Kecessa

@Kecessa@sh.itjust.works

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Kecessa,

Half life is far from Planescape Torment…

Kecessa,

Never said it isn’t, I said story isn’t the thing that made it and Valve popular.

I’m old enough to remember when it released, story wasn’t the focus.

Kecessa, (edited )

Store exclusivity is paid, this means that the devs get a guaranteed income instead of relying on the Steam gamble.

Would you work for your employer if you might be paid more than average but no guarantee on that and only in two years if it happens at all as it depends on the number of clients you got and how influencers feel about your work once it’s complete?

I don’t know about you but I look around and I don’t know anyone who would accept those conditions. That’s where exclusivity becomes an option, you might not have as high an income, but that employer tells you ahead of hiring you how much you’ll make in the next year with a commission on every sale you make once your work is complete.

Kecessa, (edited )

Do you purchase on Steam? Because it is in a monopolistic position and that’s much more anti consumer than anything Epic or GOG can do in their position.

That’s not even talking about the 30% cut which means less money going to the devs (and before you say they use the money to innovate, devs being able to afford making games is much more important for gaming than developing virtual trading cards or enriching a billionaire with a yacht collection).

Kecessa,

I’m talking about employees, not businesses

Kecessa,

Except that yes it does. You’re expecting all devs to spend their life savings to develop a game in the hope that Markiplier or Northernlion or whoever else decide to play their game out of thousands of suggestions they get? Some of them prefer a guaranteed salary in exchange for exclusivity, just like the vast majority of people exchange a guaranteed salary in exchange for work exclusive to a single employer. But somehow you guys expect devs to just gamble while you wouldn’t play slot machine for a living.

Kecessa,

I’m making a parallel between those businesses who still need money to come in in order to pay employees and the way people who are complaining about exclusives wouldn’t submit themselves to the same process of working without any guaranteed income. Money to pay employees doesn’t come out of nowhere and plenty of publishers have went bankrupt leaving the employees without anything to show for their hard work.

You’re also completely forgetting about indie devs.

Analogies, you guys should go read about those.

Kecessa,

Do we need to wait until they start abusing their position before we react to the fact that they can do whatever the fuck they want with the PC gaming market?

Kecessa,

Does McDonald’s wait 2 or 3 years to get money for the work accomplished to make that burger?

I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store (lemmy.world) angielski

Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy… and then it’s only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can’t it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It’s so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic… which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

Kecessa, (edited )

Would you do your job and maybe receive an income but only years later, based on results and how happy you made your boss?

The devs and publishers who sign those deals are the ones you should be angry at, Epic is offering them guaranteed income in exchange for timed exclusivity, Valve is offering them access to a bigger player base in exchange for a gamble.

Kecessa,

People who hate on Steam alternatives want a monopoly

Kecessa,

Oh no, we don’t complain about Steam exclusivity, monopolies are ok as long as they’re the monopolies that we want, ok? What happens when Valve turns to shit and we made sure there’s no viable alternative? That will never happen! Are you kidding?

Kecessa, (edited )

No, you see it’s different because Steam is love and Gabe is perfection, you know?

Kecessa,

You wouldn’t complain if it was only available on Steam so fuck off

Kecessa,

Doesn’t matter the size of the studio, in the end they have people to pay and Steam is asking them to take a gamble in the hope that they’ll make enough to compensate the money they spent. We’ve seen but studios crash and burn, hell Sony wasted home many millions on that game that was online for a couple of days? I’m sure they would have been happy to have gotten a cheque instead of nothing!

Kecessa,

The fact that they take a 30% cut and it’s used to enrich a billionaire is very much anti consumer.

Kecessa,

You think Steam isn’t a monopoly?

Kecessa,

“make yourself suffer”

I open Steam, switch to the library open my game and play

I open Epic, open my game from the main screen and play

So much suffering! Heck, I also sent more money to the devs through that suffering!

Kecessa,

Where are all the memes about Steam exclusives then?

Kecessa,

Never said I boycott Steam, I said I don’t boycott any of them

Kecessa,

You didn’t answer my question

Kecessa,

No need to defend the guy who owns a yacht collection buddy, I’m sure he does perfectly fine without you

Kecessa,

Morally bankrupt? I’m not the guy defending the billionaire yacht collector who operates a monopoly here.

Kecessa,

Yet another proof that it’s better to just wait until games are completed before buying at a lower price

Kecessa,

I don’t consider my cake complete until there’s icing on it 😉

The point still stands, if you’ve already played the game and extra content is added that you might have enjoyed then you might be disappointed that you won’t get to enjoy that content. When you only have a few hours per week to play games you won’t go back if you have other games you want to try, but if you had known more content was coming you would have played something else in the meantime.

