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tdawg, w Meta Quest 3 demand allegedly 5 million units below expected level

History is filled with inventions too early for their time… Still kinda weird VR seems to have shown up like 6 times now and never sticks tho

mordack550,

I have the quest 2 and imho VR has 2 problems:

  • a lot of people suffers from motion sickness, and that totally ruins the experience
  • most of the software is unispired shit or just bad games. I’ve tried a parkour game for example (don’t remember the name) and it was absolutely crap, it was impossible to do what you wanted, because controls just didn’t work how they should
NuPNuA,

It seems like it’s sticking around this time, but will take a few more gens to become a mainstream product with appeal to people beyond tech nerds.

The problem with previous vr is that the compent parts weren’t ready to combine into a good experience. Computers couldn’t produce realistic enough graphics at the 90+FPS needed for smooth gameplay, screens didn’t have the resolution and colour depth to recreate the real world, the processing units made the headsets huge and bulky.

This time it started at a decent base experience and has been getting better since, a few more gens for it to become easy and quick to use and it will pick right up.

Knusper, w Meta Quest 3 demand allegedly 5 million units below expected level

I mean, the VR hype from a few years ago has mostly tapered off. Meta clinged onto it for quite a while with their Metaverse idea, but even they seem to have given up on it earlier this year, as LLMs stole the last bit of spotlight they had.

And the PS VR 2 launched earlier this year, too, was generally well-regarded from a hardware viewpoint, but the lack of hype means there’s still not terribly many games being released for it.

It also is an expensive investment and people aren’t exactly flush with money, thanks to inflation + countermeasures. So, if there is a chance, they buy this headset and no games get released for it, many people will hold off on that.

Veraxus,
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I think we’re still YEARS away from this tech taking off. It’s too expensive, it’s too bulky, and it’s not powerful enough.

I think the Apple Vision headset will be the first meaningful step forward since the CV1, and even that is just one step on a journey that could take another decade.

Knusper,

Personally, I have no trouble believing that. Thing is, these companies’ investors don’t really benefit from long-term plans. So, if it does not pay out in the next two or so years, I expect them to scrap that endeavour altogether.

I just find it weird that Apple decided to jump on that train now, but it’s also possible that they started development at the peak of the hype and finished only just now.

Veraxus,
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If you look at all the useless AR features that Apple has pushed into iOS over the years, you can tell that they've already been working toward this for at least a decade. They aren't giving up on it any time soon... they're playing the long game. Wearables are inevitable, and they want to be way ahead of the curve.

NuPNuA,

It’s fascinating how quickly the PSVR2 dropped out of all conversation after launch.

CmdrShepard,

Not so surprising to me. The same thing happened to the PSVR 1.

taaz, w Friday Facts #379 - Abstract rewiring

Just shut up with all these great things and take my money already.

AstralPath, w iRacing acquires NASCAR's console video game license from Motorsport Games

Fucking finally! Jesus christ that was a hot mess for way too long.

MossyFeathers, (edited ) w Former Bungie HR Manager Is Suing for Wrongful Termination After She Reported Potential Racial Bias

Yet another reason to avoid Activision Blizzard. It’s amazing to me how their corrupt and broken internal culture is apparently widespread throughout the company and their subsidiarys, and no one stopped to be like, “hol’ up, we can’t act like this” while the culture was taking form. So now you end up with people like the article trying to fight against it and getting doors shut in their face.

Also, it should be pretty easy to prove whether or not she resigned voluntarily. The resignation form would either be missing her signature or have a forged signature. Dunno what Activision Blizzard is doing trying to claim she resigned voluntarily.

Edit: I thought Bungie was still owned by Activision.

akai_android,

All for avoiding Activision/Blizzard but they have nothing to do with this. This is all Bungie.

BadAdvice,

I had an employer try this on me too. I beat the claim in court by pointing out that people who quit don’t tend to bother showing up on time and ready to work at their next shift. Judge agreed with me. Shortly after I was offered about 80% of my claim as a settlement with the understanding that the taxes on the settlement would be paid by the company. Pretty good deal when I didn’t even have a lawyer ngl

lustyargonian,

Umm, isn’t this more on Bungie than ABK?

I mean yeah ABK has toxic culture, but Bungie has been with Sony for over a year now (Aug 2022), and Alm was hired just few 2 months before Sony acquisition and the issues followed up until September with false termination.

Sabata11792, w Diablo IV Coming to Steam on October 17
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Can't wait to see the review dumpster fire.

