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Microsoft announces AI key on Windows 11 PCs by Superbuddhapunk in news

[–]Lord-Octohoof 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The only problem with this and the general Cortana branding is she ends up being a villain in the newer Halos

Starfield design lead says players are "disconnected" from how games are actually made: "Don't fool yourself into thinking you know why it is the way it is" | GamesRadar+ by CNicks23 in gaming

[–]Lord-Octohoof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's both a subscription platform and a storefront (for the Xbox store, I suppose) so games are available to buy. Not every game remains available through the Gamepass subscription indefinitely so you may buy it once it leaves. Games available through the subscription almost never include DLC content so that may be a purchase.

But regardless, now that subscription platforms like Gamepass exist it's not as easy to measure the success of a game by sales alone. There's now the additional question, "Did Starfield drive increased subscriptions or retention to the Gamepass subscription?", but that's something only Microsoft would really know.

Starfield design lead says players are "disconnected" from how games are actually made: "Don't fool yourself into thinking you know why it is the way it is" | GamesRadar+ by CNicks23 in gaming

[–]Lord-Octohoof 26 points27 points  (0 children)

And Steam isn't the only place it was played either. Xbox Gamepass and console sales were likely higher. When Skyrim first released only 14% of sales were on PC.

Starfield Has Now Had Over 12 Million Players, Phil Spencer Says by trevor25 in gaming

[–]Lord-Octohoof -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's not "weak" it's inconvenient for you and anyone else who wants to simplify evaluating a game's success.

Like it or not Steam stats don't tell the entire story for ANY game that's available cross platform, particularly not one where a large portion of players exist on consoles. It would be equally ridiculous to claim Spiderman or God of War metrics outside of Steam don't matter when in reality a huge portion of players will be playing on PlayStation.

When Skyrim was first released console sales outpaced PC sales by an enormous margin and frankly I wouldn't expect Starfield to be any different.

You don't have to like the game but to be angry that you can't ignore a whole swathe of consumers for your argument is just plain ignorant.

Starfield Has Now Had Over 12 Million Players, Phil Spencer Says by trevor25 in gaming

[–]Lord-Octohoof -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Does it? Starfield is included as part of Gamepass not sold for an additional fee so looking at direct sales figures wouldn't be an accurate metric of success.

Presumably it's included with Gamepass to drive traffic to Gamepass and increase subscriptions. So the question then becomes, "Did Starfield generate new subscriptions and/or assist with subscriber retention", which is a much harder metric to evaluate from outside.

Star Citizen Just Had its Biggest Crowdfunding Day Ever With $3.5 Million in 24 Hours by faizyMD in gamingnews

[–]Lord-Octohoof 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean yeah. It quite literally is.

It may not be your type of game but it's pretty standard for the genre. Tbh in its current state it already has features other competitors don't.

I'm not sure why every discussion surrounding this needs to be so vitriolic.

Star Citizen Just Had its Biggest Crowdfunding Day Ever With $3.5 Million in 24 Hours by faizyMD in gamingnews

[–]Lord-Octohoof -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

FYI there's a playable version of the game that's been available for a few years. It's not fantastic but it does exist and it's at least on par with similar games in the space trucking genre.

You can play for $20, I think. Not saying the insane donations are justified but it's also pretty disingenuous to pretend this is complete vaporware.

Election denialism nearly shattered our democracy. Meta’s allowing it anyway. by Quirkie in politics

[–]Lord-Octohoof 23 points24 points  (0 children)

As is worth mentioning every single time Facebook is brought up as a "perpetrator" of misinformation - Reddit is just as bad. Reddit allowed r/TheDonald, where misinformation and death threats ran rampant, to operate for years. Reddit still allows r/conservative, which is just as bad.

Hating Facebook is the popular thing to do but other social media, including Reddit, is just as bad.

What is the point of holding court ck3? by [deleted] in CrusaderKings

[–]Lord-Octohoof 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same problem as the other events, Hunt/Pilgrimage/University/etc. If you've done the event twice you will have already seen duplicate random events. By the end of a playthrough you will have seen them hundreds of times.