Kecessa, (edited )

Right wing and not understanding second degree, name a more iconic duo

Edit: Lemmy users and not understanding who people are talking about, name a more iconic duo! I’m talking about the right wing Steam users commenting on the patch notes.

Kecessa, (edited )

First amendment is for public spaces, a forum owned by a private company isn’t a public space.

Kecessa,

Never heard of kids committing suicide due to being bullied?

Kecessa,

So? He doesn’t have to protect free speech on a private platform

Kecessa,

No it’s not a public space.

Public space would be a place like a national park or the sidewalk. These forums are owned and operated by a private company, they’re private spaces and can be moderated however the company sees fit. Same thing for Twitter or Facebook or Lemmy.

A senator has the right to tell them that they need to do a better job at moderating their platform if there’s reasons to believe they’re letting people threaten violence or incite criminal activity.

Kecessa,

I’m talking about the users commenting on Helldivers patch notes. Just like with Starship Troopers, people on the right see Helldivers as inspiring when the real message behind the media is anti fascism.

Try to follow the conversation, that should have been very clear considering the comment I was replying to.

Kecessa,

See the US section, the use of the term “public space” in this conversation is acceptable as the term “public” is used in opposition to privately owned and not public in the sense that it’s open to the public like a mall is.

.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_space

The government cannot usually limit one’s speech beyond what is reasonable in a public space, which is considered to be a public forum (that is, screaming epithets at passers-by can be stopped; proselytizing one’s religion probably cannot).

Kecessa, (edited )

I think you’re misunderstanding the use of the term “public” here.

A mall is a public space in the sense that people can go, but it’s not a public space in the sense that it’s not operated by the government, it’s a private space.

I’m using the term public space in the governmental sense, not in the publically accessible sense. If you use that definition of public I’m pretty sure even in your country you can get censored and kicked out of a mall and moved off its surrounding property (the parking around it), because it’s privately owned. Once on the sidewalk you’re on public property though so you can do whatever you want as long as it respects the law.

Also, talking about Europe as a whole is wrong since different countries can still have different rules on the subject.

Kecessa,

Wrong angle to the grips on the deck, wanna get my hands on an Ally to compare and possibly replace mine with that

Kecessa,

All I remember of the first one was that it was brutal as fuck

Kecessa,

Preach brother!

Kecessa,

I mean, we are… Gabe became a billionaire that owns a yacht collection, his money came from somewhere, there’s no reason to defend any billionaires or their companies unless you are a billionaire yourself.

Kecessa,

They indirectly are inflating it with their 30% cut

Kecessa, (edited )

And they could do all of these good things while charging less than 30% and Gabe would be the only one feeling a negative impact on his finances.

As for contractors, they do hire them, court documents came out and their profits per actually employees are way higher than most companies, why? Contractors aren’t employees.

Kecessa,

Their 30% cuts allowed Gabe to start collecting yachts, they could charge a lot less while still offering the same services and only Gabe would see his finances take the hit, no one else in the world would be poorer if they charged 20% instead.

Kecessa, (edited )

Should be cheaper, emphasis on should, but at the same time if they sell directly and take the same cut, that’s one less intermediary in the chain so more money going to the devs.

None of the managerial class are good people, wake up, all billionaires are taking advantage of us.

Kecessa, (edited )

A small minority of GOG games have DRM, a majority of Steam games have a form of DRM. “Use a simulator” isn’t a solution, I shouldn’t need a third party program to play the games I paid for.

Also there’s a pretty big difference between downloading the installer and backing up the installed files, one is an intended backup solution, the other is a workaround.

Kecessa,

That’s how many levels with the color scheme where you pretty much can’t tell where the blocks are?

Kecessa,

I’ve realized I get some pretty bad cramps in my right hand if I play games that requires the track pad to replace a mouse, I wish the Deck’s side would be more angled (see Xbox controller)

California’s new law forces digital stores to admit you’re just licensing content, not buying it (www.theverge.com) angielski

If you don’t retain some kind of actual ownership, they will not be allowed to use terms like “buy” or “purchase” on the store page button. I hope there aren’t huge holes in this that allow bad actors to get around it, but I certainly loathe the fact that there’s no real way to buy a movie or TV show digitally. Not...

Kecessa,

Eh… I was just showing that you don’t actually own your games as access to them can be taken from you, that’s all.

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