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yumcake, w Dusk: Unpopular opinion: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopoly

I buy all my games on Epic Games Launcher becomes it has less DRM than steam. If you have kids, they can’t play 2 completely different games on two different computers.

It’s like your kid not being able to play Mario kart on her switch because her brother is playing Halo on Xbox in another room. Steam doesn’t support that. Epic games doesn’t have a problem with you having 2 different games being played on 2 different computers, so I buy my games there whenever I have the choice because it’s the more consumer-friendly platform.

Tranus,

Not to justify it, but you can work around this with offline mode.

n3m37h,

Family mode too

ParsnipWitch, (edited )

Family shared libraries can also ever only be used by one person. Or what do you mean with family mode?

n3m37h,

Ah didn’t known that tidbit

Kolanaki, (edited )
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If you have kids, they can’t play 2 completely different games on two different computers.

Steam does support that tho. That’s what Family Sharing is. And it works really well.

Now, if you wanted to play the same game at the same time, that’s on a single Steam account, that you can’t do. But I’m pretty sure you can’t do that on EGS, either. Not without 2 accounts and 2 copies of the game.

yumcake,

No, it explicitly does not work that way. If you share a game to another family member, and that family member plays that game, you are not allowed to play any other game at all on steam.

“A Steam library can only be used by one user at a time to play one game at a time. The same is true if that library is being accessed by another user via Family Sharing.”

help.steampowered.com/en/…/57A7-503C-991F-E9A8#:~….

Kolanaki, (edited )
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I know the wording there is fucked up, but have you used it? Because you can play two separate games at the same time with it, but you can’t play the same exact game as each other. I use it all the time to play stuff my sister has that I don’t, while she plays something else.

Jakeroxs,

Unless you’ve got some weird special option, they’re right, as soon as you launch a game in your library, it becomes unusable to family sharing, my wife and I use it but it’s very limiting in that aspect.

It even notifies you when the “family library” becomes available.

huskypenguin,

Two DIFFERENT games will work. Playing the SAME game SIMULTANEOUSLY will not work.

ilickfrogs, w Starfield Paid DLSS Mod Creator Hits Back at Pirates, Threatens to Add 'Hidden Mines' in Future Mods
@ilickfrogs@lemmy.world avatar

B r u h, what a petulant fucking child. Game developers tried the same shit for years and those still got cracked. This guy can go fuck himself.

IamRoot, w Assassin's Creed Mirage: Launch Trailer

Release date is 5 October 2023.

JowlesMcGee, w Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis coming to Steam
@JowlesMcGee@kbin.social avatar

I'm not sure what this is, is this a new game or a remake of one? Also, I don't speak Japanese, but it looks like you're playing a young Sephiroth?

newthrowaway20,

It’s a gatcha game that goes through the main stories of the previous FF7 games, while also including new stories from The First Soldier, And other stories planned from other games like Before Crisis. It’s not full games, you essentially play little missions where you go through the key story point in those games.

I tried it out for a little bit, but the story pieces were a little too bite size for my liking, and I absolutely hate gatcha mechanics, so it’s really not for me personally. I’m not interested in dressing up my character in outfits or leveling up my gear.

JowlesMcGee,
@JowlesMcGee@kbin.social avatar

Oh, that's incredibly disappointing. I was worried it was something like that. I also hate gacha mechanics, so I guess I'll give this one a pass. Maybe they'll release this as a standalone title without the gacha mechanics.

abracaDavid, w Baldur’s Gate 3 – Devs share most popular, powerful, and unconventional multiclass builds

If you play DnD these are all pretty well known combos. Still really fun though.

Barbarian druid works surprisingly well.

kibiz0r, w Resident Evil 4 Remake Will Cost $60 On iPhone

Is it weird that I’m okay with this?

Maybe I’m just sick to death of the free-to-play model, so any sort of “you buy it and then you play it” concept on a phone sounds refreshing.

Still not gonna buy it though. Steam has me trained to only buy things for 75% off. And then never play them.

Weslee,

Pay to play no longer guarantees no microtransactions. There are plenty of modern games that charge 60+ and still contain ingame stores, battle passes, lootboxes, etc

HipPriest,

Thing is, there's plenty of Premium games exactly as you describe - it's all I play on mobile or tablet - but they all cost on average between £5-10. Many are ports, some are free to install to play the first couple of levels and then you unlock the game with a one off purchase. The only thing I own good enough to play games on is my tablet and phone so I know this the hard way, but quality is out there, it's just hidden away.

