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Edward Wang

@bitcloudrzr

Toronto Katılım Ağustos 2009
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Edward Wang
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@BattleNonSense @theshooter_44 The fact remains that 94% of disc based games can be fully playable offline, and 73% of games never need to be connected which is a big positive. This could change in the future and future generations, but the large majority do not have drm and not just the equivalent to cdkeys.
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Battle(non)sense | Chris
Battle(non)sense | Chris@BattleNonSense·
@bitcloudrzr @theshooter_44 Look at the trend. It gets more common that games won't run without online activation (DRM) and/or a patch. There is no reason to assume GTA6 (the biggest game ever to release!) will not use online DRM, or require to download a portion of the game to run.
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Battle(non)sense | Chris
Battle(non)sense | Chris@BattleNonSense·
As a PC gamer who's been digital only for 15 years, I dont understand the outrage over #GTA6 not shipping on a disc. - You still have to download a huge day1 patch - it (usually) does not need less storage - and (most) physical games you could not lend or resell for years
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Battle(non)sense | Chris
Battle(non)sense | Chris@BattleNonSense·
@theshooter_44 You should try and disconnect your XBOX/PS from the internet and then install a game from disc. You will find out that online activation/account linking and day1 patches are in many cases mandatory. After that you (might) play offline, just like you can with digital distribution.
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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@BattleNonSense Having aggressive vs defensive play be something like a 50/50 chance of winning the engagement is good. I would not want the movement to be any slower, or have features taken away from where it is now. 2/2
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Battle(non)sense | Chris
Battle(non)sense | Chris@BattleNonSense·
Current movement is "severely penalized"? I really wonder what kind of movement you guys want to see in Battlefield. Please, provide examples from other games for reference. Also, why should we limit our discussions to "the biggest" issues? How does that help? 🤔
Jelmar@Jelmar

@BattleNonSense @Battlefield Current movement, while severely penalized, isn't even the main issue in BF6 rn. I think even movement enjoyers would agree with that. For some reason it's the anti-movement ppl that keep bringing it up. Biggest issues with BF6 are ttk, spread, netcode, maps, etc.

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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@BattleNonSense Sliding when introduced in 1 was fine after the first nerf, added movement features without going overboard. Currently playing more defensive (I still use slide aggressively but do not jump shoot) is much more beneficial to ads accuracy and sway. 1/2
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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@BattleNonSense If you look at sample size engagement on consoles, it is still very high, for example sixth on PSN. Also the 12th best selling game on US PSN before the holiday sale kicks in. The game clearly has continued momentum even with the drop on Steam.
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Battle(non)sense | Chris@BattleNonSense·
Just because it was the best selling, does not mean it was the best. Look at how fast the active playernumbers droped and the overal sentiment change with S1 #BF6 reception had help by these factors: -return to modern era after 12 years -CoD fatigue -BF2042 trainwreck -GTA delay
TacticalBrit@TheTacticalBrit

Battlefield 6 and REDSEC undoubtedly need time to grow, polish and add content. But if you read the discourse online by some people they'd have you think it wasn't *checks notes* the BEST selling FPS in the last 3 years. I know there's lots of new people in the space, but Battlefield is defined by it's year 1, 2 and 3. Not it's month 3 😅 Am I content with the current package? No. But like, I wasn't born last week, I saw the life cycles for 3/4/Hardline etc. We're just getting started.

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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@BattleNonSense @_jjju_ Ideally every season should have one more infantry focused map (Empire, Siege, Iberian, Manhattan), and one vehicle focused.
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Battle(non)sense | Chris@BattleNonSense·
@_jjju_ The game is currently serving Infantry fans well, for players like myselfe who want Combined Arms Combat (CQ) the game proves exactly 2 maps and the design of CAC is in a very poor state compared to BF4/1/V. Inaction on issues like laser designator does not instill hope.
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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@JaqubAjmal Again I also understand your perspective coming from within the industry. So your skepticism is not lost on me either. 2/2
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@JaqubAjmal I have followed them back when they were called NPD, and have given no reason to disbelieve that they receive all information directly from publishers. There has been a lot of discussion about them and GSD over the years and their legitimacy. 1/2
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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@JaqubAjmal contact him on Bluesky as he seems open to responding about some things. 2/2
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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@JaqubAjmal Yes, it is why Circana only ranked by revenue and you do not get exact revenue or units, same for the consoles. Mat Piscatella does go into some details like how BF6 has been performing in the US. Honestly if you are interested in more, you could always 1/2
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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@JaqubAjmal It is too bad that we did not talk about this when Gamstat was operation, their api scraping of PSN was extremely accurate. Almost as good as what you can get from SteamDB at the time, but unfortunately the owner did not want to continue after 2021. 2/2
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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@JaqubAjmal The engagement data from True Trophies is, "over three million accounts from PSN" provided by Game Trends which does the api scraping. They have it behind a pay wall though so it is difficult to see that data, although Sony does do a monthly ranking of most downloaded. 1/2
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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@JaqubAjmal numbers to Circana which is why AC Shadows is not on the chart, and Nexon does not share which is why Arc is missing. They are only allowed to show revenue rankings as well, and not show exact numbers for each. If they say BF6 is number one, no reason to doubt from my side. 2/2
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@JaqubAjmal I think we have to split the conversation in two parts: Circana and GSD are long running and are given data by publishers, I do not think there is any doubt for those organizations when EA, Sony, MS (Beth/Acti), and so on provide information. For example Ubi stopped giving 1/2
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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@JaqubAjmal As for the PSN/XBL engagement data, you can scrape the api as a site called Gamstat used to do it years ago. Right now there is a much more limited sample from Truetrophies, which gets their data from Game Trends doing something similar. 2/2
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Edward Wang@bitcloudrzr·
@JaqubAjmal If you are talking about Circana, all of their data comes directly from publishers and have been giving monthly information for decades, used to be under the name NPD. I really cannot give you anything else, but you can talk to Mat Piscatella from there on Bluesky. 1/2
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