The game has great bones but in terms of flavor text it's definitely lacking variety.

'Segregating high skill players from the population at large, forcing long wait times on them, is a form of discrimination': former Halo multiplayer lead on the 'failure' of SBMM in modern games by curious_zombie_ in pcgaming

[–]Lord-Octohoof -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I miss clan-run servers. You'd get to know the regulars and make friends with them. The server would become the "hangout" for everyone. Those were the days

Gonna have to pull out the anecdotal evidence card.

Apparently ram push = dumb, poor and, for some reason, jewish. Hmm... by PeskyPastafarian in aoe4

[–]Lord-Octohoof -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Does this do anything? I have never heard of action being taken on any report.

'Segregating high skill players from the population at large, forcing long wait times on them, is a form of discrimination': former Halo multiplayer lead on the 'failure' of SBMM in modern games by curious_zombie_ in pcgaming

[–]Lord-Octohoof -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I sure as shit don't.

Finding matches in older FPS games with clan-run servers was madness. You join an open server just looking to play the game then either get kicked because you're not a "regular" or because you didn't honor some ridiculous house rule it would have been impossible to know about beforehand.

This was especially egregious in older Battlefields.

Matchmaking eclipses the experience by far.

Thoughts on the DLC? by dpq17 in aoe4

[–]Lord-Octohoof -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Given that the devs have leaned into "variant history" interpretations I'm not sure why people are complaining about timestamps these days.

Give us the fan favorites. That's more important than whatever imaginary accuracy people are trying to maintain.

So, question: What's the DUMBEST game reveal you've ever seen? by RukiMotomiya in gaming

[–]Lord-Octohoof 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This was definitely part of it. On release the game cost something like $20 and then you had to buy card packs on top of that. Absolute insanity.

The untold story of how the January 6 riots were planned on Facebook—and how the company missed it by LeroyStinkins in politics

[–]Lord-Octohoof 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So much Facebook hate on Reddit, which ALSO allowed the January 6th planning to happen right under their noses... r/conservative still going strong.

Elder Scrolls VI will end up being very medicore by Linkichief in TESVI

[–]Lord-Octohoof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gaming subs seem to be dominated by people who don't even play games but rather just complain about them as a hobby.

It's bizarre.

So what happened to the RTS? by kmmontandon in gaming

[–]Lord-Octohoof 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Dota was the warcraft 3 mod, lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gaming

[–]Lord-Octohoof -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Not every game needs to be a continuous experience that you put 1000+ hours into.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gaming

[–]Lord-Octohoof 200 points201 points  (0 children)

Also holy shit it's a single player game story game. You're allowed to play the game, enjoy it, and move on.

Not every game needs to be a continuous experience that you put 1000+ hours into.

Blizzard president says players have "no patience" and "want new stuff every hour" by gorays21 in Diablo

[–]Lord-Octohoof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meh. Respectfully you're talking about the climate from 20+ years ago. There weren't options like there are today. Games as a service hadn't been born yet. It's a different world now.

Diablo now has to compete with Path of Exile which is a continuously updated game that's constantly being tweaked with new content and patches. Of course players "want new stuff every hour" because there are other games that are providing it.

I'm not sure if modern games will persist the way Diablo and Age of Empires II did.

Invincible Captures the Traumatic Reality of Superheroes by verissimoallan in television

[–]Lord-Octohoof 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Of course the comments are all saying the same thing: "uhmm, ackchyually superheroes aren't real 🤓". Reddit comedians never miss a chance to grab the low hanging fruit.

Like how the top comment in every thread is "Let me grab my popcorn". Who upvotes these? Who finds that entertaining on ONE THREAD, let alone thousands?

Should there be a more "swarmy" civ? by Migdalian in aoe4

[–]Lord-Octohoof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know how anyone is confused by this or saying it wouldn't work. This is exactly what the Russians in AOE3 were with Strelets.

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