Anyway, £60 is a big step up from the usual £10. I think the Final Fantasy/Ace Attorney ports are about £20. Usually the cheaper price to my mind is that you're playing on a smaller screen and with a touch control system that doesn't always suit the game you're playing (although it can improve certain games - Cultist Simulator, Kingdom Two Crowns and Bad North all feel like they work better with touch controls for me but that's more a genre thing)

InEnduringGrowStrong,
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yea, but here, that 60 bucks also gets you the full macOS version of that game.
For sure, it is pretty steep by itself if you only game on mobile, but if you look at it as including a version for your handheld when you buy it for PC… it’s pretty much what Steam already does with the Steamdeck, which makes sense to me.

Now the price itself, yea, I find it a bit expensive, even on PC/Steam and I’ll probably wait to grab it on sale one day.

HipPriest,

Yeah, I guess if you own an iPhone and a Mac there's more appeal. I see the prices for things on my son's Switch and he's not old enough to want the really expensive stuff yet, and you don't even get a desktop version there.

I think my original point stands though - that having "you buy it and then you play it" games on mobile is not a new concept.

simple, w Lies of P - Update Notes Version 1.2.0.0

Good changes all around, but it’s frustrating that the update isn’t out of Game Pass PC even though it’s been out on Steam since the start of the day.

A_Toasty_Strudel, w Baldur’s Gate 3 – Devs share most popular, powerful, and unconventional multiclass builds
@A_Toasty_Strudel@lemmy.world avatar

Sneaky archer is back babyyy. Lmao

AFreeLarryHoover, w Capcom Targets Smartphone Gamers
@AFreeLarryHoover@lemmy.world avatar

They need to target a Mega Man Legends 3 release.

GeneralEmergency, w Dusk: Unpopular opinion: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopoly

ITT: G*mers being Stockholmed.

jcit878,

I can’t name a single other digital service anywhere near steam level of trust. things you bought don’t disappear. they are on the record saying there is a contingency in case of shutdown. they havnt a used their position. as far as market leaders go, you could do worse

GeneralEmergency,

Steam happily took money from unity asset flips and one level early access titles for years.

They have zero quality control and instead hashed out the curator system for users to do their job for them.

NightOwl,

I don’t want a curated store though and would rather have people be able to release games, and let users decide if it is something they want or not. I can access reviews myself and don’t need companies deciding what game is or isn’t worthy of being available. And users is who I trust more anyways, which is why for so long search term + reddit is what I’ve relied on.

Kimano,

I mean, isn’t community self-policing and an overly tolerant attitude towards picking what type of games are allowed on your platform exactly what we want from them?

conciselyverbose,

Quality control is another word for "high barrier to entry", and especially with their market position, being rejected by Steam for some arbitrary reason would effectively kill your project.

Not only should they not restrict the ability to sell your games there without a concrete reason; they shouldn't be permitted to do so. A company with that much influence shouldn't be allowed to be a gatekeeper of what constitutes a "good" game.

Their review system and strong return policy are more than enough.

stillwater,

Caveat emptor. If you bought an asset flip, that’s on you. Steam didn’t force you to buy it.

GeneralEmergency,

Great job, missing my point entirely.

Steam created an ecosystem for these asset flips for their own gain, at the expense of the customers and legitimate Devs.

stillwater, (edited )

I didn’t ignore it, you just didn’t think it through.

You’re complaining about having more options as if it’s some kind of moral stand. But the only reason to be mad about those things is if you were forced to buy them. Steam doesn’t only have to sell games that you specifically approve of and it’s not some kind of moral failing to sell games that are low quality.

This isn’t even getting into how you’re ignoring history to make the claim that they did it all for their bottom line and not the huge amount of user demand for them to open up the store. This also isn’t getting into how any money coming in from asset flips specifically is negligible, and not at all like some kind of NFT scam level of dubious behaviour like you’re referring to it.

The only reason to be this mad about more games being sold on Steam is if you feel a need to buy it all.

Honytawk,

Valve still promotes those games by having them in their store.

stillwater,

That’s an extremely loose idea of “promotion”, to the point of manufacturing upset. A storefront does not inherently promote something merely by offering it, that’s like saying a convenience store promotes Pepsi and Coca-Cola because they sell both even though both those companies have extremely strict promotional initiatives that ensure no crossover.

pkpenguin,

This is a lot like saying YouTube is evil for allowing anyone to upload videos to their platform

Honytawk,

Youtube videos are free

SnowdenHeroOfOurTime,

Why would you censor the word gamer? The Internet is bizarre

GeneralEmergency,

Because there is a gamer. Someone who plays games.

