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@truerbluer It only seem to ever be Sony that are quick to shut games down… Everyone else usually keep their servers up. You can still play the OG MW2 online…

@koverby "And I think if you were one of the devs and someone stole your work and gave it to the whole world in an unfinished state…well…you would be a little upset"

I would be upset at the person who did. But I will not fault the people who take advantage of situation and let their curiosity get the better of them.

But like Vegra37 said, I'm not saying the hack was right or that those effected shouldn't be pissed. Just don't surprised when humans do something.

"Heck, I won’t even let people read over my shoulder as I draft a simple email. C’mon now…"

That really just sounds like a you problem and sounds like some sort of insecurity.

@Mince I mean... You're welcome look at my take however you want. People are opened to their own opinions. That what make us human.

People wouldn't be impatience if they weren't curious tho.

Don't know what donner meat is...

@TheArt You think man learned how to cook with fire by waiting and seeing. You think man learned that the milk from a cow teat was drinkable by waiting and seeing. Viking raiding England. A boy looking through their father stash of magazines. The society we have now is because of us being extremely inquisitive.

@RobN The difference is being straight forward. Stop putting up fake builds running on high end PC, and stopping letting marketing team control how you present the game. The issue is that developers like to over sell. Set realistic expectations and we won’t have that issue.

@Octane You say it pointless. But the biggest title this year is BG3 was an early access title, and massively credit a lot of their success to that. Most of biggest impact on gaming culture continues to be early access titles like Lethal Company.

@MrZurkonKeelYou “If it was great or even passable, companies like BOBOVR and Kiwi Design wouldn’t exist”

They would still very much exist. Their job is to provide a more premium option over the stock, not just to improve the wearability of the HMD.

“Unless you’re only going thru and playing it until the battery is dead after 95 minutes then maybe you can live with the stock strap.”

I mean… Your average person is only playing VR for like 1-2hrs anyway. No body is really spending 7-8 in VR unless you’re a streamer or one of those VRChat FBT weirdos who sleeps in VR. Granted, I do spend 8hrs in VR on VRChat genuinely.

@TheArt Humans are inquisitive by nature. We want to be involved, play and test things, be able to give our own opinions and feedback. Some like yourself just lack that basic trait.

This is why the game industry needs to be more open about things and not so secretive about everything. Keeping people out of the loop for years on end.

@MrZurkonKeelYou As someone who has put over 500hrs into their Quest 3 with the default strap. You don’t not absolutely need a different strap. The default strap is good enough for basic daily use.

@SgtTruth I personally feel that Vertigo and Arizona Sunshine are triple A. I would like to add Saint and Sinners, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, and After the Fall.

But of course they aren’t going to compare to Alyx, Lone Echo, or Call of Mountain. Those are the equivalent of first party games…

@SgtTruth “ Original full size AAA VR gaming as a profitable venture is dead. Doesn't exist. Not viable.”

It is viable. Just don’t limit yourself to 1 platform, and if you do have limit yourself. Limit yourself to largest platform with the highest possible number of buyer.

Never heard of them… Did an internet search and they’ve seemed to have only released games for PSVR, and 1 Quest and PCVR titles. No wonder they’re shutting down. PSVR exclusivity makes absolute no sense unless you’re getting a pay check daily from Sony. You basically not support 85% of the vr market. Not supporting the Quest is death sentence.

Time for Frostbite 4

@thefourfoldroot1 That will only really happen when PSVR2 and PCVR HMD move more units. It ridiculous that the index is still $1000, and can still only be bought through steam which means the HMD can't be purchased worldwide... And the PSVR2 is barely selling.

Meta has pure dominance over the VR market, and that grasp has only tightened with the massive holiday sales of the Quest 2 this season... You're looking at another million sold of a headset that already sold 20 million plus.

@Nem While there are multiplayer games releasing by the dozen. They’re all half baked f2p or early access game created by small indie studios. A naughty dog multiplayer game would have definitely been something to look forward to. A multiplayer game created by a high credited AAA studios, that employs some of the industry finest talent. All they had to do was release something with that naughty dog polish to it.

While we’re all like “Hahah… it a joke”. He should have kept it professional on stage. His actions last year already had a negative effect on this year show.

On a public stage at a public event. You shouldn’t be making jokes especially as a PoC. And while he may never work for Activision. People like to company hop, and have friends in high level positions at other companies. That 5 second joke just closed so many doors for him.

@Deoxyr1bose I would be excited for a new game if it wasn't attached to Moon studios... Too much information come about them being a toxic and an ‘oppressive’ place to work.

Release this as a standard game and I’ll easily pay $50… But I’m not redownloading Fortnite to just play this.

@Porco Partnering with Sony isn’t just about financial assistance. Bungie has goals beyond games. Bungie’s plans was to continue to broadening its properties to movies, television, and other media. Areas where Sony have experiencing and studio/staff already willing to help. It would have been a nightmare for Bungie to work with movies and television studios to achieve what they wanted…

I mean look at Microsoft effort at getting movie and shows made of their IP. We’ve been wanting a massive budget halo movie/show since Bungie worked on the franchise… and the best we’ve gotten was the Halo tv show 🤮

@Porco "Bungie would have been shut down by now if not for Sony keeping things afloat."

I wouldn't go that far, they had plenty of investor prior to Sony purchase. They were getting money from companies like NetEase.

@Fiendish-Beaver Somewhat. It depends on the size of the company and the industry. The Tech industry especially when talking about FAANG has some crazy incentives. This is why I feel the rising cost of games isn't just the game budget increasing. But the massive cost of employee benefits and incentives. Who going to pay for the fancy offices and lobster dinner every 4th Tuesday out of the month. These incentives are how these companies are able to trick college graduates into working for them... But it also why the finding entry level job are so hard. You don't just want any college graduate. You want the best of the best.

