Or the “writer wanted you to hate them but they’re actually likable” and it’s always John Walker who was literally given scenes with the sole intent to add nuance to the character
Layoff 1,000 employees, replace artists and some development with AI, reduce the value of both their Fortnite Subscription and of the individual battle passes by taking away some benefits/rewards, decrease the amount of v-bucks you get with a purchase
not even mentioning recent controversies around adding certain celebs/influencers/IP to Fortnite..
a lot of it relates to EPIC's own games and engine rather than the storefront so it's easy enough to ignore if you're not into Fortnite/Rocket League/Unreal
Edit: just want to add that EPIC also keeps shutting down Fortnite gamemodes, and CEO Tim Sweeney is against AI disclosure (specifically going against Steam's stance on it)
And apparently false advertising as well. Some guy posted that they still advertise 1000 V-bucks with their Fortnite subscription in every piece of marketing material even though it was reduced to 800 a month or so ago.
Exactly, it will not inly let you own it, it will let you own infinite versions concurrently. When I want to let my siblings play my old games I can just put them on a hard drive and copy paste.
Physical games can't be taken away from you as long as your console is never connected to the internet. They absolutely can prevent your physical copy from playing, especially with online services being needed even for physical copies.
I have before. I own Witcher 2 legitimately on Steam, but the official version uses SecuROM. The pirate version I ACTUALLY use has that ripped out and has a 30% performance uplift, which on the computer I played W2 on meant I actually got to 30fps. I have a copy burnt onto a DVD-R somewhere in my collection.
ETA: To those of you saying you can, what's stopping you from doing that with a digital copy?
Digital copies come with some sort of DRM in almost all cases. The same mechanics that can remove the digital copy from your library will also render your burnt digital copy useless. However a pirated copy will still function perfectly (if you burn it to a disc or not)
Sweeney wants a big centralised gaming monopoly sooooo bad. He is salivating after steam and Roblox for years now, Fortnite and UE is not enough for him.
Well to be fair Fortnite and UE have been dragging the shitshow that is Epic Store for years. Thats what allows him to throw so many exclusivity deals. If either were to fall, it would pretty much be the end.
Looks like more devs(at least the smaller studios, I dunno about AAA) are moving away from unreal. And I think less people are also playing fortnite. It used to be so loud, you couldnt go a week without hearing about that game - now though? Pretty quiet.
So I feel like he wants more while his ,,empire" slowly crumbles. Although of course I dont think its just gonna disappear overnight.
Looks like it's just for the hardware which... Honestly feels like Steam is just being included in this for the fun of it... Folks can still just not buy the new hardware and still have the same access they did before.
Literally nothing changed except for just having one more option.
Nintendo is fine, they're the last ones who still care about physical media to the biggest extent. Though the truly best distributor really might just be GOG.
While proper physical is always better, Game Card Keys and the newer "virtual game card" sharing features for family plan systems show they at least somewhat care about allowing people to have some of the benefits of physical games.
If Game Keys allowed you to load the files on your own S2 instead of relying on the eShop, it would be just as good as a physical game. Nintendo also still allows you to re-download Wii digital purchases 20 years later, same for 3DS and Wii U.
At least Nintendo makes it very obvious when it is a game key so you can make an informed purchase. There are a lot of disc based releases that only have part of the game on it, and it's not very clear that is the fact aside from some small text saying an internet connection is needed. Also my launch copy of Cyberpunk on PS4 is broken to the point of being unplayable without updates.
imo the ship has long sailed on "the full game is on the media" with how commonplace updates have been, and Nintendo so far as a good track record for keeping digital files available, so I personally just think "it's better than a code in a box" since I can still get used Game Key copies or share it with friends.
I like physical games, I have over 1000, but there are usually other ways to get games after a system's end of life if my existing local copies of the files are inaccessible. At this point I feel like better laws over digital purchases would be more productive, instead of clinging to first sale doctrine.
I worry Nintendo will get priced out of physical media. The cartridges use the same NAND flash as an SSD. There could come a point where a 64GB SD costs almost as much as the game itself and Nintendo throws the towel.
Nah, Nintendo knows exactly what they're doing. Keep all their IPs on their ecosystem, put in nostalgia bait, create toys etc for all of them, sell them like hotcakes, sue any motherfucker that even breathes the same as you, profit from all the nintendudes.
