jordanlund

jordanlund, 4 dni temu

At least they cancelled the game, imagine firing everyone then releasing it with no patches or support…

jordanlund, 12 dni temu

Nah.

jordanlund, 12 dni temu

X = Old and Busted
Discord = New Hotness

jordanlund, 18 dni temu

“Console sales are down. Circana analyst Mat Piscatella marked a 26% decline in spending on current-generation consoles this April compared to last April.”

We’re 4 years into the generation, sales declines aren’t uncommon, but this gen has had unique challenges:

1. Covid fucked it all up. Supply chain issues screwed availability, software engineering ganked game development.
2. Too much emphasis on “Cross Gen”. Why would someone scramble to get a hard to find PS5 or Xbox Series when the same game is out on PS4/Xbox One X?

Long generations are kind of the new thing, starting with Xbox 360/PS3. Previously they were around 5 years and people are looking for the next machines now.

jordanlund, 18 dni temu (edited 17 dni temu)

I picked up a Steam Deck to get into PC gaming and frankly, I don’t get it. So many games not even worth the bandwidth to download much less actually play.

Edit Example:

www.polygon.com/…/banana-clicker-game-steam-egg

Steam users aren’t known for great taste in games.

And yeah, since Fry’s shut down, I haven’t thought about building a PC again. No Microcenter around here either.

jordanlund, 17 dni temu

Playstation consoles are weird because Sony just can’t let go of old hardware (unless it’s the PSP).

The PS1 was in production from 1994/1995 (Japan/US) to 2006(!) So it technically overlapped both the PS2 and PS3(!)

PS2 ran from 2000 to 2013.

PS3 2006 to 2017.

jordanlund, 18 dni temu

Do people still care about Dragon Age?

I played 1, was underwhelmed. People made lame excuses for it like “Oh, but it wasn’t developed by Bioware’s a-list team…”

Then 2 stunk up the joint.

I don’t even REMEMBER 3.

jordanlund, 18 dni temu

First, it was on the Xbox 360 but looked like an Xbox game.

Second, the plot was so hackneyed. Literally every event was telegraphed by miles.

jordanlund, 21 dni temu

I can’t wait for the first MadLad to get it working with the SteamDeck.

jordanlund, 20 dni temu

Docking station.

jordanlund, 24 dni temu

Answer should have been simple:

“Historically, the console version comes first, so lets take things one at a time. Get the console version out the door, deal with any bugs that arise, maybe an expansion or two, then we’ll announce the PC port, not before.”

jordanlund, miesiąc temu

Gabe used to work for Microsoft, I can’t imagine he’s eager to repeat.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Newell

“He attended Harvard University in the early 1980s but dropped out to join Microsoft, where he helped create the first versions of the Windows operating system. He and another employee, Mike Harrington, left Microsoft in 1996 to found Valve, and funded the development of their first game, Half-Life (1998). Harrington left in 2000.”

jordanlund, miesiąc temu

Always been a fan of butterfly knives.

www.bladehq.com/cat--114-Butterfly--2423

If you don’t know how to use one, make sure you put masking tape on the edge until you’re comfortable with it.

You can buy dull trainers too.

jordanlund, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

“meaning the other 59 million must still be using the PlayStation 4.”

That’s not what that means.

As of last December there were still 2 million active PS3 users.

playstationlifestyle.net/…/ps3-monthly-active-use…

I’d imagine there’s still a limited number of PS Vita and PSTV accounts too.

jordanlund, miesiąc temu

And it’s still out selling the Xbox…

forbes.com/…/analysts-ps5-outsold-xbox-almost-5-t…

jordanlund, miesiąc temu

I don’t think PSN applied to the PS2, started with the PS3.

jordanlund, miesiąc temu

When a new generation starts, I hook it up in the living room, move the previous gen to the bedroom, and mothball the oldest gen.

So when I kick off, my kid, or grand kids, are going to discover organized boxes of gaming gear. I’m sure it will be all over whatever passes for social media then. :)

Currently:

Living Room - PS5, Xbox Series X, Steam Deck Dock.

Bedroom - PS4, Xbox One X, Switch.

jordanlund, miesiąc temu

One of my favorites was Project Gotham, but they shuttered that studio in favor of Forza which just isn’t as good.

jordanlund, miesiąc temu

I’ve been saying this for years now ever since they pulled out of Gamescom and just let Sony have Europe.

When was that? 2016?

eurogamer.net/microsoft-opts-out-of-xbox-gamescom…

Or even before that… 2012, bailing on BOTH Gamescom AND Tokyo Game Show:

gameinformer.com/…/microsoft-opts-out-of-gamescom…

jordanlund, miesiąc temu

You would think, right? But HiFi Rush was lauded as one of the best games last year and was highly successful, even being ported to PS5 and Switch at this point, so why close them?

jordanlund, miesiąc temu

Last year too when the stand out game was Hi Fi Rush for $30.

jordanlund, miesiąc temu

Nintendo really doesn’t know how the Internet works, do they?

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

Wait, it was a series? I didn’t know there was more than the 1st game…

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

Sega was a victim of the Dreamcasts success. They lost money on every console sold, didn’t make it back on the software, and spent too much money on things like Shen Mue.