One company I'm trying to apply to has a sabbatical. Every five years you are eligible for four weeks of paid time off. If you choose to spend your sabbatical in a country you've never been to before, the company will help fund the trip for you and a guest.

@UltimateOtaku91 Them being valued at 7.7 billion mean nothing. They can ask for vastly more... Do you think Bungie and Minecraft was valued at 3-4 billion.

There is legal way around the whole store front thing. Microsoft has enough smart lawyers. But they definitely aren't massive PC storefront. They probably count for like 4-10% of the PC storefront market... TBH... Both would probably drop their store if they own steam.

But you also have companies like Embracer group, Tencent, Take-Two who would be willing to outbid Sony for Valve.

@solocapers Don't forget the whole Activation deal...

@UltimateOtaku91 "pay double the price and got Valve (Dota and Counterstrike)."

More like pay quadruple the price. Valve is a private company, and if they was open for sale... You would have everyone and their mom bidding on them. You're not getting Valve ( owner of steam ) for less than 20 billion

@Randinator123 Skip the platforms that was currently already on the market for that one that hadn't been released yet.

Took out the metro to only add it back in 🤣

How about Halo Wars 3???

@homelesscretin It most likely to separate the difference between licensed IP (Star Wars and Avatar) and Original IP (Far Cry, Assassin Creed… etc)

@trev666 I do wonder if we’ll see another one too. Square Enix seemed to have given up on Western developed games… It would be great if they sold the IP back to DON’T NOD if they don’t plan on using it.

@GamingFan4Lyf People just want to play Marcus. It would be like the God of War reboot having you play Atreus then having you play Atreus‘s girlfriend in the sequel. Using kratos for nothing but fanfare… Luckily they didn’t commit the cardinal sin of killing Marcus… We would’ve had another last of us situation on our hands

@GamingFan4Lyf Cause no one what to play baby JD in 4; and the Gears 5 switch to a female character in a franchise played by dude bros... Plus, they destroyed JD (maybe killed him off).

Oh, and the multiplayer is straight dog crap.

@Beerheadgamer82 Harry Potter has always had a cozy Christmas charm to it especially the first 2 movies. Which is why they shown a lot at least in the US during the holidays. So it not surprising the game have the same charm.

@JSnow2 If that the case... Buying Nixxes was completely pointless. They're a PC porting studio, that what they do.

@Perturbator Nah. I hope superhero game continues. I haven’t been this happy since I was 8. I’ll will be getting this next year as a birthday gift to myself. Bring on more superhero games!!!! 🥳

@UltimateOtaku91 I would argue that Ninja Theory and Obsidian wasn't exactly making money hand over fist, and Markus Persson who own Mojang wasn't exactly a good leader. He couldn't handle the stress that came with running the company.

I would love to see Insomniac make some VR games. It non sense that Sony bought one of the best VR game makers on the market, and didn’t use them to make a launch title for PSVR2.

2024: Wolverine. 2025: Random IP. 2025: Vemon/DLC??? 2026: Spider Man 2 PC

@CielloArc “ MS games feels like they are tied to a specific public: your average 13~30yr dude bro who plays mostly FPS”

This hasn’t even been remotely true since the 360 era…

@Nem Gamepass is technically already on mobile at least Android since they allow cloud streaming.

@SgtTruth If you see the nomination list… The best game on there is call of the mountain. They made this nomination list too early as stuff like Asgard Warth 2, Assassin creed nexus, Arizona Sunshine 2, bulletstorm vr, vampire: masquerade-justice came out too late to be counted.

Please! Someone remove Sledgehammer game from the franchise!!!!!

@CutchuSlow I was talking to friend about that 2 weeks ago. Steam has it for the 8th but every other place even the official website has it as the 9th. I’m thinking the 8th is when the game goes “live” for digital versions, but the 9th is the actual release date.

@mrbone Crunchy roll operates under a completely different umbrella of Sony. This is SIE purchase and they tend to only handles everything related to PlayStation and gaming. I guess it could be a benefit to PlayStation productions.

@Northern_munkey Technically they did release a new game today. The early access of MW3 campaign came out today 🤣

In response, Microsoft buys France.

(Am I cool yet!?!?!)

@Tchunga Technically, First Light did this first back in 2014.

@Deadlyblack I feel you. Growing up during the height of Xbox 360/PS3 era, I had dreamed about working at a game studio especially Bungie. But the more I learn about the industry, the more I realize how toxic it is... There were a lot of layoffs even back then, but then you combine in the crunch lifestyle and toxic masculinity. It not a great industry to work in.

Luckily, i was able to my computer degree and pivot to a different part of the tech world, where i don't have to consistently worry about lay off if a game doesn't sell enough copies. I also make 20x more money and work remote.

@JSnow2 "Sony is gonna relegate them to going all in on Destiny to ensure they actually pull a profit."

We'll see how well that works out. Bungie has shown that if they don't get their way. They easily just jump ship. Don't be surprised if there news of Bungie going back independent in the next 10 years if that happen.

@Rmg0731 Cause Bungie know how to milk their fanbase. The money alone from Destiny is probably more money than any studio that Sony owns has ever made. It profit is only rivaled by other massive live service games.

@OldGamer999 It not just the gaming industry. As many have said before, it the entire Tech industry that going through this. Hired a bunch of people due to remote working during COVID and are now lay off a bunch of people.