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slaacaa, do games w EXCLUSIVE: DOOM: The Dark Ages to be Revealed at Xbox Games Showcase (June 9th)

Yeah that was abslutely disgusting. Business conflicts happen, and sometimes you must make unpopular choices, but blatantly misleading people and publicly throwing somebody under the bus is not acceptable

slaacaa, do games w Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Officially Announced

That looks like the 90s. Gulf War setting maybe?

Still, I will hold off for reviews, recent COD games have been absolute shit, and BO CW was very weak compared to the old BO games. I also had to refund MW on PS5 a few years ago, as it was literally always crashing my console, and they couldn’t fix it.

slaacaa, (edited ) do games w IGN immediately lays off every non-UK person at their newly bought sites, including some key members like deputy editor Alice Bell
  1. Governments should only allow big mergers in exceptional circumstances
  2. Big conglomerates should be broken up

They are bad for the workers, and bad for the consumers. Half of the time, also bad for the shareholders (according to an old McK study). Lives are being ruined for billionaires to gamble for more billions.

slaacaa, do games w Masahiro Sakurai refused to add Dolby Surround to a Kirby game because players had to sit through the logo

Things like these make might heart warm. They remind me of a time when video most games where about making a good experience for the users, not about endless MTX and soulless always online games that all try to be the same thing. Good to see that there are still some people in the industry, who carry own these principles.

slaacaa, do games w Masahiro Sakurai refused to add Dolby Surround to a Kirby game because players had to sit through the logo

You say you don’t go on reddit out of principle. Now can’t you understand someone not wanting users sit through a 2 second pointless marketing animation, out of a similar principle?

slaacaa, do gaming w Ubisoft insists yet again that its uncanny AI-generated 'NEO-NPCs' will make games 'more alive and richer', whatever that means

It will make the shareholders richer, as you can fire a few writers and animators to save costs, and still sell a the game with shittier dialogues.

slaacaa, do games w Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam

But they can, because it seems like most gamers have goldfish memory, and they forgot/forgave the shitty launch and first years

slaacaa, do games w Suicide Squad Cost Warner Bros. $200 Million In Revenue

This is a very good point. It also shows the delusion of the executives, thinking that their next shitty looter shooter will become the new Fortnite, not understanding the oversaturation of the market. People have limited hours to play per day, the only way they can play your game is if they stop playing something else.

slaacaa, (edited ) do games w Suicide Squad Cost Warner Bros. $200 Million In Revenue

Good demonstration of the current quality of journalism. “Cost X in revenue” doesn’t make any sense, as cost and revenue are the exact opposite things, the difference of which (if I simplify) make up the EBITDA that the quote from the company actually referenced for the 200 M USD negative impact.

I’m not expecting a game journalist be an ACCA certified accountant, but should be at least able to write an accurate title based on the available quotes and information.

slaacaa, do games w Perfect Dark Reboot Is Allegedly In Bad Shape

Mediocre Dark

slaacaa, do games w Sony cancelled the PSN account linking requirement for Helldivers 2

Glorious Victory ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

slaacaa, (edited ) do games w "PSN isn't supported in my country. What do I do?" Arrowhead CEO: "I don't know"

The most depressing thing I’ve seen related to this topic. A small team that worked incredibly hard were lucky enough to achieve the impossible, and now they watch without any control as it is taken from them, for no other reason than greed.

Due to unchecked neoliberal capitalism, big companies like Sony already cover so much of the developed markets, that they have no way to naturally grow more. So they are forced to squeeze more out of what they already have, as stagnation is not accepted in this hellish system.

The line must go up, whatever the cost!

Edit: damn, Sony actually listened

slaacaa, (edited ) do games w Helldivers 2 now delisted in 177 countries

I understand that sales funnel logic, but I would still argue its actual financial impact would be marginal. It’s wishful thinking from Sony that just because you got your claws into a PC player by making a PSN account, they will start buying PS stuff. The data monetization is much more direct, but still, not much additional money to be made by a few (tens of / hundred) thousand extra registrations (especially as they had to be aware of refunds happening). These are definitely valid upsides, but I don’t think they are big/certain enough to make this call, and compensate for the negative consequences.

My gut / experience tells me this is mostly about the PSN account numbers, and some execs getting a gazillion dollar bonus if they can push it above certain target by the next report, even if they damage the revenues in the process.

slaacaa, do games w Helldivers 2 now delisted in 177 countries

Holy F, what a smooth brain move. They had an IP with incredible goodwill that would have been printing money forever (think about DLCs and merchandise, maybe even a TV series), and they chose to destroy all that to increase the active PSN account numbers by <1%. Which doesn’t even have a direct financial benefit, just something they can peacock in their quarterly reports, trying to boost the stock price.

slaacaa, do games w Helldivers 2 now delisted in 177 countries

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