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DLSchichtl, w Need for Speed developer Criterion to focus on Battlefield

"Hmmm, who should we have develop our faltering shooty shooter. I know! The devs that work on racing games. I mean, it’s all the same things, right?

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

Has this writer never used Steam or is he just unaware how many people buy games they don’t actually play

woelkchen,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

Has this writer never used Steam or is he just unaware how many people buy games they don’t actually play

Firstly: If you had ever used Steam, you’d know that Steam differentiates between “have game in the library” and “have previously played a game”. A bought game that was never launched, doesn’t show up in these stats.

Secondly: It’s clear you did not bother to read the article. “The numbers take into account players on Xbox, as well as those playing the Game Pass/Windows Store version of the game on PC.” The 25% number isn’t even from Steam.

Thranduil,

I have used steam for 12 years and I never knew that.

woelkchen,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

In the Steam client, you have this box on the right:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a28d0cc8-b393-4ace-bf86-eee96ba92693.png

And when you click on View All, you get something like this:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/600d869e-6dfe-4858-8abd-a968cca4c648.png

Thranduil,

Dont think I ever read those then again I mainly just play games and collect a million unplayed ones

Sethayy,

gamepads makes it a lot easier to start then get bored too

Cethin, (edited )

Oh, the irony. Steam achievements only count for players who have started the game.

glimse,

Download game

Launch it

“Great it works I’ll play it tomorrow”

Never open it again

mindbleach, w Nintendo will update F-Zero 99 with more courses very soon

Wait, they rehashed a Super Nintendo game from thirty years ago, and didn’t even launch with all of its dozen levels? The original weighed less than a megabyte! Opening day should’ve been every track from all two of the 2D F-Zero games Nintendo ever made.

DarkThoughts,

Yeah but it's a 99 racer BATTLE ROYALE! Total innovation! Buy our online subscription!

Or just emulate all the original installments of the franchise that they killed 20 years ago for free.

mindbleach,

Weirdly, I have to defend against the idea they killed F-Zero. They did exactly what they intended with it, from the get-go: they showed off new hardware with a previously-impossible sense of speed. Once for SNES planecasting, once for N64 z-buffering, once for GBA planecasting, and once for Gamecube fillrate.

Every other F-Zero game is third-party.

Nintendo is a toy company. If a product is not novel, they are not interested. That’s why every Mario Kart has some stupid gimmick. Even in the first one, splitscreen multiplayer was the stupid gimmick. They shipped F-Zero and realized the SNES had a second controller… but no two-player games. Shrinking the courses to a static tilemap required smaller scale and lower speed, hence tiny karts. Really take a moment to consider that: even by 1992, F-Zero was not fit for purpose. It no longer achieved what Nintendo makes games for. Doing it again would not be impressive. Doing it again would not be novel. And the fact it’s easy to cram endless bullshit into Mario Kart is why that franchise keeps getting releases, while F-Zero collected dust - until they picked this online clusterfuck gimmick.

But the fact this retro game-as-a-service (ptoo!) couldn’t be arsed to include even one game’s whole level set, when each track must take less space than this comment, is baffling.

DarkThoughts,

You defend Nintendo's reasoning, I defend the consumer that doesn't buy them for them being some weird tech demo for their underperforming hardware.

fsxylo, w Persona 3 Reload | Third trailer

I’m holding out for the Persona 3 Royal edition that has dlc but bundled and sold as a full game anyways so I’m not spending the money twice.

nyoooom, w No love lost: AppLovin helpfully releases tool to switch from Unity to Godot or Unreal

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

qwertyqwertyqwerty, w Last year's multiplayer Evil Dead game won't get new content, Switch version canned

Why did this game die so quickly?

| previously Epic Games Store-exclusive

Oh. Got it.

BallShapedMan, w A quarter of Starfield players couldn’t even be bothered to finish the first mission
@BallShapedMan@lemmy.world avatar

I already had mods that disabled achievements by then just to fix this mess.

Runs and looks great now, ~15 mods to get there.

CordanWraith,

What hardware are you running on? Pure vanilla and I’ve gotten a stable 100fps since release with everything on Ultra at 1440p.

V0lD, (edited )

Look at this guy with his dual 7900 XTX over here

I got a 7800x3d and 6950 xt. I played with performance boosting mods on medium settings

I kept dropping to 40fps on 1440p and ended up refunding

MaxVoltage, (edited )
@MaxVoltage@lemmy.world avatar

1440p thats your problem

let me put these 28inch rims on my Toyota Carolla

absolute testament to the game that it runs smooth now on your pc at 1440

V0lD,

1440p isn’t that high. You’re thinking about 4k.

And, as I said. It’s not running smooth. It’s barely running at all. It keeps dropping as low as 40fps

CordanWraith,

Damn, our hardware is so similar. I’m running a (single) 7900 XT and a 7600X. I’m also running on an nvme ssd, but presumably with your hardware you are too.

I wasn’t trying to be an ass with my question about your specs, it’s just that my hardware isn’t particularly high end, so I was confused at why so many people are having performance issues.

V0lD,

Your hardware is quite high end actually. It’s not a 7900 xtx or 4090, but it’s close. (Yes, I have a 980 pro 2tb)

I wonder why you run it that much smoother than I do then

Demuniac, w Nexus Mods Fine With Bigots Leaving Over Removed Starfield ‘Pronoun’ Mod

How are these people not seeing that they are actively trying to censor shit with the shyte excuse “keep politics out of my games”, and then turn around and yell censorship as soon as people ignore their bigoted crap.