Sure if we ignore all the times their games to go on sale whether that on the eshop or through a retailer like amazon. Not saying I wouldn't like to see deeper discounts but cmon let's not lie
twin i really dont give a damn steam isnt suddenly gonna pull out my lincenses for no damn reason and even if they did i got fitgirl and torrent. i went full digital a long long while ago
That’s what people don’t get. “Digital games can revoke your license for no reason!”
When? How? Why is that even a concern? I can count on one hand the number of times this has happened to me, in my entire history of gaming. Why are people so paranoid about it?
You know what no one ever mentions? That it’s far more likely a physical disc will get broken or damaged, forcing you to purchase a new one, than it is for game devs to just up and randomly decide to revoke your license for a game.
If you buy a game on steam and it is taken from the steam store it stays in your library forever. You can redownload and still play if its gone from the store.
If you want full ownership without DRM you buy GoG but both option are far better than the console stores.
thats what they do currently yes, but the point is that is a choice not a requirement. They are legally able to delete and unistall your entire library if they so choose. (with developer permission) and Sony has just proved that companies will do that if they want to. So even if I dont expect steam to do that it makes me antsy about digital media.
Xbox could stub their toe and get dogged by the world, but PlayStation usually is adored. To see PlayStation this hated right now is a huge sign something is wrong.
Hated? by who reddit. Come on dude. 80% of their sales are already digital the people who are complaining are the minority of physical and the chronically online who would bitch about anything and everything.
Sony got reasonable excuses for that, it's shitty and people should be worried and criticizing it but there is some justifications for that. Also Sony is in a great position right now (before this fumble), while Xbox is not getting any wins, and is already getting more layoffs and closing more studios.
Basically the official Steam Machine is essentially a very mediocre PC which you can game on we ith none of the extra functionality that having a PC over a console gives you
Something I don't get. People are angry at Sony for cancelling physical media, but Valve are pretty much all about digital downloads and most of the time I see folks praise what the Steam store has become.
Are people legitimately pissed about physical media or are they just looking for something to rant about for the sake of ranting?
Whilst a single disc might get shared, used-game resales generate zero revenue for developers, making that secondary market financially irrelevant to Sony's ecosystem.
Sony’s corporate disclosures prove that digital add-ons, DLC, and network subscriptions drive the overwhelming majority of PlayStation's actual software profits.
At the end of the day, Sony will continue to rake in billions because the platform simply does not need resales to thrive.
Just so you guys know sony is doing something all media companies are going to do eventually. All major movie companies have slow down the production of physical media including Blu ray. If you want them to continue you need to get the demand for it. They aren't going to keep making disc's when so many Sony players are buying digital. If you don't like stop buying digital
So I will say this if this is in regards to like, the digital disks disappearing to be fair. I don't really think that's like that. Bad of a thing that is progress. Yeah, I like collecting physical media myself. But every generation, we get different forms of data
Man, I gotta make one of these low-effort copycat memes about the most recent examples of the long-standing problem that is late-stage capitalism ruining everything it touches. They're a karma goldmine and definitely an incredible metaphor for the situation as a whole.
What infuriates me the most is the ignorance of people who think this doesn't affect them because they are already digital with most of their purchases.
Do you guys honestly think your prices on STEAM and the PS store aren't going to raise even higher? Do you think Rockstar didn't already know about this months ago and decided to price their games accordingly?
I mean, I already ain’t buying games over 30 bucks on steam. It’s not hard to get stuff on a budget. The loss of physical media isn’t about price, it’s about owning your own shit.
There is a price aspect to it… theres no second hand games… which helped regulate prices… and not having physical media means there’s no need to lower prices to clear out older stock… now ya gotta hope there’s a discount eventually given digitally but there’s no guarantee of discounts
Nintendo's kinda chilling rn. They've got some great games lined up, a cool one just leaked (Metroid), and they just raised the base salary of their employees by 10%
Ya, I'm not a fan of a lot of most of Nintendo's practices BUT how they treat their employees is not one of them at all! Credit where credit is due. I've heard very little I'll in how they treat their workers.
ok, worst steam has had is release a bad console, but that's so that it can work as a pc. really, they just had a really hard goal. hit up their sale though, the quarry (which is 60 bucks) is currently 6 bucks. their sales can't be beat
I feel like the light of recent events really showed how many different communities are coping hard.
Like Microsoft fires 1000 people and it's recovering, but Epic does it and it is shown as shooting themselves in the head.
Steam had just dropped the ball with the Steam Machine and also doesn't have physical editions just like Sony will? They are fine, they are the ones who are good
I feel like Patrick should be facing the other direction to really hammer the point home that Nintendo is going to Ninten-do their own thing in the corner.
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