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Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w The Steam controller was ahead of its time

I can say this confidently: the most killer features on the Deck originated with the Steam Controller.

I have to strongly disagree. The killer feature is Proton (if you consider that a feature) 😀

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w Subnautica 2 studio begs rioting fans for benefit of the doubt after leadership axed by owner Krafton: 'The team that has been working on the game day-to-day ... remains completely unchanged'

The “internet drama” exists because the product is a reflection of the leadership.

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact

I don’t know why these companies think they can talk their way out of this. No one is buying your BS. Just STFU.

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing.

No problem 👍

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing.

It only matters in the sense that you’re allowed to not purchase online games.

Virtually every game in existence has some sort of online element. But what you seem to be unable to grasp is that many of them have single player modes that don’t require any internet connection.

It’s as simple has having a server that checks the version of the game installed before allowing access to online services.

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing.

It doesn’t matter if you prefer offline or not or that you CAN play solo, it is online coop.

Of course it does?

Hence it begs the question whether it’s the platform’s fault per se.

There is no question. GOG is proof that you can do it. Therefore if others don’t do it, it’s their fault.

Once again, all of this is beside the point. The point is that those games are effectively gone.

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking

Saw a guy get a Switch 2 bricked and at the end of the video he was talking about getting another one 🤦

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking

But they’re using USB

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking

It’s complicated, and increasingly so as Nintendo succeeds in intimidating more and more projects into shutting down.

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing.

Why would you think another company doing it better makes Valve not responsible? I don’t understand the logic.

As BL2 offers online-coop, and is also the major selling point of that game, a fragmented market is impossible.

…no? It’s not. You don’t have to play it online.

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing.

Gog does it, but Gog only offers a mere fraction of what Steam has.

And that matters for the purposes of this conversation why?

Sure, Valve could enforce that, but…as said…why?

I explained why in my first comment. It’s why we’re talking in the first place.

Fragmentation and the resulting nightmare of customer-support. On steam’s AND the dev’s side.

I don’t see it. Neither of them have to support old versions.

But the vast majority of people are clueless (and still use those devices) and need to be “guided”.

No they don’t. If people are clueless, they don’t need to utilize this feature. It’s call an “option”.

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing.

Firewalls and especially sinkholes are VERY necessary

You misread my comment. I didn’t say they weren’t necessary.

Imagine 1 million clueless gamers running an older version of their game because they’re too lazy too update.

1. GOG already does this and it’s not a problem.
2. It updates automatically but you can choose to roll it back at any time.

how should online games work if every Joe and Jane got their “own” favorite version?

Not talking about online games. Besides, the how or why do not matter, the point is the games are gone.

Also, you can install an older version. Just with more hassles.

I pay Steam to deal with the hassles. I am not a software engineer.

But, of course, only indie devs do that.

Valve has the power to enforce this system-wide.

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing.

So it’s the fault of the delivery-device?

…yeah? Of course it is.

Why didn’t you make a backup of an older version just in case?

I pay Steam to do that.

Besides, last time I checked, you can. With a bit more hassle.

Not interested.

All not the case for a “live” online-game. Which borderlands wants to be.

That’s exactly the problem.

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing.

If I want hacky, I’ll go pirate the game. I pay for them so I don’t need a computer science degree to play them.

Ulrich, 4 miesiące temu do games w Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing.

They do if the dev makes it available

That shouldn’t be their decision.

I’m looking at four different versions of Terraria

Literally never seen that before. I think I see if the dev pushing their 4th update that day and now I have to wait a half an hour to play the damn game.

downpatching very easy would be a huge boon to piracy.

Not my problem. Guess I’d better just pirate the game instead.