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sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w Do you prefer inverted or uninverted camera, and what are your experiences with it in general?

Inverted y for anything first person. I grew up with a joystick for flight sims, and that felt natural to me when I later played FPS games on controller.

Inverted x makes no sense to me (and yes, I read your explanation below), but I can ignore that setting just fine, so every game should have it.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w Unity: An open letter to our community

If they launched with this, I think the community would’ve been fine with it. But IMO the damage has been done, and a lot of indies are going to look elsewhere.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu (edited rok temu) do games w CD Projekt recommends starting a new game when Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.0 drops: 'starting fresh will enhance your overall gameplay experience'

Same. Maybe I’ll get it once 2.0 launches. Maybe. I’ll wait for reviews.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new gyro controller

Yeah, it’s too bad they don’t have a physical release, but it is DRM-free on PC, so game preservation is totally not an issue.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new gyro controller

Will that drive still work on the PS6? Will it work in 20 years? Can you buy more games after a Sony has shutdown the digital store? Can you sell your digital purchases if you don’t want them anymore?

Those are the kinds of problems physical media solves.

I buy digital media on my PC and physical media on my consoles, because PC games aren’t hardware specific whereas console games are.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new gyro controller

Another benefit of having an external disk drive is that you can replace it if yours goes bad. I’m not sure what’s going to “end in tears,” it would work just like any other USB device, you plug it in and the console could load games from it.

But yeah, an all digital console makes no sense to me, unless it’s an interesting form factor like a handheld or an arcade cabinet. So the only console I have is a Switch, and everything else is on PC.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new gyro controller

That’s problematic because you can resell disks. I suppose they could sign disks independently and then only allow one digital owner, but then you’d need a formal process every time you resell, or worse, disallow reselling, and the cost for producing disks would go away up (not to mention returns would be a headache).

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w Microsoft May Exit Gaming Business If Game Pass Subscribers off Console Don't Increase Enough by 2027

Why wouldn’t they just buy a large stake if they’re only there for the money? The reason to buy the company out is control, meaning they can further other interests (e.g. growing XBox market share) through the acquisition.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu (edited rok temu) do games w Relogic: Makes a statement on Unity and donates 100k to Godot and FNA with a further 1k a month moving forward.

Yup, the old mantra was:

1. Hype product
2. Get users
3. …
4. Profit?

They might experiment with ads and subscription tiers, but the real focus is always on getting users. Look at YouTube, AFAIK, it’s still not profitable (or if it is, it’s barely profitable), and not for lack of trying over the past few years. Yeah, sites like Reddit and Twitter are cheaper to run, but there’s still a ton of overhead and ads aren’t as profitable there.

Now investors want to see a return, and it’s just not happening.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w Former BioWare manager wishes Dragon Age had kept a 'PC-centric' and 'modding-driven' identity like Neverwinter Nights

That’s how I treat all games, and even then I try to ignore it until a few weeks after launch when most of the worst bugs are patched.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w Former BioWare manager wishes Dragon Age had kept a 'PC-centric' and 'modding-driven' identity like Neverwinter Nights

That’s not going to stop me from blaming EA.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w Microsoft documents leak new Bethesda games, including an Oblivion remaster

They’ll just introduce new, less interesting bugs.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w Microsoft Nintendo acquisition hopes revealed by leaked Xbox exec email

Yup, there’s a reason I don’t consider getting GamePass or any other subscription service.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new gyro controller

I’m pretty sure they’re talking about the gyro, which Sony and Nintendo have had since the previous generation.

sugar_in_your_tea, rok temu do games w This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new gyro controller

I wish they’d make the drive an optional add-on that you could buy later if you decide that digital only isn’t for you, instead of using it as product segmentation. But that would be pro-consumer, so not gonna happen.