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FlyingSquid, in You know what? I'll just wait...
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I remember when I could go to Egghead and get an Apple II game that was a little old or just not super popular for like $5-10.

bulwark,
FlyingSquid,
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Hey man, Zork was the shit.

bulwark,

It was. I had an Apple II GS, and I remember programming BASIC games that I read in the back of a magazine.

LifeOfChance, in I hope you enjoy ads we have to make our $69B back

I know we all don’t want to accept it but the truth is this will work. Until whales stop existing things like this will be around. These companies are forcing advertisements in every part of our lives and now they aren’t even trying to be sly about it.

orvorn, in Majority of gamers play with subtitles

I never play with subtitles because I end up just reading them instead of looking at the animation. Obviously it’s important to have good subtitles available for accessibility though.

RedQuestionAsker2, in DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO - Goku VS Vegeta - Rivals Trailer

I used to play Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for hours on end.

Gonna have to pick this up

Pluto,

Same~

otp, in Where are all the games featuring skunks as playable characters?

There’s the Stunky line in Pokemon, but that’s all I’ve got.

Interesting question!

Hestia, in Valve says no to inhaling Steam Deck fumes

They probably just replied with “ew, no. WTF?” And them someone writes an article about it.

altima_neo,
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Thats pretty much all it was. Guy asked tech support if its OK to smell the fan exhaust, and they told them they dont recommend it so as to not give anyone a reason to do something needlessly stupid, in case something does go wrong.

scrubbles, in Florida Man Wants $2 Million From Rockstar Over Parody Appearance In GTA6 Trailer
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Games not even put and people are already looking to score a buck off of lawsuits

wildginger, (edited ) in 1 Week After ‘The Day Before’ Launches, Fntastic Closes Its Doors For Business

A different article claims they didnt close, just changed their name.

Tag365, in Guidemaster: Game controllers to turn your smartphone into a mobile gaming machine
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These options look pretty interesting. Too bad Worms W.M.D cannot be live streamed on Xbox Game Pass anymore…

PancakeBrock, in What video games have you played recently? What are you currently playing? And what will you play? - Discussion Thread #1

Getting pulled back into Mount and blade: bannerlord.

I’m a cheap bastard so I don’t think I’ve bought anything released in 2023. Always wait for the sales haha.

Pluto,

The Steam Winter Sale should be coming up soon then and you’ll have your chance.

FrenLivesMatter, in I remember getting a PS3 just to avoid this back then
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What if I told you servers cost money. No servers, no online gaming.

Swedneck,
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yet somehow it’s free on PC, hmmmmm

FrenLivesMatter,
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Ah right, good point. Perhaps the cost calculations work differently then. Consoles are much cheaper to buy than PCs because the manufacturers expect to make money on their subscription services. I’m pretty sure neither Microsoft nor Sony make any profit on selling the hardware, but they have to make profit somewhere.

Rinox, (edited )

They profit through the 30% cut on any software sale. The cost equation for online subscriptions is as follows:

“Can we get away with it?” “Yes we can” The end.

On PC they can’t get away with it because there’s no single company controlling everything, so you either get every single company asking for an online subscription, you find other ways to monetize. Closest so far is Microsoft’s game subscription thingy and others like that. It’s not the same, but I’m pretty sure that’s the only way they’ve managed to convince enough people to pay a subscription on PC for now.

FrenLivesMatter,
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Well, save your money and buy a PC then.

soggy_kitty, (edited )

To be fair almost every popular multiplayer game has online micro transactions or a premium subscription model.

It feels free from your perspective but there are a chunk of users paying for the servers under the Pareto principle.

Auster, (edited ) in No-Bullshit Games

(Translated copypasta from the Portuguese community, yeah, but since not many English speakers understand Portuguese, worth doing)

Dunno the site, but one thing I do is to go to a site known as "AppSales" and to hide whatever titles I find with MTX with Ublock Origin filters. The process is a chore, but at least, each title needs to be hidden once and only once.

And sure, this is considering that the person uses only Google Play. I, for one, prefer to seek games in stores like Humble Bundle (owned by IGN), Itchio, and so on.

Knusper, in Naev – open-source game about space exploration, trade and combat

Well, someone had to do it: lemmy.ml/post/8484375

Ghostlight, in I hope you enjoy ads we have to make our $69B back

Laughs in Battlebit Remastered

Duamerthrax, in Get gud

The study for anyone interested.

There’s a bunch of articles written about the study. As much of a shitshow as you’d expect.

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