Initial scrolling of the Steam Summer Sale seems pretty lackluster, but digging through the comments sections in other threads, a few gems have stood out, and it doesn’t appear we have a thread dedicated to this yet, so post what you think are the best deals here!...
The new console option won’t include a disc drive, and will be entirely all-digital. Inside it’s identical to the Xbox Series X, with the same performance for existing Xbox games. This new white model will be available with 1TB of storage later this year, priced at $449.99....
Personally I don’t really mind the DLCs in paradox games.
The DLCs fund the smaller free updates and they are optional. If you want to regularly get more content for the games you love it might be worth the 20 euro (or whatever) and you absolutely don’t need to buy every single one just the ones with features and content you like.
Basically the options are: more new paid features and some new free features or no new features.
What’s up with Lemmy and Reddit users having to justify when they pirate stuff? Most of the time I simply don’t give a shit. I do keep in mind that it’s a “wrong” thing to do though. I don’t go around thinking I’m superior and that I’m fighting the evil corporations when I don’t. Some Lemmy/Reddit users seriously seem to think that.
I absolutely agree that this will lead to more piracy, and I might pirate it myself for this reason.
Warning: the rest of the comment is just a rambling rant and nothing is directed at you specifically.
But I think it’s a terrible justification. If you want to read the worst takes on piracy go to r/piracy or the Lemmy equivalent on the db0 instance. Most users on there really think that they are in some way entitled to a game and they genuinely try and justify their piracy is a million different ways. Usually the argument is basically “company did bad thing so give me your game for free”
It’s like they would like to have some moral high ground, which I believe doesn’t exist.
I think piracy is wrong because actual people worked on the games and they need to earn a living and a fuck ton of money and resources was spent on making the games. I don’t agree that piracy is the same as stealing but somewhere along those lines. I don’t need to publicly justify piracy, I just do it when I feel like it’s appropriate considering stuff like money and wants For example I have automatic downloads of movies and TV shows and multiple terabytes of pirated movies and shows.
The only time where I could agree that piracy might be completely justified and not bad in the slightest is the piracy of stuff like knowledge like science papers that were published in a journal that demands fuck tons of money and give backs nothing to the author(s)
Sadly emulation is seemingly non-existent for newer consoles like PS4 and Xbox one (PS3 is pretty emulatable but fairly demanding, Xbox 360 emulation is last I checked still pretty poor) Luckily most of the games on newer consoles are released on PC.
Could it not be turned off when it’s not needed (I.E. The game is unpaused.)
And what specifically do you mean by overlay?
Monitors and TVs have been able to overlay some interface elements over the HDMI input since forever. I have never heard of an overlay degrading quality but maybe there are some poor implementations.
I think it’s also that the people that want the games but haven’t bought a PS4 or 4 after so many years would never buy one, so they might as well sell just the games to them.
I don’t understand why anyone would want to travel between point A and B and point B and A. Can’t they just make up their mind about where they want to be?
I just want to live at point D and spend a pleasant amount of time at point E
I hope it also comes to PC. I suspect I will come out after 6-12 months after the PS5 version, maybe even at the same time if I’m lucky. Unfortunately I’m never lucky.
Additionally, this has resulted in bait-and-switch-like situations, where users would prepurchase Steam copies of games, only to be informed that they wouldn’t be getting them.
I didn’t know about this.
It happened to Metro Exodus (great game btw) but iirc all pre orders were honoured and the game was just delisted.
My main problem with the steam deck is probably portability and battery life. I have used it very seldom on the train to work, but I imagine it would be very cumbersome.
I will try it again when I am finally done with TOTK on my switch.
And then there is always the question: Is the steam deck really an unique gaming platform when it’s really just a small laptop.
There are loads of steam games without DRM and those that use DRM mostly use the Steam provided one that sucks if one actually wants to crack it. It basically only protects against casual copy attempts.
