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Mortiel

@Mortiel

Games Industry Consumer Advocacy and Commentary | Systems Engineer | Proud Dad X2 | Rothbardian

United States 가입일 Mart 2010
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Mortiel
Mortiel@Mortiel·
Remember that rationality is easily teachable whereas irrationality is easily manipulated. Would you rather learn and grow into your own self-sufficient individual? Or be used by others and discarded like worthless pawn? Pause, take a breath, and be 10% more rational each day.
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Mortiel@Mortiel·
@TwoYelling I used to think it was just hubris and poor market research that led to releasing the Epic Store so bereft of basic features (like a shopping cart), but now I think the Epic Store was made entirely so Tim could blame it's failure on the sTeAm MoNoPoLy and push for legislation.
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TwoCatsYelling
TwoCatsYelling@TwoYelling·
@Mortiel Well, I was speaking facetiously... and more from the angle that Steam is an example of how to do it right... but he seems allergic to learning anything that he could integrate into the Game Store.
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Mortiel@Mortiel·
Funny he mentions this, since some people do, in fact, make purchasing decisions based on the public political disclosures of companies. And Steam actually empowers this with user-created curator lists. But Timmy wouldn't know about tools to empower consumers, only publishers.
Tim Sweeney@TimSweeneyEpic

@DesignLvLUp If AI were politics, which I don’t for a moment believe, then you are seeking a political disclosure. You might as well ask Steam to demand developers make political party disclosures or position disclosures on whatever social issues you advocate for; it would be the same.

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Mortiel@Mortiel·
@TwoYelling I would guarantee he knows intimately all the features of Steam... So he could find the next angle for the lawyers to sue. He's a heartbeat away from having the government influence to get legislation passed to ban all the pro-consumer features of Steam, at least in the EU/UK.
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TwoCatsYelling
TwoCatsYelling@TwoYelling·
@Mortiel I doubt he even knows Steam gives customers that ability.
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Mortiel@Mortiel·
@g0ldenstealth @AChevyWolf Micron did, yeah. And I think it's short-sighted. Sure, maybe commit 80% capacity to datacenters because that's where demand is at, but shutting down Crucial entirely will certainly bite them in the ass once the AI bubble bursts.
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goldenstealth
goldenstealth@g0ldenstealth·
@Mortiel @AChevyWolf while i agree with the artificial scarcity in the past, even if they ramp up production, they are still deciding to make HBMs over consumer ram
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Mortiel@Mortiel·
@deepwerkshr @AChevyWolf People see corps adopt AI then lay off employees. And it's fair for them to think AI caused it. Except, the layoffs are the result of over-hiring over the past decade, itself caused by artificially low interest rates making venture capital financing cheap. (I'm oversimplifying)
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Metatron
Metatron@pureMetatron·
What's your favorite martial art? I'll go first. Kyokushin Karate.
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Mortiel@Mortiel·
@Usmjn_ If you are just coming from console to PC, I recommend really exploring the genres rarely available to consoles, such as strategy/4X or sim games. Stellaris & Total War are well known (with $$$ DLC, only buy the minimum and wait for sales). Rimworld & Frostpunk are also good.
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usmjn@Usmjn_·
My steam library as of now
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Mortiel@Mortiel·
@evileboxyboo @RyozuK It has no place in gaming, period. No other entertainment media forces us to specific hardware, although I'm sure Sony has considered it... Imagine having to buy a Sony TV to watch the Venom movies (produced by Sony Pictures). Yet somehow it's just accepted with video games?
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EvilBoxyBoo
EvilBoxyBoo@evileboxyboo·
@Mortiel @RyozuK And exclusivity is extremely anticonsumer and has no place in the free PC space.
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Mortiel@Mortiel·
Any transparency disclosure is merely a tool for consumers to optionally choose when considering a purchase. More info is always better to me. Timmy here doesn't understand that it's not for him to decide what info consumers find valuable when buying, hence why EGS is failing.
Tim Sweeney@TimSweeneyEpic

@TheOtherFrost Food lists ingredients because they directly affect the buyer; people have allergies and dietary sensitivities. AI development tools aren’t comparable; AI opposition is a political movement and Steam AI disclosures are political signals like ESG disclosures.

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Mortiel@Mortiel·
@PCMR_Elitist I have an HTPC (Corsair i200) set up with Win10 LTSC in a multi-app kiosk config that auto-launches Steam in Big Picture that I'll probably test with SteamOS.
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𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥
𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥@PCMR_Elitist·
So, who's all planning to switch to SteamOS and leave Windows behind?
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Mortiel@Mortiel·
@evileboxyboo @RyozuK It's a calculus... 88% of the revenue from a tenth the sales really isn't sustainable, which is why Epic pays developers for exclusivity; It's to compensate them for the sales they would have gotten on Steam.
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EvilBoxyBoo
EvilBoxyBoo@evileboxyboo·
@RyozuK @Mortiel That is patently false. Epic'a customers are dumb developers* tricked by cheap "le lower taxes" populism. The good devs understand that the 30% steam cut is more than fair
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Mortiel@Mortiel·
@evileboxyboo The store still exists and is currently losing money, so it is failing. That's not saying it wasn't a failure in the past, but that it's in a continual state of failure. Tim even argued with me calling it a loss leader when it first launched, pretending it wasn't losing money.
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EvilBoxyBoo
EvilBoxyBoo@evileboxyboo·
@Mortiel "is" failing? its been a failure since the beginning
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Ryozu Kojima
Ryozu Kojima@RyozuK·
@Mortiel As someone so succinctly put: Steam's customers are the game players. Epic's customers are the game developers.
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Mortiel@Mortiel·
If enough customers wanted to know the astrological signs of the 7th credited developer on the project to decide if they want the game, then it's smart to disclose that... Unless you know that info will lead to less sales, which is exactly the case with an AI disclosure and UE6.
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Mortiel@Mortiel·
@Smeggman32 As someone that uses AI in scripting and programming, I can say that you won't find too many engineers like me that hate it given how much it speeds up work, even if just using AI code completion (which is just auto-complete of your own code).
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Dr. Smeggman
Dr. Smeggman@Smeggman32·
The thing about AI in games is that 99% of people are hypocrites. They only care if AI was used for asset creation. They don't care if it's on the programming side.
Pirat_Nation 🔴@Pirat_Nation

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has called Valve’s AI disclosure policy on Steam “irresponsible,” arguing that forcing developers to label games using AI could unfairly target smaller studios. Sweeney believes AI will soon be a normal part of game development, so requiring developers to label games that use AI “makes no sense.” "I think it's really irresponsible of Valve. They shouldn't do it, because it makes it much, much, much harder for a game developer to have a chance of success. You have to choose from either not using tools that can make you way more productive, and probably failing due to competition that does." He also warned that these labels could make it easier for people to review-bomb games, especially those made by smaller studios.

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