Goronmon

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

keep in mind that unreal engine is also open source.

The Unreal Engine is not open source by any reasonable definition of open source. Being "source available" is not the same as open source, as you can't use the code whoever you like.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

you can’t use most open source code “however you like” either

Alright, sure my language was overly broad. "The licensing is restrictive in a way which makes it clearly not open source." would have been a better choice.

...the main restriction with unreal engine is that you can’t mix it with copyleft licenses and you can’t use it commercially.

So, it's not open source.

...but you can do what most people want to do, modify, extend, fix, learn. that’s the most relevant thing for what we are talking about here

That still doesn't make it open source, mainly because you are missing one of biggest aspects, distribution.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

Also, you can distribute your version, of course you can.

Are you sure?

You may Distribute Engine Code (including as modified by you) in Source Code or object code to a third party who is separately licensed by us to use the same version of the Engine Code that you are Distributing.

Any public Distribution of Engine Tools (e.g., intended generally for third parties who are separately licensed by us to use the Engine Code) must take place through a marketplace operated by Epic such as the Unreal Engine Marketplace (e.g., for Distributing a Product’s modding tool or editor to end users) or through a fork of Epic’s GitHub UnrealEngine Network (e.g., for Distributing Source Code).

So, you can only distribute source to people who are specifically licensed by Epic to use the source. That sure doesn't sound anything like "open source" to me.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

The qualifier is just pointing out that most of the content on the blog is centered around MUDs as opposed to other types of text-based games.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

Long are the days that devs would need to write their own tools and even engines to put the game running. Some (like Naughty Dog) would even hack the hardware in order to bypass limitations of it.

Re-using engines has been around for basically as long as game development has existed. This idea of some mythical age when game development was more "pure" is a fantasy. What has changed is that expectations on AAA titles has grown to the point where it's extremely difficult to roll your own engine if you are committed to many, many years of work.

Not to mention, it certainly doesn't guarantee that the engine performs well. Look at Starfield or Baldur's Gate 3. Both have noticeable issues with performance, and both are built on in-house engines by their respective studios.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

You also some aspect of this old XKCD: https://xkcd.com/927/

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

No he means in the vanilla game. The first 10 levels go extremely quickly if you have even a basic idea is what you are doing.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

Within a system you can bring up the "scanner tool" view in the ship to then point yourself to a planet and travel that way.

But to to travel to various systems, yes you'll need to use a menu. But then I'm not sure how you would expect to fly between systems without some form of menu to select where you want to go.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

Yup its the remake.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

IIRC they did sign the deal that let’s the continue to get releases for a couple more years...

It is ten more years. If Sony isn't able to come up with a decent alternative in a decade, well, I won't exactly feel sorry for them.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

That applies to open software standards, what does it have to do with buying cash cows?

It has no real meaning anymore. It's now a phrase people throw around as effectively a meme. You won't get anything but a wrong answer to this question.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

That's not what "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" means. You just came up with three numbered items to correspond to the fact that there are three words in the phrase.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

It's hard to block mergers based on a company involved being a monopoly if none of the companies involved are monopolies or will become monopolies.

Regulators have to come up with a different set of rules to block "large but not monopolistic mergers" without also just effectively protecting the actual leader in a given industry from competition.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

Being the market leader, Sony will have a much harder time making larger acquisitions than MS did, and this ABV merger didn't exactly breeze through.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

You have the PSVR2 which is comparably priced but requires a PS5 console. You have the Valve Index which is $1k.

So, it may not be "cheap" but it's definitely cheaper than some of the alternatives.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

I actually enjoyed the game quite a bit, but then BG3 and Starfield released and I just haven't come back to it.

I did feel like the first season stuff was a little bare, so that didn't help things.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

Only problem was that I forgot to get a memory card so I couldn’t actually play the games that my coworker gave me, but hey it works!

That's an interesting take on "works" for a game console. Being able to play games seems like a pretty important piece.

Goronmon, 8 miesięcy temu

Only downside imo is that the actual storyline is short, like just a few hours.

People tend to understate how short the campaign is. Phrases like "it never gets old" are used, but it's true because, as you mentioned, the campaign is one of the shortest you'll find in anything close to a AAA game.

Edit: Not to say it's not a great game, because I think it is. But it's a great game that you'll finish in potentially a single sitting.

Goronmon, 9 miesięcy temu

This post implies that Sony has more trust is ridiculous. They refuse to secure their online services, leading to recurring hacks. There was whole rootkit fiasco which was crazy bad.

They defended the ridiculous launch prices of the PS3 by saying that they think consumers should just work more hours to afford one.

They still do shit things like hide basic features like cloud saves behind a paywall. That have no problem paying for exclusive games and exclusive content and if they had the money MS had they would do the same thing MS is doing.

Goronmon, 9 miesięcy temu

The X falls short of the PS5 in almost every category that a premium consumer cares about...

What are the other categories aside from exclusives?

Goronmon, 9 miesięcy temu

I'm unsure of these "premium" consumers caring about proprietary vs non-proprietary storage. Or caring about VR in the context of consoles instead of PCs. Or that the charger stand being a concern when the PS5 looks like it does.