And Gmer. Someone who’s entire personality is based around games, and not in the fun healthy way. But in the justifying a monopoly because it’s their colour way. Just look at some of the comments here and you’ll see a lot of Gmers.

SnowdenHeroOfOurTime,

Ok, so that is the what, but what is the why? Why the censored word? I don’t get it. Nonetheless I’m closer to getting it now so thank you for that much

blind3rdeye,

I’m never heard of ‘Gmer’ like that until a few seconds ago; but I’ll go on and assume that G*mers might refer to ‘both’ words.

SRo,

Lol you pretentious cunt

GeneralEmergency,

Hit a nerve I guess.

Macaroni_ninja, (edited ) w Resident Evil 4 Remake Will Cost $60 On iPhone
@Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

Why does nobody question the price tag in general? 60 USD for a remake, sounds outrageous, no matter what platform.

By the way you can buy the game for almost half price on other platforms in digital and physical form as well. They are just taking the piss.

MomoTimeToDie,

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  • SSUPII,

    But it does, especially since mobile OSes app stores will refuse to install apps barely 2 years old unless babysit via updates.

    MomoTimeToDie,

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  • SSUPII,

    Doesn’t matter. In a few years what will be considered modern will no longer run this game unless the game is updated to just say “yup the game works here too”

    Mobile OSes make breaking the knees of legacy support a sport they are champions at

    520,

    Why does nobody question the price tag in general? 60 USD for a remake, sounds outrageous, no matter what platform.

    Would you expect a discount on a Disney live action remake because it was based on one of their older films?

    Macaroni_ninja,
    @Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

    Would you pay 60 USD for a new streaming service HD version if the Blue ray is available for 30 USD?

    520,

    Depends. Do you have a Blu-ray player?

    Macaroni_ninja,
    @Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

    Lets say I’m an average movie enjoyer and I either have a dedicated player or game console with Blue ray capabilities.

    Also for streaming in this analog you require an expensive dedicated device.

    520,

    While we're at it, let's remember that this version allows for portable play that can also be plugged into a TV with nothing more than a cable and Bluetooth controller. Or if you really want to play on a PC setup and have a Mac (hint: if you're in the market for an iPhone 15 Pro, it's likely that you do) you can switch to that at no extra cost.

    You may not pay an extra $30 for that, but plenty of people would consider that reasonable.

    GeekFTW,
    @GeekFTW@kbin.social avatar

    I'd expect a discount on a Disney live action remake because they're horseshit, but that point doesn't answer your question lol.

    Chozo,

    Why does nobody question the price tag in general? 60 USD for a remake, sounds outrageous, no matter what platform.

    Because it's a remake. Meaning, it's been re-made. Not remastered. Not reusing assets. Built from scratch. That costs money. If anything, it cost Capcom even more money than the original did, so it's actually impressive that it costs the same now as it did when the original came out.

    And porting it to Apple's platforms costs even more money, on top of all that.

    By the way you can buy the game for almost half price on other platforms in digital and physical form as well. They are just taking the piss.

    Fat lot of good that does for the people who don't own those platforms.

    Lucidlethargy, w Blizzard bans 250,000 Overwatch 2 cheaters, says its AI that analyses voice chat is warning naughty players and can often 'correct negative behaviour immediately'

    By naughty they mean people who talk about how Taiwan is a country.

    greenskye, w As the WGA writers' strike looks set to end, a massive video game strike could be just around the corner

    Given how little I play AAA games, I’m not sure a strike would affect me at all

    MrBusiness,

    Is it supposed to affect you?

    baatliwala, w Game prices are too low, says Capcom exec

    As long as my country gets regional pricing I don’t care, raise them in the US all you want they have plenty of money.

    madcaesar,

    Right, we’re all millionaires over here. Yup, not living paycheck to paycheck at all! No sir!

    baatliwala,

    And the fun part is, you’ve still had a decades long lifestyle of having low prices by exploiting weak labour laws in poor countries! And if they raise prices by using your local labour you’ll still cry capitalism. Isn’t it fun?

    Destraight, w As the WGA writers' strike looks set to end, a massive video game strike could be just around the corner

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    I don’t care?

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