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@MattBoothDev I think you are confusing cost with the price. Cost of developing, producing, shipping and supporting is very important, of course, but the price point is where the product's success is determined. So far it seems they hit the nail on the head. If it costs so little for Sony, all the better for them.

@ShogunRok That's expected if you think of a fact that Microsoft release all the games for Windows anyway, removing the need for many people to by a dedicated console.

@MattBoothDev Costs 200 not just to make, but to advertise, distribute around the world and to service.

@Darth_Stofi Bluetooth adds lag, and there's no way around it. Good for music, bad for gaming.

@Rioichi Thanks, I googled that. I've been following Blow for years on Twitch (due to being myself a software developer), and I was curious what's the problem people have with him. I remember him professing those views on politics and COVID. It didn't stop me from following him because he didn't put his views as "the truth", but rather as an opinion.

In my opinion the guy is a great game designer and even better software engineer. I'm in for Braid, because I didn't;t play it first time, and it is a known to be a good game.

I'm just said Luke Smith wasn't fired.

That phenomenon - breaking even during preorder - is anything but new. It led to change in game design and development strategy and incentivised publishers to move money from development to marketing.

That's why I don't preorder. If I'm going to buy anyway, I do that on day one. The stock will not run out.

@xDD90x Hmm weird, I think it's not the case on macOS.

@IronMike That's rather inexpensive for planar magnetics

@themightyant If you need another lossless audio adapter for your phone or laptop, I think.

@AaronBayne How long the campaign is?

@Fyz306903 1. Similar tactics works for Apple very well.

@AdamNovice SIE is not a fan driven business. With size like that they need to reach out far beyond their core fanbase. Loyal as they may be they can't sustain the company.

@HonestHick Game developers then will just bump resolution to keep providing you with that 30 FPS cinematic experience on your shiny new PS5 Pro

@KidRisky There were too many cases of drift for relatively new controllers. I don't think everyone suddenly decided to hammer their controllers or to just outright lie. I've been through drift and fixed it with cleaning, so I believe that's the actual reason: some dusty residue from manufacturing process left inside.

Just clean the contacts with non-conducting contact cleaner. I had drift in my original dual sense I got with the console on the release, cleaned it thoroughly and the drift is gone. Never drifted again, still use it.

@BacklogBrad Most likely Apple already approached them directly about that possibility.

@TrickyDicky99 The difference is Xbox games are available on Windows on day 1.

@Darth_Stofi You don't want their business to thrive so they could continue making even better games?

Now I get where Sony picked up those planar magnetic drivers in newly announced headsets...

@ShogunRok I'd say the projects need quite a lot of time in development still. But the studio is running out of money, hence the attempt to reduce the spending in hopes that reorganisation will compensate for the loss.

@Styledvinny79 The difference is sound quality. Planar magnetic drives make sound very detailed, as they do not suffer from the distortion inherent to any dynamic drives.

Planar magnetic headphones and buds for that price? With lossless support?! I mean, I do own a couple of Audeze headsets for gaming, but I think of getting those too just because It's too good to be true 😊

Hmmm the visual style seems off to me compared to the first two games. I'll wait and see.

@tselliot If a game makes you grind to have fun then the money you paid for it are already wasted. It should've been free to play.

@Triumph741 The problem is free to play economy, namely game design driven by exploitative monetisation.

@djlard Integrated batteries won't go away. The batteries need to be "easily replaceable by the user" which expanded as not glued to the body and not requiring special tools to replace.

I don't know if I would purchase it. This is indeed my type of game. However, some time ago knowing that this is a Microsoft exclusive I watched several YouTube videos about the story, different phases of the game, etc. Obviously, all spoiler heavy.

Now I doubt there's a reason to play a game which is light on gameplay and heavy on the story arc, when you know the story already.

@Ken_Kaniff If it's not free then there will be no reason playing it. Fans of that kind of games expect their games be free to play.

@4kgk2 It's not about every game. There are very few decent single player shooters on PlayStation. It could have been another one, but now it won't. It's a missed opportunity.

@Synthatron_Prime Sorry, I spoke too soon! Later in the game I saw pretty significant drops, with fire in the castle. So yeah, those drops are quite noticeable, and I hope they will be fixed.

@Uromastryx Games about grinding are not about fun

@KundaliniRising333 It's so weird. I haven't noticed any motion blur, or ghosting. I also haven't noticed any frame drops, but maybe VRR helps or I haven't travel far enough in the demo.

@Ocat They will not get Xbox once the news that Starfield only supports 30 FPS on Microsoft's consoles reach them. They will keep their PS5s and get a gaming PC.

I voted "it's not for me" but it's not the exact answer. I would like to play the game, but I'm boycotting Blizzard since their behaviour towards a player who demonstrated his support for Hong Kong freedom movement. Then Blizzard put forth several lies, explaining how they ban all political content and how it wasn't big of a deal.

Until the company comes clean in that regard I won't pay a single cent to them.

it may sound "naive" or "immature", but I'm none of those things. I have first hands experience with a dictatorship and despise every entity that suppresses people who's against this.

From the store owner perspective streaming games from your hardware is much less profitable than selling or renting out games to players to run on their own hardware. Because of that I predict it will remain a niche forever.

Whatever they are doing for the sake of sanity and common sense I hope they will not make employee bonuses dependent on Metacritic score.

Looking forward to your review! Potential buy 😊

@Impossibilium I think you are conflating two different things. It is possible to support trans people and be vocal against harassment directed at JK Rowling at the same time.

@thefourfoldroot1 Corporations have no morals. They are money making machines that differ in their mode of operation.

I would call Microsoft's mode "ruthless". Microsoft is not very suited to operating outside of monopoly bounds, and as such they try to establish one at all cost.

I for one would love episodic games, where content is designed with such care. I still believe episodic games can work; a publisher has to find the right price / hours of fun balance.

Most likely it's a security fix.

Never played a Yakuza game, but want to get into action. I don't feel like I want to go through all of them, but I don't want to miss good ones either, so which one should I start with, and which ones should I pick next?

@Kanji-Tatsumi Technical category had pretty weak competition

@trev666 Not so for me. That's why I stick with PushSquare. Their review scores match my own opinion pretty well.

@JB_Whiting I think the developers relocated to Cyprus.

@LiamCroft Fair play. But nothing will. When the game came out me and my clan were eager to have fun, as we had in Destiny 1. You can guess what happened next.

I gave this game every chance I could. Played for almost a year when everyone left it. Returned when they "fixed everything" and the game was in a "best" state ever according to some gullible gamers. No. The broken game design, destroyed game mechanics, and clear consequences of movement into "free to play" territory killed the franchise.

They can release the best trailer in the world. But D2 still won't hold candle to D1 year 1.

@Ralizah I don't think many trans activists are on a crusade. Some are. But the most vocal voices are from, how to put it politely, different kind of people.

@StylesT It is good for consumers in the short term. In the long term the games will degrade to remain profitable on subscription.

@Widey85 I think they are rising price because that ensures console sales profitability. When you can reliably make consoles for profit, you loosen dependency on game sales.