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Sibbo, w A quarter of Starfield players couldn’t even be bothered to finish the first mission

Given that they have you meet a cowboy at the end of that mission, it is kinda understandable. I wonder who thought that having a cowboy as a main character would be a good idea for people outside of the US.

Sharpiemarker,

I wonder who thought that having a cowboy as a main character would be a good idea for people outside of the US.

What’s wrong with cowboys? The US was one of the first countries into space (2nd) and space explorers are often thought of as “space cowboys.”

🎵It’s been a long road🎵

pimento64,

Cowboys could easily appeal to people from Canada, Mexico, and Argentina as well. I’ve come across a disturbing number of British men who harbor secret fantasies of being wild west cowboys, so probably them too.

glimse,

I remember reading about a growing cowboy obsession going on in China a bit before COVID too lol

WarmSoda,

Oh shit, you’re right. They had a huge amount of photoshoots or ads or something all dressed up in cowboy clothes lol

glimse,

They were absolutely trying to appeal to Americans by making a cowboy character. Americans go nuts for cowboys. Everyone is downright obsessed with them. You can’t find a single home in the country without seeing cowboy memorabilia and they watch cowboy movies on the weekends, it’s crazy

bitsplease,

Be honest, do you actually live in the US? lol

I live in CA, literally entrenched in the history of “the old west” and I can honestly say not a single person I know has any cowboy memorabilia in their homes lol.

My dad had a little cast iron statue of a cowboy wrangling a bull on his desk at work growing up (a gift from a client) , but that is literally the only instance I can think of lol

And I also don’t know a single person who regularly watches cowboy movies, I can’t even remember the last time a cowboy movie was made in the US… I think that remake with Chris Pratt?

glimse,

I was being sarcastic. The guy is saying that cowboys don’t appeal to non-americans…as if Americans love to see cowboys or something

bitsplease,

Well shit, guess I got wooshed lol

WarmSoda,

Yup. Wednesday is national cowboy day.
Every week.

a4ng3l,

It’s a classic figure in western culture… and a fitting character given his story and the planet he’s from. We’ve had plenty cowboys in movies, comic strips and I’m from europe… Not my favourite setting but it works…

Zoot_,

Whats wrong with a space cowboy? His faction is often referred to as lawless and wild. They believe in a wild sort of freedom. Astronauts are kinda space cowboys anyway. Also space cowboys are not a new concept in media. What about a cowboy would make people not get the tutorial?

doleo,

It certainly put me off. Personally, I hate it when sci-fi writers use worn-out stereotypes in futuristic settings. Like the ‘Irish, but not Irish’ episode of StarTrek TNG.

I’d already seen a couple of streamers play random side quests, and this intro just made me definitively realise that this was not the game for me.

Selmafudd, w Diablo 4 Twitch viewership continues to drop as Diablo 3 overtakes it

How could d4 have possibly sold more copies than wow?

Sparhawk87,

Just my 2 cents but could be the extra 2 Billion people in the world since release. When wow came out internet wasn’t as widespread and fast as now, as well as anyone buying into wow after the 2nd or 3rd expansion might have trepidation with the sheer amount of content.

zipzoopaboop, w Unity Overhauls Controversial Price Hike After Game Developers Revolt

Too little too late. Needs to be completely reversed, tos restored, and execs fired to retain any shred of trust.

reallynotnick, w Doom Studio id Software is Seemingly Working on new Version of its Game Engine - id Tech 8

It’s a shame we have only gotten 1 game on id Tech 7 (Doom Eternal). I know it’s a highly specialized engine, but I’d love to see more FPS titles using it or this new version (Wolfenstein 3 please)

Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow,

Dunno how interested I’d be in Wolfenstein 3 without Mick Gordon.

reallynotnick,

I need to fight mecha-Hilter, I don’t care if it’s in complete silence ha.

Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow,

Can’t imagine it would be much of a fight based on what we saw in TNC

CluckN, (edited ) w Microsoft is planning to stream PC cloud games, internal emails reveal

Lol are these the emails from the 38TB Azure leak?

MystikIncarnate, w Diablo 4 Twitch viewership continues to drop as Diablo 3 overtakes it

All I know is that I own both D3 and D4 (as well as others), and I’m not playing either.

I played through the story of D4, and started a seasonal character and everything and I just stopped playing.

My main gripe is that my character rarely feels powerful. With level scaling in D4, enemies are consistently at or above my level. I level up, and nothing changes, the enemies level up with me. I might as well not be leveling, just unlocking my more advanced abilities… the only time I feel the difference in power between me and my enemies is when they flatten me without effort. Then I realize they’re 3-5 levels above me, elite, and I’m like, oh yeah, that makes sense.

