Boxmonkey

I’d love to know the percentage of successful live service games. I imagine it’s in the single digits

@spoonard the time it will take to open new fabs to meet market demand will be 5 years. 4 new fans being built in america now and 3 planned for Europe (which were put on hold because of trumps demanded America first) expect high consumer electronics for the foreseeable future.

@nessisonett agi will be the human races greatest achievement. Also its most dangerous one.

The semiconductor industry is about to boom for the next 5-10 years. I work in the industry and the scale at which the industry will ramp up is insane.

We really need to stop explaining the use of ai. In a few years 70% of a games code will be made with ai and rightly so. The 10 year game dev cycle needs to die asap and ai will make that happen.

It’s laughable that people think the Saudis are any worse than America, Europe or the Uk.

Paywalled articles can easily be opened by getting the url of the article and opening it via archive.ph

Here’s a link to article https://archive.ph/204nr

Must be planning on using lots of AI. I guess this is the upside

Why do people care? You are fighting the inevitable and wasting time and energy worrying about automation. It’s coming and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it.

Just make this turkey free to play asap.

Incredible numbers considering the state it launched in. Great game though so very well deserved

Another reason to go pc

This is my last PlayStation.

Do they still produce new Xbox’s or are they just clearing down stock? I’d imagine it’s a complete waste of time manufacturing new ones.

Must have stock they need to clear out

Shadow dropping games doesn’t equal instant success. Oblivion was always going to sell well.

I don’t think forbidden west, ragnarok or spider man 2 sold as well as the first games on PlayStation either did they? The drop off wasn’t quite so extreme but that’s because we are starved for first party games.

Isn’t the “weaker than ps5” line just fake news? Certainly seems that way considering the base ps5 hardly ever hits 60fps in 4k.

Also this machine might be priced higher than consoles but it is aimed at the many gamers that are considering leaving closed ecosystems like PlayStation because the value proposition doesn’t really exist anymore. I don’t want to be tied to PlayStation just to play 3-4 exclusives per generation (which will come to pc at a later date)

This is what arrogance gets you. EA stepped up their game this year with battlefield and arc raiders has captured the streaming community. It’s looking more and more like a bad acquisition for Microsoft.

Game development time is going to shrink back to the good old days like ps2 and ps3. You can’t complain about crunch and 10 year dev cycles but then also moan about AI taking people’s jobs.

The desperate attempt to win people over begins.

On sale! It’s almost like going back in time to 2021

Too big to fail! Oops

Every twitch steamer was playing this on Friday. I assumed it was a paid promo type thing. Wasn’t on my radar at all this one.

@Balaam_ lovely idea but let’s be real if these mobile game become a cash cow Sony will start redirecting funds away from AAA games and into mobile slop for gen z kids with the attention span of a fish.

Arc raiders isn’t a comparable situation.

With the growth of steam and of gaming in general I can definitely see this becoming a direct competitor to PlayStation. Especially with Microsoft and Sony continuing to release games on pc.

For me personally I was leaning towards pc gaming next gen anyway! Now I have an easy under the tv box I’m 100% pre ordering and leaving PlayStation.

PlayStations advertising has always been on point. Going back to the ps1 days they blew Nintendo away with marketing.

Great achievement and well deserved.
Remember though “don’t expect this type of depth in rpg games to become the norm” quote from AAA slop factory

I feel like the only reason ps5 sells so well is because people have given up on Xbox entirely. No way it would be doing that well otherwise imo.

Mobile gaming is so tough to get right. Nintendo try the pay upfront method and that doesn’t really work. Most games are free to play with horrible pay to win progression mechanics. Anyway this isn’t for me this is for the generation that Xbox are going for.

A developer that listens to the community! Refreshing

You can’t sue people for taking inspiration. If that were possible hollow knight wouldn’t exist.

Nothing for me thanks.

Seems fair! This could damage sales in other parts of the world as customers could feel unfairly ripped off. But let’s be honest most of the public don’t keep an eye on news like this.

@jvecc last time I played on pc at an office desk I was playing worms Armageddon. I will buy a pc for under the telly though next gen.

One step closer to a pc only future.

I think arc will be around for a few years yet. The art direction and gameplay is perfect. Games aren’t too long and if you do lose stuff it isn’t too punishing. As they add more machines, secrets, weapons and maps I can see this having a large audience for years.

The game looks to similar for me too get excited about. Being that I have only just finished GoT I can wait a few years before picking this up on a large sale.

They purchased them because they imagined destiny 2 would be a forever game. It’s a moronic way of thinking because there will never be more than a hand full of forever games. The live service dream is a fools dream!

No it’s over rated! I finished the game with all endings and let’s be real this game only has very limited choices. If you wanted to be evil this game it was nearly impossible.

Yeah good luck with that.

This article has misrepresented the facts of the campaign.also expecting anything positive to come from a UK government petition debate is a complete waste of time. These debates are barely attended and not once has any petition made any substantial change. European law will be what forces this issue as they actually care about consumer rights.

Who would have thought the people that buy a peripheral for portable gaming are more engaged than people that don’t. I find that shocking news

The end of consoles is coming.

Could release is September and be okay. Any closer than that and it will effect sales.

All very interesting! Now the 34 people should try suing if they believe they have a case. I’m almost certain rock* have seen the discord chat and have legally deemed the chat as breaking nda’s and confidentiality.

Can’t wait to play it (when it’s in the bargain bin)

If these people had a case they would sue instead of standing outside with a picket sign. Truth is they know this will make the news and want to cause trouble to the company that sacked them. Will make zero difference to rock* though.