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

The 32X was a disaster and it was bred from a conflict between Sega USA and Sega Japan.

In the US, the Sega CD had been a HIT. Japan wanted to drop it, US said “we’ll take it!” and it ended up being the #1 peripheral with more games for it than any other console add on ever. Over 200 games.

So when Sega Japan wanted to get the Saturn rolling, Sega US demanded a stop gap between the Genesis and Saturn. Japan resisted, and US went “Yeah, well look at Sega CD, what do you know?” and went with the 32X.

From the start, Japan wasn’t interested, did everything to ignore the product and effectively killed it.

In retaliation, US chose to launch Saturn several months too early. I think they knew going head to head with the Playstation was a death sentence, so they dropped it 5 months early to “select retailers”.

This had 2 problems:

1. The games were janky and not ready. The first version of Virtua Fighter was so bad they had to later issue a re-mix version for free.

youtu.be/ubJSL5GhSZU

2. The “non-select” retailers were pissed to be cut out of the early launch. So when the wide release happened in the fall, they leaned in more to support the Playstation than the Saturn.

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

People tend to lump in the Sega CD with the failed systems, but it was actually the most successful console add on ever, supporting over 200 games.

This was part of the problem with the 32X. Sega USA ran with the CD and turned it into a success when Sega Japan didn’t want it. When Japan was prepping for Saturn, US demanded the 32X and when Japan said “no”, US said “yeah, well, look at Sega CD, what do you know?” Sega USA arrogance willed the 32X into existance and, well, you know the rest.

Guitar Hero sold more, but how many games USE the guitar? 4? 5?

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

American here, what’s a “zero hour contract”?

You’re an employee but not guaranteed to work any hours at all?

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

In America it’s called “Full Time” vs “Part Time”.

Full Time is generally 35 to 40 hours, benefits like sick pay, vacation pay, 401K, etc.

Anything under 35 is Part Time, no benefits. But you can still be guaranteed hours up to 35, generally 20.

I don’t know of anyone here who would take a 0 hour job, unless it were a “no show job”. But that’s a different deal. ;)

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-show_job

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

I’ll look into it!

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

Starting in September, when college kids are supposed to be spending their money on tuition and books. ;)

We don’t have release dates for that window yet.

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

This doesn’t even take into account things like Destiny 2 which had half of the paid content excised from the game.

Oh, it’s still “supported” and online, and playable… just with none of the content that makes it make sense.

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

So what happened was, they sold the base game for $60, then had multiple paid expansions over time.

A few years in, Bungie decided to start “Vaulting” content, literally removing it from the game. This included all of the original story based missions, 1/2 of the planetary destinations, the first two expansions, and all their associated missions, strikes, raids, etc. etc.

Just gone. Not in the game anymore.

The stated reason was that it was too much for new players to download, but then new players came in going “I don’t know where to start. What do I do?” because all the story based progression had been removed.

They have since changed their mind on vaulting MORE content, but at the same time, they haven’t restored anything either.

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

Yeah, they removed 1/2 of the base game and the first few expansions.

jordanlund, 2 miesiące temu

The move to digital sales is killing their business model.

They can’t buy and re-sell used digital games.

Pre-orders on digital content can be done through the respective app stores.

Gamepass renders the buy, sell, re-buy consumer behavior irrelevant.

jordanlund, 3 miesiące temu

Yup.

a.co/d/hyMC8Cr

jordanlund, 3 miesiące temu

Surprisingly cheap too! Even if you want 4K!

jordanlund, 3 miesiące temu

^ This!

jordanlund, 3 miesiące temu

I was in the beta for Anthem and when I first joined in, I was expecting some kind of intro level.

Nope! Thrown to the wolves with other players who apparently had already done this a hundred times.

I’m still figuring out how to change weapons and the mission is 1/2 way over already.

jordanlund, 3 miesiące temu

Following the news that they have no major releases planned until April, 2025:

ign.com/…/sony-will-not-release-any-new-major-exi…

jordanlund, 4 miesiące temu

I, Robot? Great game.

youtu.be/EHkwdvfXHJc

jordanlund, 4 miesiące temu

Hey listen!

jordanlund, 4 miesiące temu

Yet…

For now everyone knows it’s the Dune Popcorn Bucket. ;)

youtu.be/Rl_Xhvgkxrk

jordanlund, 4 miesiące temu

A few years later… Eternal Darkness:

youtu.be/RSXcajQnasc

jordanlund, 4 miesiące temu

The game actively messed with you. About 1/2 through it would pause and throw up a “Thank you for playing the demo! Look for the full game coming soon!” That sort of thing.

jordanlund, 4 miesiące temu

Needs to be seen on a CRT. :)

youtu.be/_PVTo8z3pl4

jordanlund, 4 miesiące temu

It… really doesn’t look that good.

If you had told me this was, I dunno, Tekken 6 from 2007 I would have believed you.

youtu.be/Uxl_dmjWLGY

jordanlund, 5 miesięcy temu

We told everyone no good would come from GamePass and here we are… You will own nothing and be happy.