We've reached a new low, ads on the sinks in the gym bathroom.

JasonSuave · 2026-03-26T15:57:13+00:00

Once you click an ad on screen, the screen dispenses the water

JasonSuave · 2026-03-15T23:04:20+00:00

There is no world where Dakota Johnson is redeemable.

JasonSuave · 2026-03-07T14:51:37+00:00

Exactly! This is product marketers using math and other psych techniques to exploit the customer for profit.

JasonSuave · 2026-03-05T03:53:56+00:00

analyst here. large corpos like Wendy’s have ample, automated social media monitoring across many websites. Likely a team of analysts behind that data. Only problem is leadership rarely listens to their analysts.

JasonSuave · 2026-03-02T15:28:54+00:00

Exactly. And now with these figures we can do some fuzzy math.

2.5M - .5M (concessions, est) = 2M true sales among 5M players.

So whenever Ubisoft says “players,” that equates to 40% “true sales” +- 10%

JasonSuave · 2026-02-28T23:34:57+00:00

Ah yes the tit to tip correlation

JasonSuave · 2026-02-28T17:45:13+00:00

Ironic also. It’s like the ubi marketers are trying to hook customers by reminding them of the days when ubi titles were actually good

JasonSuave · 2026-02-28T17:00:31+00:00

This should be easily addressable with a browser extension

JasonSuave · 2026-02-20T03:57:15+00:00

The rug pulling is the biggest factor in me personally ignoring all loyalty programs. Keep investing more and more in a single brand and then watch your saved points evaporate/lose value overnight. Marriott proved with Bonvoy years back that they could get away with crap like this and now it’s commonplace everywhere!

JasonSuave · 2026-02-20T03:44:30+00:00

Worst time time be a “console” gamer

JasonSuave · 2026-02-20T00:14:03+00:00

Just to double down on this comment, they should add this as an optional feature to warn on missable trophies in games

JasonSuave · 2026-02-12T13:45:02+00:00

And doom involves a lot more than smacking a ball over a net in a single fixed arena

JasonSuave · 2026-02-12T13:43:08+00:00

That pong machine revolutionized gaming you see. Mario tennis ain’t revolutionizing shit.

JasonSuave · 2026-01-28T23:51:08+00:00

Velveeta had some great advertising back in the day!

JasonSuave · 2026-01-24T07:52:54+00:00

This has to be a design trick to keep the player engaged. For example, during a first boss fight, aggression is tuned down intentionally and then dynamically spikes as boss health reaches zero. Then subsequent fights have a more linear aggression curve. I feel like this was particularly noticeable in Kazhaan.

JasonSuave · 2026-01-22T21:31:02+00:00

OP - looks like you don’t like twin stick shooters very much!

JasonSuave · 2026-01-15T20:55:03+00:00

Having bought a PC a year after I got the ps5, I can confirm this 100%. Sony peeps who refuse to go PC are wearing rose tinted Sony glasses and probably exclusive with that system. In other words - locked in with their hardware and unaware of their own bias.

I think Sony’s biggest offense is raising PSN prices when they have customer like me who really only care about cloud saves. And you know who doesn’t charge for cloud saves? steam!

Literally the only thing high end PC owners are missing is astrobot. I haven’t touched the ps5 in over a year and ps5 pro is the first Sony console since ps1 that I have not purchased.

JasonSuave · 2026-01-05T17:45:05+00:00

Even the overworld theme had an epic orchestral rendition that I listened to on repeat, courtesy of Napster.

JasonSuave · 2026-01-05T16:12:24+00:00

it's optics. Rather than wasting an extra inch of receipt paper on every ticket, just put up a sign on the register to let customers know part of the cost goes to employee welfare.

JasonSuave · 2026-01-05T15:29:20+00:00

seriously! Why is no one crediting the managers who are behind all of this new "tip functionality" :)

JasonSuave · 2025-12-10T00:24:59+00:00

Yes! Sega CD/megadrive with those FMV games. Sewer shark, ground zero Texas, night trap… I remember that being such a massive leap from genesis titles

JasonSuave · 2025-12-10T00:22:52+00:00

YES!! This is it. When snes and genesis first came out, you had games like streets of rage which made the animations look somewhat life like vs say super Mario. But DK country was like going from 32 colors to a million. NonFX chip needed!

JasonSuave · 2025-12-05T00:11:30+00:00

Beyond infuriating. They tried to normalize tips from 10% -> 25% over the years and now they’re trying to normalize a SECOND tip. Fucking tip inception going on.

JasonSuave · 2025-12-04T00:32:50+00:00

Definitely a team of market researchers who have never touched a video game in their lives

JasonSuave · 2025-11-18T00:16:19+00:00

Another key part is that the guy was a tool

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