Basically, I’m almost never a higher level than my enemies. I’m always the same level or significantly lower level, so I have to be done kind of expert to dodge everything they throw at me and I’m just trying to play a dumb game.

I switched to something else where I can pick the difficulty, and I play on the easier modes, I’m not playing games to get clobbered all the time, I just want to kill some stuff, do the things that need doing and get my dopamine hit and move on. D4 is a constant struggle. It gives me anxiety.

teamevil, w $70 Mortal Kombat 1 Switch version called "robbery" as graphical comparisons flood the internet

The GTA ports where a piece of shit, why would this be different…and I’m saying that as a person who uses his switch much more than my series x.

NOT_RICK, w Respawn added a new game mode to Titanfall 2 today, just called "???" The description is "Your rockets will blot out the sun" (reference to 300/Battle of Thermopylae)
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

My personal #1 game from last gen. Can’t wait to boot it up tonight

Oneeightnine, w Microsoft targeted next Xbox for 2028, court docs show
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That’s fine. I still feel like we’re not getting nearly as much out of these machines as we could be, another few years without having to worry about stumping out £500 will be nice.

drudoo,

Completely agree. I feel like the ps/xbox are just now (okay maybe up to 6mo ago) been in stock everywhere and it’s actually possible to pick one up at a store without any fuss. We aren’t huge console gamers and still use the first ps4 but have been looking at both the ps5 and Xbox to see if we should upgrade.

I’ve been so happy with the switch, since I haven’t had to worry about a new gen for years and years and it made me use it more and buy more games for it.

NOT_RICK, w Xbox Game Pass made $230 million revenue in one month, most users pay for full subscriptions
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Anyone not using Eneba to get three month Xbox live gold cards is missing out. Converts to 50 days of gamepass for less than 9 dollars.

NOT_RICK, (edited ) w Microsoft's next-generation Xbox pitched as a "cloud hybrid" console
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Adorably all digital

Adorable, really?

DannyMac, w Microsoft Nintendo acquisition hopes revealed by leaked Xbox exec email
@DannyMac@lemmy.world avatar

The gaming world’s response to MS buying Nintendo would make the whole Unity debacle look like a mild inconvenience in comparison… and that’s what I predict for the US, not to mention how Japan would respond to this.

Kolanaki, w DC Comics adamant The Wolf Among Us' source material is not in the public domain, as its creator calls them 'thugs and conmen' and insists it is
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This seems kinda random for a game that old and nothing changed between its release and now. Is there a sequel in the pipe or something? Why now all of a sudden would they make this press release?

chuckleslord,

This is about the comics that game is based on and the characters/settings therein. Not just the material in the game itself.

PM_ME_FEET_PICS,

Yes this has all started by the announcement of the reboot of the A Wolf Among Us by a team who bought the rights to TellTale old library.

That new company didn’t legally have the rights to the new title as they assumed and DC pushed on them.

In response to this Bill released his creator-owned series to the public domain. Meaning anyone can make adaption of his work now.

Other examples of creator owned DC comics works is The Sandman and Y: The Last Man.

jaycifer, w DC Comics adamant The Wolf Among Us' source material is not in the public domain, as its creator calls them 'thugs and conmen' and insists it is

I was reading a blog post that talks about exactly how much the author is able to put in the public domain. My understanding is that Willingham has a fairly individualized contract with DC that he is grandfathered in on and is rather abnormal nowadays and gives him more control. DC has been trying to, as stated above, “reinterpret” that contract to give them more control.

Essentially, DC may own the rights to the individual products they published, but the world and characters Willingham created can be used outside of those in new or reimagined context.

paysrenttobirds,

Thanks for that link, amazing. I didn’t realize how unlikely US is to change copyright length, or how important the creative commons license was

roguetrick,

That creates a significant can of worms in regards to what parts of the character are derived from the source material that is owned by DC. See not allowing sherlock holmes to smile for an example.

HidingCat,

Wow, just read half of it, it's a really murky situation (as the article mentions).

InEnduringGrowStrong, w Microsoft Nintendo acquisition hopes revealed by leaked Xbox exec email
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

Archive link if you don’t wanna deal with ads and whatnot:
web.archive.org/…/microsoft-nintendo-acquisition-…

Also, Firefox supports ublock Origin on Android (no clue about iThings, but probably everything is reskinned safari in apple land).
Pi-hole is also an option and while it isn’t perfect, it can block many ads at the network/dns level for devices that can’t support adblockers.
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