[–] 1 point 19 hours ago

It's still working just fine for me. On Firefox with uBlock Origin, in case that matters. I know this setup blocks tons of reddit pop-ups and overlays.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago

    While I'm pumped for this remake, I fucking hate these "early release" launch things where people pay extra money to be the early testers.

    I'll be excited for real on the 28th.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

    Look I know it's cool to hate on Microslop, but c'mon.

    1. People are largely fine with renting when they can rent a shit ton of stuff at the same time. This is Netflix for video games, and it's actually done well (compared to whatever the fuck PS tries to do).
    2. Mods are niche. The type of person who buys a console already knows they aren't going to get mods.
    3. Game Pass has a strong track record of giving plenty of advance notice for both additions and removals from service. And they offer discounts on all games that are about to go away.
    4. See #3. This is a made up strawman issue.

    Microsoft is fucked from a business perspective, but Game Pass was a great idea and a great offering right up until they fucked themselves from a business perspective by buying Activision for an ocean of money.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    What a stupid idea on their part, if accurate.

    If you make AI slop, you have to compete with everyone else who is making AI slop. And pretty much everyone else is making AI slop with less overhead than Microsoft will EVER get down to. Shit, the new XBOX CEO probably makes more than most AI-centric devs/teams.

    The advantage of being big is that you can gain access to resources and sources that aren't available to competitors who are small. That's real voice talent, amazing designers, capital to develop and maintain your own game systems (e.g. engines). So if you're going to do small-company stuff while being big, you'll always lose to the small companies (business-wise). Guess the new CEO either doesn't realize this or doesn't want to believe it.

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