ChaoticEntropy, w Cancelled loot shooter Hyenas allegedly "Sega's biggest budget game ever", new report claims
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SEGA spent the most money ever… on a game that was years late to an old sub-genre, while mimicking games that had already failed like Lawbreakers. Great job.

clearleaf,

There are so many parallels to Lawbreakers that it’s kind of freaky. History has completely repeated itself.

Jumi, w [Skill Up] I do not recommend: Assassin's Creed Mirage

Even if it would be the best AC of all times I wouldn’t get it because I really dislike the protagonist.

PM_ME_FEET_PICS, w Browser games you have burned a lot of time on?

Urban Dead was fun back when I played it. Used to be on the forums a lot and organize curing centres or safe zones.

Dominate Game. Great online risk game with elo system. You could play the default maps in the browser but thier client let you play tons of customer player made maps. Sadly this one got taken down a long time ago, is has a spiritual successor as Dominate 12.

Supremacy 1914. Only played 2 matches of this game, but do to its nature it was over the course of 6 months or so. I believe they have a download client now and the game is also on Steam now.

mindbleach,

Barhah!

Kolanaki, w Fable Designer Releases Ultima-Like RPG for Free on Steam
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Fable designer

…Which one, specifically?

pyrflie,
rostby, w Last Of Us Studio Naughty Dog Is Cutting Developers

Literally every company is laying off rn

DocBlaze,

seriously, you’d think with the holiday season coming up studios would be crunching to get their games ready in time, but since unity shit the bed and epic took their lead it’s been nothing but bad news in the AA and AAA space

RxBrad, w Puny Human shutting down after client refused to send payments
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Callisto Protocol is one of the free October PSPlus games.

One would think they’d get some cash out of that (???)

MomoTimeToDie,

Odds are whatever cash they got from Sony came in a while back

InEnduringGrowStrong,
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2 -3 weeks ago the CEO of Striking Distance Studios (The Callisto Protocol) announced he was leaving because the game didn’t do well enough.

Honestly, it’s a game I’d probably play eventually but I have enough of a backlog to be more of a patient gamer.

simple, w Last Of Us Studio Naughty Dog Is Cutting Developers

Not surprising considering the development troubles of their multiplayer last of us game.

whatthecaptcha,
@whatthecaptcha@lemmy.one avatar

That plus they haven’t released anything in what, two years?

Zehzin,
@Zehzin@lemmy.world avatar

The Last of Us Re-Remaster: Am I a joke to you?

(yes)

Blizzard, w EA Sports FC 24 Players Say $30 Launch Week Loot Box Highlights Everything Wrong With Ultimate Team

The fact that they artificially boosted all women stats to unrealistic levels and then allowed to mix them with men players is simply ridiculous.

Globulart,

The fact that this bothers you says everything.

Seriously though, what does it matter? Like at all?

Blizzard,

The fact that this bothers you says everything.

Says what exactly?

What’s wrong with what I wrote? A football simulation that’s trying to accurately reflect players’ skills for men, gives an unrealistically boosted skills to women players. Why?

Globulart,

Because what does it even matter? We should be encouraging women’s football to continue to grow, part of that is making sure it’s fun to play in games as well as competitive on the pitch.

It’s come so far in recent years, and when we’re talking about a game which is designed primarily for fun, being unhappy that women’s stats aren’t an apples and apples comparison to the men’s stats is just silly.

It says that you have an issue with the women’s game being treated in the same way as the men’s game. Video games are designed for fun, not for simulation, and there are plenty of good reasons to have women be comparable with men in a computer game.

You’d have been upset when Tony hawk games had women skaters that could ollie as high as the men too huh? Or got upset when Chun Li won in street fighter games?

Blizzard,

You’re stating your subjective opinions about topics unrelated to the game and comparing a simulation game to some unrelated arcade games.

It says that you have an issue with the women’s game being treated in the same way as the men’s game.

This is the exact opposite of what I’m saying. Men’s stats have been reflected with due diligence while women’s stats have been artificially upscaled - how is that being treated the same way?

If a core system of the game “doesn’t matter” to you then why do you even play the game?

Draedron,

Yeah. That is whats ridiculous with ultimate team /s

Blizzard,

There are multiple things ridiculous about ultimate team and the game in general, I just added another one.

PorkTaco, w Just finished my first playthrough of Prey by Arkane Studios and WOW.

Finally got around to playing it a couple years ago. Fantastic game. Intriguing story and satisfying game play that’s just unique enough to stand apart. I really really enjoyed it.

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