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RightHandOfIkaros, do gaming w Alleged images of Nintendo’s new Switch have appeared online | VGC

“New Nintendo Switch XL”

noisefree,

You’re probably on point with the branding (and that’s probably why Nintendo reportedly delayed their official announcement when Sony announced the PS5 Pro).

Zachariah, do gaming w Alleged images of Nintendo’s new Switch have appeared online | VGC
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bjoern_tantau,
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Excel, do gaming w Palworld will not change to free to play model, dev claims [VGC]
@Excel@beehaw.org avatar

They never said it was going to be F2P or live service.

theangriestbird,

There was a leak or something a couple days ago, about a conversation they had had internally where they were considering retooling to F2P.

Lojcs, do gaming w Palworld will not change to free to play model, dev claims [VGC]

Palwold dev talks too much

HK65, do gaming w Palworld will not change to free to play model, dev claims [VGC]

How can this GaaS thing be sooo profitable and also such bad press that even mentioning it results in a “sorry we didn’t mean that” article?

theangriestbird,

It’s a double-edged sword. But f2p has become so dominant that certain types of games almost NEED to be f2p to be relevant. See Concord for a recent example.

soulsource,
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Short answer: Whales.

Long answer: Watch the South Park episode on the topic. They explain it in detail. It’s titled “Freemium Isn’t Free”.

pathief, do games w Grasshopper CEO Suda51 says people ‘care too much’ about Metacritic scores
@pathief@lemmy.world avatar

Well if I only have time to play a game a month, I’m not gonna play a 6/10 game. I’m not saying to blindly trust metacritic but when you seldom play games you need to filter them aggressively somehow.

cyberpunk007, do games w Grasshopper CEO Suda51 says people ‘care too much’ about Metacritic scores

I agree. I have so many games in my backlog that using this method has worked to keep myself under control lol

Fizz, do games w Grasshopper CEO Suda51 says people ‘care too much’ about Metacritic scores
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I ignore game reviews and buy based off watching the trailer and reading the steam reviews. If I don’t like the game in 2 hours I’ll refund it.

mariusafa, do games w Grasshopper CEO Suda51 says people ‘care too much’ about Metacritic scores

I prefer the steam reviews and check that the guy reviewing has enough hours played.

Default_Defect,
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Gotta be careful with that even, people go out of their way to artificially inflate their play time and use third party programs to unlock achievements.

UndercoverUlrikHD, do games w Grasshopper CEO Suda51 says people ‘care too much’ about Metacritic scores
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I can’t remember ever having used meta critic to guide a purchase. There is so much content both from forums and YouTube/Twitch that gives you much more accurate impressions of games. Meta critic seems rather pointless nowadays.

ATDA, do games w Grasshopper CEO Suda51 says people ‘care too much’ about Metacritic scores

For sure. You’re better off finding YouTubers in a given space, skim a few videos, and subbing to someone with similar opinions.

Games are like food. Everyone in the world can give a place 10/10 but if they use too much of an ingredient you didn’t like who cares?

ms_lane,

Youtubers, nah, they’ve got bills to pay and won’t ever bite the hand that feeds.

Steam reviews are probably the least biased.

lowleveldata, do games w Grasshopper CEO Suda51 says people ‘care too much’ about Metacritic scores

People like to simplify things and a number is really simple. It’s not a lossless simplification tho.

toxicbubble420, do gaming w Tony Hawk claims he is ‘talking to Activision again’ [VGC]

Larian Studios presents:

Kolanaki,
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THPS: The RPG

Kovukono, do games w Grasshopper CEO Suda51 says people ‘care too much’ about Metacritic scores

It’s kind of wild that I’ve seen trailers and posts for Lollipop Chainsaw’s remaster, but the first time I hear about a Shadows of the Damned remaster is buried in the last paragraph of a dev interview.

count_dongulus, do games w Grasshopper CEO Suda51 says people ‘care too much’ about Metacritic scores

It’s a useful place to find out if something totally sucks though. That’s how I use it. 60+? Probably good, at least for some audiences. Less than that? Only if you’re already hyped or a fan of whatever thing it’s related to.

hoshikarakitaridia,
@hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah I mean ratings are giving you an idea of whether there’s a chance you like that game. The higher the rating, the higher the chance. But there’s always a bit of chance involved.

I tend to buy highly rated games much more often, but if I really am hyped for a game with an OK rating, I still might give it a go. You never know if it will hit your specific niche.

count_dongulus,

Yep typical ratings are oriented relative to the “average” consumer. But no person is actually THE average.

hoshikarakitaridia,
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That’s very well put

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