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انضم Ekim 2020
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@TKsMantis Good on you man. Quit smoking and weed too. It's terrible for you. iirc the last stream I watched a year or so ago you were playing Starfield and smoking more than Bob Marley so give your lungs a rest. It will make working out easier that's for sure.
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TKs-Mantis@TKsMantis·
This Monday is a turning point for me. I'm tired of feeling tired, overweight, and stressed. I’m cutting back on sugar and sodium, going to the gym a few times a week, and refusing to let things affect me unless they're directly relevant. It's time for a change.
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@billy4389 @TW0HEADEDBEAST It's a terrible business practice. What's the point in having users that don't spend any money? They're just using up resources and costing Epic money. It's like people who try to buy friends, it never works. As soon as the flow of free things stop these people disappear.
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Necksplitter, Dark Knight@TW0HEADEDBEAST·
it's funny how Valve spanked an actual Rothschild in court and then all of a sudden a bunch of these weird spurious lawsuits popped up it's bullshit btw they're not a monopoly and 30% cut is quite literally industry standard you pay that to sell on Nintendo/Sony/Xbox consoles
‎Gabe Follower@gabefollower

Valve has been hit by yet another class action lawsuit in the Netherlands, this time from Consumer Competition Claims (CCC). The CCC claims that Valve holds a dominant position in the market, estimated at around 85%, and is breaching competition law through so-called "Most Favoured Nation" clauses. They argue that Valve’s 30 percent cut on all game sales is too high and reflects monopolistic behaviour. Dutch consumers have suffered total damages of more than €220 million. Source: GameClaim

