Ryu_Niiyama

Ryu_Niiyama

Astrophysics. Perfume. Taiko. =Life

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Re: Soapbox: This Is Why Physical Games Are Still Important to Me

Ryu_Niiyama

The older I get and the more unaffordable the housing market becomes, the less interested in amassing a horde of stuff I become. When your housing situation is temporary (even if you stay for a few years) you have to be ready to move and that has a cost. Movers, maintaining an apartment deposit (as you usually want to have your next apartment lined up before you move out) storage unit rental and just the time sink of re-setting up a place every time you move is exhausting.

Plus depending on where you can afford to live, it is anxiety inducing having tons of high value items. At this rate i will be in my 50’s before I can afford a house and I will be heading towards declutter/prep for retirement phase. Plus if you play a lot of games finding that sweet spot between a great discount and before it becomes hard/expensive to procure means that digital is usually available longer with a price cap. How many second hand games sell for hundreds? Not worth it anymore.

I just wanna play games. You can’t take it with you in the end and age means you have a time limit before you have to exit the hobby anyway. Digital gives me just as much access. I have easy access to hundreds of games on my Nintendo Switch and I don’t have to change cartridges. PC has done just fine all digital.

Re: Final Fantasy 7 Fans' Overt Sexualisation Can 'Ruin Great Story Development', Says Cloud Actor

Ryu_Niiyama

People really do take fandom too far. They become obsessive, many violent or they sexualize characters/objects that were not intended to be viewed in such a way. It one of the reasons companies have to be so vigilant over IP because people take things too far. And that’s before they get to attacking/obsessing over the creators or actors/models involved. Way too many people with no chill ruin the experience for everyone.

Re: PlayStation Reveals Most Played Games of 2023 by Region, Is Basically a Waste of Time

Ryu_Niiyama

People have got to understand, the majority of people that own consoles only play a small subset of games. Software attach rate is usually fairly low in comparison to the total library of a system. And live service drives it lower as you can just play one game until the ens of life of a system. That is partly why devs that need a lot of money have shrunk their output to known sellers (with publisher push) and partly why companies are obsessed with micro transactions. They don’t make that money back otherwise. This list doesn’t surprise me at all.

Re: GTA 6 Hacker Ruled a High Risk to the Public, Sentenced to Life in Hospital

Ryu_Niiyama

Considering the fact that he can access consumer and employee information and he is unwilling to stop being a criminal I say the punishment is apt. I think he deserves jail (especially for the violent crimes) but at least he can’t disrupt the lives of anyone else. Hacking has a real cost and impact. It isn’t some minor thing. People’s lives and livelihoods are impacted when someone thinks they are having fun in the matrix.

Re: Is the PS5 Getting a Spider-Verse Game? Fans Think So

Ryu_Niiyama

@LifeGirl You haven't read the comics in a REALLY long time huh? MJ has even been Spiderwoman (with no powered Peter Parker) a few times. I know you miss 1962, but things have changed...a lot. Granted if you are stuck in the 60's it does mean you didn't have to read Pete sell his marriage to Mephisto (and his Daughter as she was going to be Mephisto's downfall) because he just can't let Aunt May stay dead...again.

Re: Is the PS5 Getting a Spider-Verse Game? Fans Think So

Ryu_Niiyama

If it does I hope I can play as Jessica Drew. Motorcycle Spiderwoman sounds amazing for gameplay. Actually they can bring out a ton of the spider totems that get overlooked gaming wise....Silk, Julia Carpenter (I'd like her pre Madame Webb), Spiderling, Exiles MJ, BRING BACK MAYDAY Parker...there are a lot of Spider people to pull from.

Re: 'Florida Joker' Would Like a Word Regarding That GTA 6 Reveal Trailer

Ryu_Niiyama

@Spider-Kev plenty of work from home/non customer facing jobs. His only barrier to working is himself. My mother did vocational rehabilitation for 50 years… someone will hire him so long as he has reliable transportation and isn’t a danger (uncontrollable) to others. Looking like a DC reject isn’t an excuse. Also there is makeup.

Re: Talking Point: As PS5 Turns 3, How Are You Feeling About It?

Ryu_Niiyama

I’m mostly using it to play PS4 games as I skipped the Pro and only have like 7 PS5 games. Overall it’s been underwhelming but that isn’t a bad thing. Lets me focus on the backlog or picking up old games I didn’t realize I was missing. This is probably my last PlayStation for a while. As my PS5 library looks like it will be really small (if I hit 40 games I will be surprised… I have never had such an issue getting to 10 games before this gen) so not a good ROI.

Switch has more games I want to play, gamepass gets me a huge library to cover whatever doesn’t end up on Switch (or demo if it does), so PS is mostly exclusives or if a game got ported so badly to switch (and not on xbox) that I throw up my hands and buy it there. Still a functional console so while indifferent I don’t dislike the console. Also lovely 4k blu ray player.

Re: Insomniac Confirms Primary Marvel's Spider-Man Moving Forward

Ryu_Niiyama

Wow you can tell how many people only read comics as children or did their absolute best to ignore the entire spiderverse. Pete hasn’t been the only Spider for DECADES. And Miles (originally from a universe where Pete is dead as a doornail mind you) has been Spiderman for over a decade. Honestly this is a long time coming. Games used to embrace comics and all their different characters. Instead of forcing the same retread a million times. Read the comics, you will be surprised how much has changed in 60 years.