Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

When you accidentally keep coding until 2AM because you’re ‘in the zone’ but you’re back up at 8AM...

Another bit of 'surprising to no one' news on Stadia.

Despite Google (and iD, to be fair) promising otherwise - Doom Eternal will not be running native 4K on Stadia; which is of course a bit hilarious - but also yet another gaming industry BS story.

@KALofKRYPTON Hmm how long before the whole endeavour gets cancelled do you reckon?

@Rudy_Manchego Honestly, I can't decide whether the announcement, launch and business model for Stadia was a series of miscommunications along the way, actual deceit or just blind ineptitude. The tech is alright; it does work, and it could have been welcomed with open arms in as right-on and happy-clappy way as Google could've dreamed of. If they hadn't overhyped.

I feel like they'll keep on trying to save face for as long as possible, but there's one YouTuber who tried to estimate their install base, and it ain't big - and not getting any bigger either despite them trying to give Stadia away.

@KALofKRYPTON I agree - I was one of the few people that thought the idea was sound and if Google could make it appealing, it might work well with casual gamers who don't want to worry about expensive console generations etc.

I feel the core issue is that they couldn't get the games lineup. I accept that it is hard for a newbie to bring in lots of exclusives so if they couldn't, they need to bring in another incentive. If it had been cheaper to get third party games on their service or had a really decent subscription model then I think it could have turned heads. Launching with games that were more expensive than you could get on other platforms, that you don't physically own and depend on the success of the console, and only older games at that was not a good move.

I mean, months after launch there are still very few games on there. Imagine if they teamed up with EA for a Fifa promotion or even COD or something. Never mind.

@Rudy_Manchego The business model is what's done for them. It's too expensive and only comes across as incredibly greedy; and unfortunately in a business where the incredibly greedy (EA for example) have had years to ingrain themselves and access to billion dollar franchises year in, year out - greedy and 'new' isn't really the best combination.

Add that that the system is, for some - volatile in operation and much touted features aren't present...

They should have gone simple. Simple and cheap. Even with a library of say, mostly 7th gen games - a Netflix style service would be welcomed.

Who here thinks ps5 is going to get delayed to 2021 as we seen you do not have to launch around November the switch and 3ds did not

@andrew20 That would be disappointing, but I don't think it's going to happen as I believe they are quite keen to get it out to the public.

I went to a seminar on Carl Jung today, found it very insightful and interesting. Any fellow jungians on here?

@RogerRoger Yes! What do you think about the archetype of the "wise old man" have you read much about that? Our inner sage who directs us towards the best course of action, examples in the media are Obi Wan Kenobi and Gandalf.

@RogerRoger Yes that inner Alec Guinness can be male or female, perhaps neither or not necessarily even a human being, as we discovered from a visualization exercises where we each encountered this Jungian self. It was a broad introduction to Jung, not many people attended though, for obvious reasons.

@KratosMD I can’t stand how games on game pass change though. I’d much rather own a game than have it leave while I’m playing it. And I get what you mean about spending money, but I think that having some discipline and finishing games (easier said than done) is a good solution.
Gamepass also isn’t sustainable for the future of games. You can’t have a bunch of Sony first party quality releases on that budget. Games are gonna start to suffer or the savings will disappear with a very risky model taking precedence. I personally think gaming is much safer and better without too much stuff like game pass. It would give niche games like JRPGs the shaft as well I feel like if they model precedence as well.
I do get where you’re coming from with the money though.

@KratosMD Honestly, I have both Now and Game Pass PC and I’ve been loving it. Game Pass PC is steadily getting better and Now has some great games I missed out on last gen, as well as big games like God of War (although that left Now when I had about 30 minutes until the platinum).

@KratosMD My main concern with services like games pass is that I like to play games whatever I'm in the mood for. I would hate having to rush through a game because it goes off the service shortly. But that is just me, it sounds like it suits you for your current situation.

And with the digital stuff, I have been buying more this gen as I have more disposable income so do not need to scrimp and save by playing the trade game. I have no interest in keeping games cases just for show. I always remember I moved properties a few times in one year, and having to pack and unpack all those music, films and games was a massive ball ache.

@KratosMD Especially when you consider the alternative of having most of your media on a few devices. I wish that was more readily available back then, sure would have saved a whole lot of time and effort.

I mean, a few bins of games isn't that bad. I like having my physical collection. I mean games in their cases are one of the easiest things to pack and store I would imagine. If move every month maybe, but otherwise I just see it as a good thing.

Question for y’all, does anyone have any recommendations on Bluetooth headphones that will work cross platform? Ideally on PS4, Xbox and maybe switch? Being at home has meant my sharing more space and having a free pick and activate mic would be great.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Happy Anniversary! I saw in the Music Thread that you're into metal. Do you like Meshuggah? I think they're awesome! Chaosphere is my favourite album by them.

@Rudy_Manchego I don't think PS4 supports bluetooth headphones natively.

I'd just go for your preferred set and get a 3.5mm to bluetooth adapter. Then you could get audio from the TV's 3.5mm jack or the Dualshock 4.

There are adapters for Switch in handheld mode too.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Happy Anniversary Foxy!