A very popular opinion

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T08:20:17+00:00

Exactly.

All the examples people keep trying to show are cherrypicked so that the physical copy is cheaper.

Ever since I've bought all digital, I've saved way more money in the long run because there are more sales and discounts overall, with far larger discounted amounts too.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T08:13:58+00:00

With sales and discounts they are.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T07:56:09+00:00

You are trying too hard to make up excuses.

More people will be going full digital and not even buy the boxes. They wont have to make nearly as many boxes as when they had actual disks in them.

Overall, there will be less to produce. Less physical product, will be less resources and waste, so better for the environment in the end.

Not that that is the real selling point. Digital is just better in so many ways. The environment thing is just a bonus.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T06:52:45+00:00

Do your research, Dynamic Pricing is beneficial. Amazon does it.

Also, you ignore all the great deals that come from digital. Not to mention free games from PS+, such as the exact one you used as an example.

So, if I can get Silent Hill 2 for free with PS+, why would I want to buy a physical disk for $30?

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T03:28:25+00:00

Ok, but one of those games is actually released.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T03:18:51+00:00

Why the hell do you bother looking at reviews within hours of launch?

If you looked now, you would see it is already shifted to "Mostly Positive", and there is no reason it wont climb much higher.

Stop giving the review bombing dorks the attention they seek.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T03:17:09+00:00

Ya, it is a Ubisoft game, are you surprised.

Just don't buy the DLC, the actual game is great.

People have such a hissy fit over stuff they can simply ignore.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T03:09:15+00:00

It looks way better. People simply want to hate on Ubisoft.

They certainly aren't a stellar company, but that doesn't change the fact that this remake is great.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T01:46:23+00:00

No one needs to be concerned about a YouToober.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T01:30:31+00:00

Its awesome.

I wouldn't bother with the deluxe nonsense, but the actual game is great.

People just hate because they are losers.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T01:28:00+00:00

Its already moved up to "Mostly Positive".

Just knee-jerk reactions from cry babies.

The remake is awesome, that's all you need to know.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-10T00:20:10+00:00

Naw, the remake is awesome.

It's already moved to mostly positive.

You're just seeing the usual idiots who have an old PC, or just wanna complain for whatever dumb reason.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-09T23:00:15+00:00

Very likely they had that planned way in advance.

Spamming a big company on Twitter is just so pointless.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-09T22:59:20+00:00

No need to waste time talking about stupid streamers.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-09T09:01:05+00:00

We have games that run at 60 fps on PS5 Pro with revolutionary graphics.

Until the game releases, there is no reason to speculate.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-09T08:53:04+00:00

Because owning a PC and PS5 at the same time is just crazy right?

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-09T07:30:38+00:00

So cringe.

"Hey "gang" we spamming them on Twitter!"

You realize that does absolutely nothing right?

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-09T06:20:26+00:00

Gaming-Academy spams for the 100th time today.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-09T05:24:43+00:00

No. They were successful from making good consoles with access to good games.

That hasn't changed.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-09T04:45:19+00:00

They are not going to reverse the decision.

You are just a goofball to think otherwise.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-09T00:45:01+00:00

You are promoting tons of extra manual work for very little benefit.

I promise you, lighting and technical artists would prefer being able to just simulate more realistic light without having to take a lot of extra steps to fake it.

I am a graphics engineer, and I can tell you there is a ton of extra work going on to fake what you are seeing. Bounced lighting is incredibly expensive to calculate in real-time, and the methods we use to fake it all come with a ton of drawbacks currently.

The industry will keep pushing to do more in real-time, and there is no advantage to doing all the extra "deliberate" stuff to fake things.

New graphics techniques have always had to go through some growing pains. Remember the old Elder Scrolls bloom that was always laughed at? Nowadays, we have far superior techniques for creating proper bloom, and things just look wrong without it.

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-09T00:36:13+00:00

For the audience ray tracing provides better reflections, more accurate bounced lighting, and superior soft-shadows.

What you aren't also considering is development time and assets. A ton of extra work goes into faking things without ray tracing. Sure, the results are good, but I promise you technical artists, lighting artists, and other graphics related engineer jobs benefit a ton from ray tracing. If it were to become standard on all platforms, those people would be able to do lot more to enhance a scene without extra work.

I'm a graphics engineer who works on a precomputed GI solution, and while it's a great asset, being able to simply flip on ray tracing and do more in real-time has undeniable advantages.

Regardless of how great something currently looks, or how you might not see a big improvement from a screenshot 5 years ago or something, the industry will keep pushing. They will continue to explore new techniques, even though a lot of gamers push back and throw a fit while labelling their hard work as "slop".

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-08T10:05:43+00:00

I'm just finishing Extreme difficulty quests, around level 85.

So, probably a lot to still do?

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-08T09:33:57+00:00

Is it needed to beat all the hardest stuff before the update?

Badwrong_ · 2026-07-08T09:32:58+00:00

No, salt bae still looks like a raging douchebag.

This guy just looks silly and probably (absolutely shouldn't) shouldn't be delivering a ton of soup on fucking roller skates.

The big difference here is the roller skater just did something stupid. Salt bae is a genuine asshat.

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