Updates to Free Demos on Steam (steamcommunity.com) angielski
Good game soundtracks? angielski
I’ve been looking for some more instrumental music to listen to while working, besides putting FF and Stardew on loop.
Steam Summer Sale - Top Deals angielski
Initial scrolling of the Steam Summer Sale seems pretty lackluster, but digging through the comments sections in other threads, a few gems have stood out, and it doesn’t appear we have a thread dedicated to this yet, so post what you think are the best deals here!...
They're doing Civ 7 already (lemmy.world)
For those who missed the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pygcgE3a_uY...
Microsoft announces a disc-less Xbox Series X console in white (www.theverge.com)
The new console option won’t include a disc drive, and will be entirely all-digital. Inside it’s identical to the Xbox Series X, with the same performance for existing Xbox games. This new white model will be available with 1TB of storage later this year, priced at $449.99....
I even remember taking batteries from a smoke detector once. (lemmy.world) angielski
Homeworld 3 Review by Mandalore Gaming (www.youtube.com) angielski
11 years after launch, 49M people still use their PS4s, matching the PS5 (arstechnica.com) angielski
What a frightening suggestion... (lemmy.world) angielski
Sims 4 devs assemble team to focus on fixing bugs and upping performance (www.rockpapershotgun.com) angielski
IGN immediately lays off every non-UK person at their newly bought sites, including some key members like deputy editor Alice Bell (aftermath.site) angielski
Welp, this didn’t take long....
Do we have someone on our side in the committee? O.o (StopKillingGames UK petition) (lemmy.zip)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071www.stopkillinggames.com
ASUS breaks your ROG Ally if you don't pay $200 for warranty repairs: SCAMMING COMPANY! (youtu.be) angielski
Steam is now refunding Ghost of Tsushima for people in affected countries. (lemmy.ca) angielski
Here’s the tweet, nitter.poast.org/SteamDB/…/1788981898108182681
Kerbal Space Program fans react with anger over Intercept Games closure, and you know what that means: Review bombing on Steam (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
ESA says members won’t support any plan for libraries to preserve games online (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Roku’s New HDMI Tech Could Show Ads When You Pause Your Game (kotaku.com)
Classic Microsoft (lemmy.world)
This is why god invented transmog (lemmy.world) angielski
Will Smith Zombie Game No One Has Heard Of Bombs (kotaku.com) angielski
Steam :: Introducing Steam Families (steamcommunity.com) angielski
Valve announced a replacement feature for both Family Sharing and Family View. Currently in beta....
The Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing (www.destructoid.com) angielski
Poor Bloodborne must be lonely (lemmy.world) angielski
Apple terminates Epic Games developer account calling it a 'threat' to the iOS ecosystem (techcrunch.com) angielski
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection - Announce Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games (www.youtube.com) angielski
Xbox Next-Gen Console Confirmed, Will be 'Largest Technical Leap in a Hardware Generation' (www.ign.com) angielski
Rumors of Xbox not wanting to continue their hardware are now confirmed to be false.
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered has a warning about racial and ethnic stereotypes (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
Never understood this (lemmy.world) angielski
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – State of Play Announce Trailer (www.youtube.com) angielski
What's up with Epic Games? angielski
I can’t seem to find that one comment explaining the issue with them…...
VGC’s Platform of the Year is Nintendo Switch (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Bethesda confirms they are working on releasing new features you asked for, from city maps, to mod support, to all new ways of traveling next year for Starfield (www.reddit.com) angielski
Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 (www.youtube.com) angielski
Valve is now reversing VAC bans due to AMD drivers in CS2, according to patch notes (store.steampowered.com) angielski
Recently there was a thing where VAC would erroneously flag AMD’s antilag+ feature as cheating, and issue a ban....
Cities: Skylines 2 "absolutely cannot" have the decade of DLC features that the original game added | GamesRadar+ (www.gamesradar.com) angielski
What's your favorite game through the ears of Original Soundtrack? angielski
Mine is Skyrim....