You don’t need to answer, it’s rhetorical.

librechad, (edited )

The rhetorical question highlights the complex nature of the debates around modding and game customization. The term “censorship” can indeed be used selectively to further one’s viewpoint, whether it’s calling for the removal of political elements from games or protesting the removal of a mod.

However, maybe it’s worth considering that people may hold these opinions without necessarily harboring bigoted intentions. The desire to keep politics out of games, for some, might stem from the view that games should be an escape from real-world issues. Conversely, concerns about censorship could arise from a belief in preserving the open nature of modding communities.

What we’re really grappling with is how to balance the broad spectrum of user needs and societal responsibilities. Accusations of bigotry or censorship often serve to shut down dialogue rather than facilitate a nuanced discussion about these complex issues.

So while your question is rhetorical, it does bring to light the need for more open and honest conversations about the competing values that are in play here.

Demuniac,

In my opinion this entire debate is not political at all but is simply made to be a political statement because people don’t understand it.

Having someone forbid the use of cheese in video games because that person doesn’t like cheese is just never going to happen. If cheese comes out to be an extreme health hazard like smoking it can become political but if the only argument is “because I don’t like it” you are always going to be wrong.

Your arguing about taste and feelings. There is no point to it, as there is nothing to convince. At that point you are just telling someone their taste or feeling is wrong.

But for some reason people think they can influence someone else’s own feelings about how they feel when they get addressed as their birth gender. And for some reason it is made into a political problem because of how strongly people think they have to have control over this. It doesn’t affect them, and the only possible outcome is that a minority will suppress their emotions. There are no competing values in any way.

I don’t like cheese, but you won’t hear me bitching about people eating cheese next to me in a restaurant even if I don’t like the smell. And you especially won’t see me making this political, because that is so incredibly selfish and ignorant that it wouldn’t even be something I’d ever consider.

Noite_Etion, w Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis turns Square Enix's best into an avalanche of money-grabbing tactics
@Noite_Etion@lemmy.world avatar

Nobody can milk their fans like Square Enix can.

Heard about a FFX remake being developed… ehh you can keep it.

DragonTypeWyvern,

Fuck you give me more Blitzball

delitomatoes,

Blitzball 2023 EA model style

DragonTypeWyvern,

I am both excited and appalled at the idea

CaptainEffort, w Microsoft completely misjudged Baldur’s Gate 3

Are we even surprised? Microsoft clearly doesn’t know how to judge a game’s quality.

Norgur,

They do, they just define "quality" by something that can be measured in Dollar. You and I don't.

CaptainEffort,

True, and it’s depressing

bionicjoey, w Phil Spencer: We've seen the conversation around old emails and documents. It is hard to see our team's work shared in this way because so much has changed and there's so much to be excited about...

It’s probably BS that his mentality toward anything has substantially changed.

elouboub, w Devs on Unity Runtime Fee: "The trust is gone forever"
@elouboub@kbin.social avatar

"Trust" won't matter if they just continue writing new games in it.

Hardeehar,

Who would want to write new games for a company that can just screw you later?

ChaoticEntropy,
@ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk avatar

Not just “can” but, from statements from the CEO, still plan to… just a little later.

elouboub, (edited )
@elouboub@kbin.social avatar

Probably enough people to keep Unity afloat. Let's be honest, who's going to reskill their gamedevs to learn Godot or some other game engine? Decision makers will probably spend more money on trying to find ways around the problem than actually solving it aka using another game engine.
It's what they do.

Nommer, w New Xbox controller with swappable battery spotted in huge Microsoft leak

Doesn’t fucking matter when they keep using cheap potentiometers in their joysticks making them only last 6-12 months before stick drift gets unbearable. It’s time they switch to hall effect sensors. I have a joystick from 2014 with hall effect and zero drifting. I have a king Kong 2 controller with hal effect sensors. Zero stick drift after nearly a year of rocket League abuse and zero drifting. I’ve gone through 2 Xbox elite controllers in 1.5 years. Get rid the trash components first.

smokeymcpott,

I’ve got a Rumble pad 2 from ~2005 with zero drift. Still works flawlessly.

Daefsdeda, w Alleged GTA 6 Videos & Source Code Leaked; Schreier: It's Real

Can’t wait for it to lose all its charm compared to the other games with a microtransaction filled online world…

Blizzard,

Is that confirmed or you just guessing?

Appoxo,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

It’s R*/T2 what do you expect if you look at RDRO and GTAO?

Daefsdeda,

Just guessing. But I wouldn’t call it a miracle if I am right.

experbia, w Devs on Unity Runtime Fee: "The trust is gone forever"
@experbia@kbin.social avatar

this is a wake-up call to this industry and any other industry enjoying a glut of "free" (as in beer) proprietary tools owned entirely by private (or worse: public!) organizations.

this will always be the result. every single time. if you think you and your industry are immune to getting bait & switched, you are very wrong.

chaining your livelihood to a for-profit organization is begging to eventually be extorted in this manner. greed is inevitable.

echodot,

Ok so firstly it’s not free, people pay for it, and secondly you act like there’s an alternative. You use the products that are available, if there isn’t a free product available or the free product that is available isn’t very good you don’t have a choice.

For a long time Unity was basically the only game in town other the Source but that was very old no one really used it.

dandi8,

I'm more in favor of Godot, but Unreal/UDK has been a thing for a long while, so it's not true that Unity was 'the only game in town' for a long time.

elshandra,

Yeah unreal came out waaaaay before unity. UT lan game nostalgia.

skulkingaround,

Unreal was obscenely expensive and way more difficult until UE4 though, long after unity had gained traction.

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