Games as a service has always been a scam. They use literally addictive gambling traps to keep people hooked to a money drip feeder with season passes and loot boxes.
All that only to rip the plug out when the servers are on life support.
Avoid them just like preordering. They are no benefit to the players.
Yes cause they are designed to be addictive and maximize the profitability with addictive content like loot boxes and fomo tactics to push micro transactions.
I don’t. You are exposing children to those exact mechanics and normalizing that behaviour. Without further thought in the future they will go for increasingly scammy shit tactics.
That’s right, for hardware that’s now eight years old and never got a price discount. It currently sells for C$400 – but they’re about to jack the price....
Pre orders and games as a service are scams from corporations that don’t give a shit about games besides how much money they can make releasing unfinished garbage.
The demo is pretty solid and I’m going to give it a shot once it starts going on sale and hopefully gets past the launch glitches and received a few patches.
No game is worth it on day one anyways, so many greedy publishers putting out unfinished slop and making the devs fix it post release.
So I don’t know if this is the right place to say this but, How does one find smaller (& new) gaming channels, especially when those cool channels get algorithmically burried ??...
Always gotta recommend Keepetclassy! Gabe and Amber are two Australian friends who have been making gaming videos for a while now. Amber is trans and often speaks about her experiences now which is always interesting.
Can also highly recommend Skurry. They make some really cozy videos on metrodvanias and the like.
Please no. SDV is amazing and the updates have been wonderful but I’d much rather he would move on and continue working on original projects like his Haunted Chocolatier.
If my mother or in-law would ever give my children anything religious I would A replace it with a real gift for the kids and B have a long discussion with grandma about indoctrinating children into a cult.
But if you are curious about the history of bible games and the multiple game knockoffs that were produced, I can highly recommend the AVGN videos about the bible games. Very entertaining and informative.
Buying new games is decreasing in value sharply. They are releasing broken games, overpriced and with invasive DRM.
Play games 2+ years delayed. They are completely fixed and in a playable state, reasonably priced with frequent sales and some games get their shit DRM removed for better performance.
And no. Games as a service and fomo are NOT enough to buy games on day one.
Fuck that! Do the work and design fake companies and products. Thats half the fun walking around a store in any video game. Seeing the funny names and references they come up with.
I don’t want to see fucking ads for anything that’s a real product being pushed in my face in ANY MANNER in video games!
There are a lot of reasons that this makes sense for them. But also, given the other things they’ve been promising, I think this is going to be an expensive piece of hardware that basically just hides Windows under the hood.
It’s beyond insane to me that a $70 “AAAA” game (kidding, it’s AAA) dips down to the absurd price of $5. I’ve never seen anything like it. Wish the entire Sims 4 “collection” if you can call it that was $5 total, would be incredible, or Starfield.
Mass Effect 5 is "still in pre-production" says director as BioWare shifts full focus to the sci-fi RPG amid dev reshuffles and reported layoffs (tech.yahoo.com) angielski
Hacking Animal Crossing Beyond Reason (www.youtube.com) angielski
Hacking Animal Crossing (GameCube, 2002) to add keyboard support, image and video conversion, and even a playable version of Snake.
Has the live-service dream crashed back down to earth? | Opinion (www.gamesindustry.biz) angielski
We did it! 🥳 angielski
Stop Killing Games just reached 1 million signatures!
Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become angielski
Old gamers often misunderstand the quality of mobile games....
In Canada, Nintendo is increasing the price of the original Nintendo Switch. (www.engadget.com) angielski
That’s right, for hardware that’s now eight years old and never got a price discount. It currently sells for C$400 – but they’re about to jack the price....
You’ll Own Nothing | Stop Killing Games, ft. Ross of Accursed Farms - GamersNexus Steve Interview (www.youtube.com) angielski
This an an interview with Ross Scott and Steve from the GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer Advocacy side channel....
