Saledovil

Saledovil, 8 miesięcy temu

As much as the ESRB fucking sucks ass and can go burn, at least it isn’t a government agency and has to at least play nice enough with the industry and consumers in general.

I don’t think any industry can really be trusted to self-regulate in the long term.

Saledovil, 8 miesięcy temu

The last triple A game I bought at launch was ‘Watchdogs Legion’, to comemorate my new PC. I figured I just build a new computer, so why not celebrate by buying an expensive game. It was a stupid impulse buy.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

The best PR move for Unity at this point would be to fire their CEO. Preferably out of a cannon.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

There’s a social cost associated with buying it, namely, that you support live service games. So please don’t buy it.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

Is this whole thing a “Springtime for Hitler” esque plot?

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

There’s this one guy on youtube(www.youtube.com/), who said about business: [paraphrasing] “Sometimes things go well, and sometimes, you dry to get the change stuck between the couch cushions”. And you’re right, this pretty much does seem like a desperate move if you think about it.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

I also asked the question, and got an answer. The hypothesis is that they’ll release new versions under a different license, also meaning that if the devs never agree to the new license, they’d avoid the fee. Of course, that would mean that any engine level bugs in their game would become unfixable. This also means that large developers would be exempt, as they likely have contracts in place that supersede the license agreement.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

Could also be. I’m not sure about how the legal situation works exactly. My understanding is that you can’t change a contract, such as a license agreement without the other party’s consent. Maybe they have a clause in it allowing them to revoke the existing licenses, meaning the developers would be forced to agree to the new license or be without a license.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

Most businesses get ruined if you alienate your customers. The exception would be monopolies.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

I’m confused. I’ve never licensed a game engine, but I figure you’d write what charges you pay into the contract, and as far as I know, you can’t just add additional charges in later without renegotiating the contract. At least, you’d have no way to enforce those. So I’m sort of at a loss how this is even supposed to work.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

Makes sense. I hope the unity guys come to their senses. This whole thing seems rather self-destructive on the company’s part. Unity is far from being a monopoly, with one competitor being free and open source (Godot). And pulling stunts like these, even if you walk them back later, does not engender trust.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

The one with more money has the upper hand.

That sums up so many problems with the legal system. I suppose the completed form would be “The one with more money has the upper hand, also racism”.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

I’ll estimate that the PoH guy would win if it went to trial, but he doesn’t have the money to actually defend himself.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

I heard somebody say that it’s like a talented intern. Can produce good results, but you have to verify them yourself first before you use them.

Saledovil, 9 miesięcy temu

And a lot of the features don’t have a reason to engage with them. E.g. Vehicles. You get a spaceship at the start, so most of the vehicles you get later are very much a downgrade. And that Exo Mech which had an entire update dedicated to it. To me, it just illustrated why mecha are a silly concept, namely everything you can do with them can be done better with other vehicles. The game is basically a toybox, and none of the toys really keep my attention.

Saledovil, 10 miesięcy temu

They probably had it coming.