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Tanker@LostTanker·
@DestinedHex Let's face it, 4 games every 15 years isn't much of an improvment. Especially considering 2 of those 4 didn't do so well. Brings the time for Microsoft to recoup their investment down to 25 years. Such poor performance isn't what you'd expect from a studio with such great IPs.
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Hex@DestinedHex·
@LostTanker 1 every 15 years is a bit disingenuous. Fallout TECHNICALLY had a new game shortly after 4, regardless of genre and quality; and Starfield didn't have a clean production iirc. So that's 4 games per 15 years. A prioritized Fallout and ES probably eliminates 76's and Starfield's
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@PapaPorkus @Creetosis22 At this point what would NV2 even look like after they completely wrecked any semblance of lore on the east coast? Where could they go with the story? Basically just need to retcon the show and be done with it because it's too problematic. Does more harm than good
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Wackus Tobaccus Maximus@PapaPorkus·
@Creetosis22 Well Bethesda is full steam ahead on TES VI ostensibly, could leave room for Obsidian (whose current projects are unknown) to make NV2. Sawyer and Gonzalez are both employed and working on unknown projects
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@becker_ebg @TKsMantis No, 10 years is obviously too long. But, I know for a fact when these CEOs ask for fast tracked progress it usually ends badly. No matter how good you are you're not gonna turn a studio that releases a game every 10 years into one that releases one every 3 just by saying so.
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becker suave@becker_ebg·
@LostTanker @TKsMantis U call “rushing” to games being developed for more than 10 years and whatever the time they take from here on out?
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@Its_Jabo With the release cadence of Bethesda games being 1 every ~15 years and the revenue from their best performing titles is like 1.4 billion. So it would take over 50 years for Microsoft to recoup their 7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax with Bethesda's current performance.
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@Its_Jabo Could be bad. You don't rush developing games like the Elder Scrolls. If they fuck up their next release Bethesda will be in deep shit. Will be fine as long as they mean their going to shelve Starfield and just move on to ES6 and Fallout 5 and don't rush it and take short cuts
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@yobson8 @TW0HEADEDBEAST I didn't refute your initial claim that Valve forces devs to have price parity across platforms because the other guy who responded to your comment already did. Valve don't force parity for pricing on other stores. Only steam key sales.
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@yobson8 @TW0HEADEDBEAST They're selling games and operating the EGS at what is essentially below average variable cost but it's difficult to prove/quantify legaly since as far as the law is concerned the cost of digital game publishing is basically zero.
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@yobson8 @TW0HEADEDBEAST Purposely operating at a loss and selling at unrecoupable prices and suing competitors who don't to drive down their market share is also an anti competitive strategy. It's called predatory pricing and it's exactly what Epic is doing.
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@TW0HEADEDBEAST Epic is just seething that they've completely squandered the opportunity at a successful game store. Their userbase has grown ~180% since they opened up shop and their sale of 3rd party games has only increased by 1.6%. Killed their own sales with all the free games they give.
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@TW0HEADEDBEAST It's such an insane expectation for Valve to ditch the industry standard 30% sales commission to match the Epic Games Store's 12%. Especially considering the Epic Games Store hasn't even turned a profit yet in the 7.5 years they've been operating.
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@madis259 Having little details like this isn't necessarily a bad thing. They can be complementary to a great game and increase immersion. Though, when the details become the focal point of the game to the detriment of the story and gameplay then it becomes a problem.
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@JuiceHead33 It's immaterial. Console is slowly dying as a platform. 600mil users, 2% annual growth. PC on the other hand has 900mil users (well over a billion if you count Chinese players) 10% annual growth. Even with sky high hardware prices PC is still somehow outperforming console gaming
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JuiceHead@JuiceHead33·
Did Xbox not already lose multiple console generations while releasing exclusive games…?
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@Fallout If/When the Elder Scrolls 6 comes out it's gonna suck if the content in fallout 76 is any measure of modern Bethesda's ability to make games.
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Fallout@Fallout·
Activate P.R.O.T.E.C.T. Protocol. Are you up to the challenge? #Fallout76
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@ItzYaboiiJoe @gabefollower wouldn't be surprised if he's the one bankrolling all the lawfare we've seen against valve recently
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JoeJoe@ItzYaboiiJoe·
@gabefollower Tim Sweeney righting up another comment about this right now
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‎Gabe Follower@gabefollower·
Another day, another lawsuit against Valve. A new class action lawsuit filed in Washington court by two gamers, who claim that Microsoft is in cahoots with Valve to push anticompetitive practices. "If Microsoft lowers the price of one of its own games for distribution on its own platform, it must also lower the price it offers that product for sale on Steam's platform." "Microsoft and Valve are partners in a cartel over the market for PC game distribution, by choosing to collude rather than compete, Microsoft deprived consumers of the benefits of competition: lower prices, increased output, unique content selection, and higher quality. Consumers were overcharged on their PC game purchases as a result of these anticompetitive practices." Via Aftermath.
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@stonminer @Pirat_Nation Windows 11 version built for this chip has an x86 compatibility layer. Going forwards though, what are developers going to prioritize? Making native arm software or just sticking with bigger x86 platform using the compatibility layer and nullifying any of the benefits of arm.
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stonminer@stonminer·
@Pirat_Nation >arm cpu Good luck trying to port 50 years of software away from x86 and to this architecture. I assume it will be popular for a month then flop. Still it's not a revolutionary concept to put a GPU inside a CPU,it has existed for over a decade now.
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Pirat_Nation 🔴@Pirat_Nation·
NVIDIA has announced RTX Spark, a new chip for Windows PCs that combines the CPU, RTX graphics, AI hardware, and memory into a single package. The company says RTX Spark can run modern games at 1440p and over 100 FPS in thin and lightweight laptops. >It is an ARM-based chip that combines a GPU with performance similar to the RTX 5070. >The processor includes a 20-core Grace CPU and 128 GB of unified memory. >It delivers strong gaming performance, offering around 100 FPS at 1440p in modern titles like 007 First Light and Forza Horizon 6. >The chip maintains good performance even on battery power in Windows laptops. >It also features advanced AI capabilities. >The RTX Spark is designed for both laptops and desktops. >It is scheduled to launch in Fall 2026 as a joint effort between NVIDIA and Microsoft.
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@BethesdaStudios With the PS5's FreeBSD OS and XBOX's Windows NT OS both systems support and heavily utilize containerized instances for games to run in. Why can't virtualisation be used to allow the use of scripts while protecting the security of the console? VM escape? Yeah right.
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Tanker@LostTanker·
@BethesdaStudios It's not a lack of storage space that's holding back console modding. It's the unwillingness of Microsoft and Sony to allow the use of custom scripts in conjunction with your games.
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Bethesda Game Studios@BethesdaStudios·
With the increased console storage space, we're excited to see creators bringing more ambitious Fallout 4 experiences to players. 🎮
Windows Central Gaming@WinC_Gaming

Thanks to Bethesda's recent mod storage increase update for Fallout 4, one of the RPG's biggest and best new mods has been made available on Xbox! 🙌 It's basically a whole new DLC-sized experience for the game with tons of custom content. 👀 windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/on…

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