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[Hypereides]

Digital is cheaper...for them.

Legendary just did a video about this. Its all been about gaining leverage over us.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

When I was a kid I saved $20 to get Mario Sunshine. When I got to the store they didn't have it so I picked up Resident Evil 4 instead, my mom was okay with it for some reason. Ended up being a favorite of mine.
Kids now won't experience moments like that.
There is some hope though, I saw a kid at a retro store getting PS2 supplies.

 

[Fermbiz]

Damn, that last bit hit me all up in the feels....

 

[consoul]

It's literally never been a better time to be a gamer.

It was better last month.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

 

[Arsic]

This song fits the overall mood of gamers in the last few weeks.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Yes for a world that prides itself on being more connected than ever before we have become more isolated and disconnected in many ways. That ending is a sad reality.

We could learn the necessary lessons from all the internet and smartphone and social media experiments gone too far. We know much more about the pitfalls and dangers of those tools than we did back in the day. We could build a better world that harnesses technology for good without sacrificing all the benefits of physicality and human closeness.
But instead we rush forward with AI knowing full well it'll compound the mistakes we've already made instead of correct them.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

 

[DavidGzz]

It's going to get way worse: compute as a utility. Next you won't have physical games or local hardware.

This is scary AF. And they can easily justify it by saying it's better for the environment or some shit. Nooooo

 

[kaizenkko]

Yes for a world that prides itself on being more connected than ever before we have become more isolated and disconnected in many ways. That ending is a sad reality.

Just want to play Death Stranding all over again after read your post.

 

[Puscifer]

Just want to play Death Stranding all over again after read your post.

I mean Kojima said something along the lines of he hopes Death Stranding makes people go outside. It's my favorite game of all time for a lot of reasons but one is that it critiqued video games worse qualities as a medium and its crazy how it's not talked about more.

 

[kaizenkko]

I mean Kojima said something along the lines of he hopes Death Stranding makes people go outside. It's my favorite game of all time for a lot of reasons but one is that it critiqued video games worse qualities as a medium and its crazy how it's not talked about more.

Death Stranding is a game that just hits harder and harder the more you think about it.

 

[bender]

This song fits the overall mood of gamers in the last few weeks.

 

[CrustyBritches]

This is scary AF. And they can easily justify it by saying it's better for the environment or some shit. Nooooo

Sony is openly hostile at this point and they colluded with Rockstar to make this happen. They will just push it on their fans whether they like it or not. What other option will there be, a $1K+ console that's scarce?

 

[Puscifer]

Death Stranding is a game that just hits harder and harder the more you think about it.

I finally got time to play during quarantine and can't tell you weird it was that I was playing people's reality.

Though I can't lie lol, I jumped on the bandwagon with my spare car and made a shit ton of extra money during the first couple months.

 

[baphomet]

I wish people would stop glamorizing midnight launches.

Waiting in a long ass line with a bunch of unshowered dorks was not cool, or fun.

 

[MagnesD3]

We've definitely lost something.

Hope

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

It really got me thinking. What are other industries treat their core market with such disdain and as a never-ending tap of money to be exploited in search for further growth?

It's like if BBQ manufacturers all of a sudden decided you could only cook with electricity (purchased through them of course), only proprietary vegetables could be cooked on it (some people who work at the BBQ company are vegan and require everyone share their views) and you weren't allowed to invite friends over without a subscription. It's ridiculous.

 

[MayauMiao]

I wish people would stop glamorizing midnight launches.

Waiting in a long ass line with a bunch of unshowered dorks was not cool, or fun.

Speak for yourself.

 

[mopspear]

Yes for a world that prides itself on being more connected than ever before we have become more isolated and disconnected in many ways. That ending is a sad reality.

Boy, have I got a game for you!

 

[kiphalfton]

Release digital only consoles
Create subscription service for games
End physical game media
Stop production of consumer GPUs

 

[baphomet]

Speak for yourself.

Yup, unless you find standing in line riveting, that looks just as lame as it was back then.

I'm sure you also think E3 was a magical event, without ever having been to one.

 

[kiphalfton]

I wish people would stop glamorizing midnight launches.

Waiting in a long ass line with a bunch of unshowered dorks was not cool, or fun.

Maybe if you're not a judgmental asshole

 

[baphomet]

Maybe if you're not a judgmental asshole

No, I just worked enough retail at launches back then to know the type of folks that crawl out of the woodworks for midnight launches.

When the PS3 and Wii launched we had to have the cops come out multiple times a week before launch because people kept putting up tents in line and pissing and shitting in buckets to keep their place in line.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Release digital only consoles
Create subscription service for games
End physical game media
Stop production of consumer GPUs

NVIDIA is selling you a 4 year old card right now….or will be soon. Dont know the price but I am assuming it will be as expansive or more than the original release.

 

[PlayStaytion]

No, you're no longer their target audience, they're basically saying grown a men have to buy their own PC and stop complaining, the irony is the middle and upper management still think video games for kids.

 

[FMN]

Speak for yourself.

Those were the best times to be in the hobby. Actual leaps across generations, stores with huge walls of video games, full game on disc, and no microtransactions.

 

[blacktout]

Now I know how my parents felt in the 90s......

My parents were in their 30s in the 90s. I'm 42 now. Fuck.

 

[Wishmaster92]

I wish people would stop glamorizing midnight launches.

Waiting in a long ass line with a bunch of unshowered dorks was not cool, or fun.

Went to the halo 3 midnight launch. I loved it

 

[Puscifer]

Release digital only consoles
Create subscription service for games
End physical game media
Stop production of consumer GPUs

That's already coming. Nvidia's consumer ARM chip has the power of a 3070 ti in a thin and light - at this rate within 5 years of they say our entire set ups are DGX spark tier ARM chip SoCs in tiny boxes with lpcamm ram I wouldn't be shocked.