EU citizens better get to signing! (fedia.io) angielski
What did consumer rights ever do to this dude? (fedia.io) angielski
The end of Stop Killing Games (youtube.com) angielski
Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting (www.ifixit.com) angielski
Joysticks: Probably Still Drifty...
What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality angielski
Following up on this comment since I haven’t seen a thread about it: lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/14639216
Konami Teases A Remake Of The Original Silent Hill (www.gameinformer.com) angielski
Silent Hill 1 remake by Bloober Team announced (www.gematsu.com) angielski
[UnsafeMuffins] You Done Goofed angielski
Please Don't Preorder This... (www.youtube.com) angielski
Mutahar talks about Pre-Orders and the tech demo of The Witcher 4.
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon - Official Release Trailer (www.youtube.com) angielski
It looks slightly janky, but reviews have been very positive for this one. Reminds me a lot of Outward on first glance.
Highlighting Smaller gaming channels angielski
So I don’t know if this is the right place to say this but, How does one find smaller (& new) gaming channels, especially when those cool channels get algorithmically burried ??...
Stardew Valley creator says he might make Stardew Valley 2 (www.tweaktown.com) angielski
The creator of Stardew Valley has said that he might make Stardew Valley 2, but he really enjoys just adding ‘more stuff to Stardew Valley.’
POV: You're a kid and just got a brand new Game Boy Advance game from your grandma. How excited are you? angielski
I’ve been trying to read more about this, and it looks like it was being developed and was cancelled before release?...
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Elden Ring Nightreign | Overview Trailer (www.youtube.com) angielski
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PlayStation has formed new studio Dark Outlaw Games with Call of Duty Zombies lead Jason Blundell (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
From the trailer of Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) angielski
Which is an incredible game, and is even more fun to play now than it was in 2014!
FromSoftware didn’t want Sony to publish Dark Souls as it was ‘disappointed’ by how Demon’s Souls was treated (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
Elden Ring Nightreign releases May 30th (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Hype!
Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games (www.gamingonlinux.com) angielski
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/32514470
Next Xbox Rumored To Launch In 2026 With New Call Of Duty (www.gamespot.com) angielski
There are a lot of reasons that this makes sense for them. But also, given the other things they’ve been promising, I think this is going to be an expensive piece of hardware that basically just hides Windows under the hood.
Toem 2 Teaser Trailer - Now in Development (www.youtube.com) angielski
GTA 6 will have a 'significant online mode' to generate revenue for years into the future (www.tweaktown.com) angielski
Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically? (lemmy.world) angielski
It’s beyond insane to me that a $70 “AAAA” game (kidding, it’s AAA) dips down to the absurd price of $5. I’ve never seen anything like it. Wish the entire Sims 4 “collection” if you can call it that was $5 total, would be incredible, or Starfield.
Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Feature Denuvo & Account Linking + EULA also requires you to allow Ubisoft to "monitor" your RAM (80.lv) angielski
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/23002452
Last-minute PS5 Pro leaks indicate system will pack 16.7 TFLOPS GPU with 16GB dedicated GDDR6 VRAM — plus 2GB DDR5 system RAM (www.tomshardware.com) angielski
Which game started this? It's everywhere. (lemmy.world) angielski
Epic detail plans for Unreal Engine 6 and share vision of a metaverse spanning "Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite" (www.rockpapershotgun.com) angielski
I love how even the author has no idea what they’re talking about because it’s just a soup of buzzwords.
Avatar: The Last Airbender Is Getting a AAA RPG With Saber Interactive and Paramount Game Studios - EXCLUSIVE (www.ign.com) angielski
Better late than never?
After 20+ years, Dole has returned to Super Monkey Ball (sh.itjust.works) angielski
It’s part of a Dole collaboration that was added in last night’s update for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble....
Opinions on this tier list? (lemmy.world) angielski
(edit: changed title to be less critical)
Sony Live Service Shooter Concord Debuts to a Tragic 697 Concurrent Players on Steam - IGN (www.ign.com)
Borderlands 4 - Official Teaser Trailer (www.youtube.com) angielski