for me. I got stuck on the puppet king second phase and gave up. Not like rage quit, I just never went back to the game after like a dozen attempts, uninstalled it months later to free up space.

I love difficulty adjustments. Tuning a game to be right for every audience is impossible, better to let the end client have some control over fine tuning their experience.

Control is an excellent example of this for me. My GOTY when it came out, still an all time fav. I love the story and setting, but the combat is tedious after a while. In that case, lowering enemy health made the game less boring without being substantially easier, giving me the kind of experience I could enjoy.

Agrivar,

Amen! There’s nothing I hate more than damage-sponge enemies. I love active dodging, blocking, and targeting weak spots, but NOBODY should survive multiple headshots just because they have a lot of HP.

simple,

I’m not sure if you’ve played directly on release but they did nerf the puppet king two weeks after release or so, he has way less HP than he used to when the game came out

teft,
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Lesrid,

I had a similar experience with the final boss of the Elden Ring DLC. Tried to beat him like 200 times and then quit playing for several months.

phx, do games w Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit

I wonder how hard it would be for an “unofficial” patch to “somehow” be released that restores the previous functionality

LovableSidekick, do games w Nintendo ‘warned to expect 145% tariff on Nintendo Switch 2’
  1. Trump threatens Nintendo with tariffs
  2. Nintendo doesn’t seem to GAF
  3. Trump says he’ll talk with Nintendo if they call
  4. Nintendo doesn’t call
  5. Trump cancels tariff, invites Nintendo CEO to lunch
  6. MAGA applauds Trump for saving America from something or other
TokenEffort, do games w ‘If it’s the only place to play Mario, you buy it’: Former PlayStation boss reacts to $80 Nintendo games
@TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works avatar

I will buy a Switch 2 for however much it costs and when Nintendo first party titles start costing a whole week of work plus overtime I will still buy them. I will take out a mortgage for the eventual $49,999.99 console and $4,999.99 games. I will sell individual organs directly to Nintendo for whatever they want. I will singlehandedly commit genocide with my bare hands for Nintendo. I will gladly die for Nintendo. I live to serve my angel of salvation.

BrazenSigilos, do games w ‘If it’s the only place to play Mario, you buy it’: Former PlayStation boss reacts to $80 Nintendo games

Sounds like someone thinks there is only one choice, buy or don’t.

🏴‍☠️Harhar! 🏴‍☠️

ekZepp, do games w Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch
@ekZepp@lemmy.world avatar

Considering that 99% of other “portable consoles” on the market are actually handhelds pc, which can download it fron Steam… No. It won’t be.

ImplyingImplications, do games w Sony’s Concord reportedly cost $400M to develop | VGC

…on what?

DragonTypeWyvern,

Salaries and servers.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

I could take one look at those models and animations and tell you it wasn’t cheap. Then probably a lot of money went into those CG cut-scenes that were intended to be rolled out weekly.

lunarul,

Just heard the story. Apparently it cost 200m by the point they presented the alpha and it was absolute crap. So Sony put another 200m into outsourcing the work asap to fix it.

acosmichippo, do games w Sony’s Concord reportedly cost $400M to develop | VGC
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

200m is bad enough

Midnitte, do gaming w Max Payne 1 & 2 Remake is in full production, Control 2 is now in a playable state [VGC]

Please sell them on Steam. 😔

Haraknos,

Please sell them on gog so that it’s DRM free…

strongarm,
Haraknos,

Damn, thanks for enlighting me “thumbup”

KingThrillgore,
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

I’m in no rush to play Alan Wake 2, if Control 2 goes to Ebin Aids Store I’ll be in no rush to play it either.

p03locke,
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Ditto. Alan Wake 2 looks like a cool game, but I have 32 games on my Steam wishlist, and I can make it 33 when they decide to put it on Steam.

hagelslager,

Ehr? It is on Steam? Or is that EU exclusive?

store.steampowered.com/app/12140/Max_Payne/

Midnitte,

That’s the original. Remake isn’t out yet.

Remedy has been taking a lot of money from Epic (they were the publisher for Alan Wake 2, hence why that isn’t on steam).

Not sure why a company so successful needs a publisher… :/

SnotFlickerman, (edited ) do gaming w Braid Anniversary Edition has ‘sold like dog sh*t’, creator Jonathan Blow says
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Yeah this title wasn’t begging for a remaster.

It was interesting, at the time, but far more interesting, thoughtful, and artistic indie games have popped up since.

It’s artstyle isn’t as unique as it was on release, nor is the gameplay. It’s no small wonder it did not do well.

This guy must have been huffing his own farts thinking this was a good time and market to do it in.

It’s never been tougher for indie games, and people are outright bored by linear narratives. Braid is presented with events out-of-order but it still tells a linear story.

Much more complex narratives exist now, and Braid just can’t compete on that level.

Poutinetown, do gaming w A ransomware gang claims to have hacked nearly 200GB of Epic Games internal data

So it’s the assets of which game?

sukhmel,

Only a loading screen, judging by the small size

arc, do games w Hogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwide

I thought it was a great game that captured the spirit of the books & movies so well. Thankfully all the mock outrage and virtue signaling didn’t affect its sales and probably boosted them.

i_ben_fine,
@i_ben_fine@lemmy.one avatar

mock?

HauntedCupcake,

Considering one of the main hubs for outrage was /r/GamingCirclejerk who themselves use the defense of “lmao this list of streamers playing wizard game totally isn’t an invite to harass them. This is a joke subreddit why are you taking it seriously?!”.

I can hardly blame people for thinking the outrage was fake. Some of it was so over the top it was insane

That said, fuck J.K Rowling, and fuck her opinions

uSpetzWon,

I bought the game only because of the obnoxious virtue signaling cunts screaming about boycott.

Ended up enjoying it tremendously and playing it way too much.

So, thanks to obnoxious virtue signaling lynch mob I guess.

HauntedCupcake,

There is something to be said about voting with your wallet and boycotting people who actively donate to anti-lgbt organisations.

But christ was that particular boycott super fucking obnoxious.

I thought the game was kinda mid. The first part in Hogwarts was amazing, the rest of the game turned into the standard open world grind a bit too quickly for me.

I’m glad you enjoyed it, and I can see how you did 😁

arc,

Yes. Some game “reviews” were such absurd, performative straw man attacks at JK Rowling that they bordered on parody. I’m thinking of the Wired one in particular but others were equally bad. The irony is these diatribes clearly helped the game, or rather, this really good game sold well in spite of that crap. Ultimately these websites just undermined their own reputations.

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