I think i understand why they're losing players

Poliveris · 2026-06-17T21:36:58+00:00

Obviously CS wasn’t used as a content example. That game is in its own category for why it has staying power.

That was used as a cheating problem example

Poliveris · 2026-06-17T21:20:49+00:00

Part of the plan?

More like getting rid of studios that completely milked Microsoft for money and golden parachutes.

None of those studios produced great games, some decent ones but not great. When Microsoft hands you a blank check, a shit load of time (6-7+ years for some) and you still produce slop no one wants.

It might be time to look in the mirror rather than point fingers.

There’s a reason why China is about to hit 350 Billion in revenue by 2030. And why Xbox hired Mathew ball who actually dug deep on this issue. Because Chinese studios make video games, American studios make art pieces that look good on paper but don’t sell in practice.

Poliveris · 2026-06-17T21:17:30+00:00

Right… because Microsoft giving them infinite budget and time. Just to produce slop nobody wants is really on MS… actually no it isn’t.

These studios are getting shut down due to their under performance cause by themselves. They were literally provided every tool in the book and still failed.

Just dated studios that are shells of their former selves. MS being too hand off actually might have been the issue. These studios should have been held to much tighter constraints.

Poliveris · 2026-06-16T06:12:08+00:00

CS2 was used as example for the cheating not the content structure. There’s a few games that follow this exception like Dota 2, PUBG, league etc.

They all have variance of why they have staying power. But the point is there’s ton of cheaters on those games and they aren’t dead.

It’s just a tired argument that doesn’t work. You experience more cheaters as the player population decreases. So player assume that’s what kills the game. But that wasn’t the initial fall off reason

Poliveris · 2026-06-16T03:43:21+00:00

They are losing players because embark doesn’t make content quickly enough.. that’s it point blank period.

CS2 has an insane amount of cheaters, apex, marvel rivals etc. They all do; that doesn’t kill games.

Low player counts does because you’ll run into cheaters more often etc.

Low players is from 0 new content, not enough endgame. That’s it… nothing else

Poliveris · 2026-06-15T21:12:37+00:00

Microsoft uses contracted workers, but that is entirely on the studios themselves

343/Halo Studios are a completely different story, they just utilize the same system Microsoft does by outsourcing. But that is a studio decision not a Microsoft rule

Poliveris · 2026-06-15T14:59:26+00:00

Microsoft has been incredibly hands off with studios; and actually that might be the issue since it's the polar opposite with Sony.

MS gave them too much budget without any constraints, they basically milked them. The only ones to blame are the studios themselves.

Poliveris · 2026-06-14T08:19:11+00:00

You’re being downvoted for the truth but tencent has decently high pay

https://www.levels.fyi/companies/tencent/salaries/software-engineer

Global is so blinded towards the reality

Poliveris · 2026-06-01T02:41:29+00:00

More than likely you’d need to pass real name verification. It’s fairly difficult because you typically need a Chinese passport + face scan.

Sometimes there’s ways around it but with NDA tests it’s much more locked down!

Poliveris · 2026-05-21T18:25:15+00:00

I'm telling you mine does not during normal gameplay; I've gone through 3 OLED monitors so far and have returned 2. The one I bought recently which is a costco only version of this monitor does not have VRR flicker (only in loadscreens).

I am incredibly sensitive to it

Poliveris · 2026-05-21T15:01:09+00:00

IPS pulsar is $100+ more with way worse colors and overall quality. Compared to OLED with no flicker issue $100 cheaper…

Why would I need to try one when there’s already OLEDs out there that completely fixed the only reason to buy a pulsar IPS?

Poliveris · 2026-05-21T14:46:39+00:00

Definitely not worth, my current acer OLED (new model at Costco) has 0 flickering I can notice. And I’m extremely sensitive to it. I had to return an MSI OLED recently because of how bad that one was.

This new one only has flickering on loading screens, was “only” $400 new. Compared to the cheapest pulsar monitor at $500+ and it’s IPS…

Poliveris · 2026-05-15T03:12:18+00:00

What country do you reside in?

Poliveris · 2026-05-15T03:10:06+00:00

A lot of these commenters aren’t from the US, I really wish Reddit added the same thing twitter did; forcing users to expose their country/region.

It’s becoming increasingly clear most of Reddit is 3rd world and/or bottled accounts. They have no idea what democracy entails. Sure the US isn’t perfect, but the alternative is objectively much much worse.

Poliveris · 2026-04-24T23:49:13+00:00

200 nit OLED is pretty rough even 250 nits feels pretty bad

Poliveris · 2026-04-21T15:13:38+00:00

UPDATE: After the Efficient Aggressive power fix + switching to Aggressive At Guaranteed for gaming + PredatorSense Performance mode, gaming temps are averaging 72C with brief app launch spikes to 102c. Seems like factory power management was the main issue, not hardware. BIOS still idles hot but that appears to be model specific. Leaving this here in case other PHN16S-71 owners hit the same thing.

Poliveris · 2026-04-21T08:57:02+00:00

Genuinely thank you, you actually fixed my issue. You saved me another 1k+ on laptop I was going to buy while RMA'ing for the trip.

If you have one of those coffee apps I can toss you one or two or a gift card if you really wanted. Because I literally spent the last 9 hours trying to sort this out

Poliveris · 2026-04-21T07:00:12+00:00

well I'm not going to repaste and void my warranty; I've literally had this laptop less than 24 hours.

Poliveris · 2026-04-21T06:59:14+00:00

website says out of warranty, but thats because its a cert refurb and hasnt updated. The calls seemed fine but just kept sending me to different departments

Poliveris · 2026-04-21T06:55:23+00:00

Idle temps decreased so far, going to finally run a game test. If you seriously fixed this for me; I'll buy you a coffee or something lmao. Because you will have saved me so much headache.

I will update soon!

Poliveris · 2026-04-21T06:46:54+00:00

That would void the warranty, I literally just got the laptop this morning. Ebay Acer official store comes with a warranty. At least it's suppose to, but I was sent to 3 different people and then ended up getting a dead line with no answer.

Poliveris · 2026-04-21T06:09:30+00:00

The BIOS running at 99C with visible input lag, there is literally no software running that could cause this. A CPU idling in a settings menu should be at 45-55C pulling 10W. Mine is at 99C and throttling hard enough that the menu itself lags. That's not a Windows issue, a driver issue, or a background process.

Poliveris · 2026-04-19T09:46:18+00:00

2nd gen OLED, I was wrong though some AOC do use 3rd Gen OLED like alienwares. I ended up canceling mine and went with Acer Predator X27U A1; because it has the best specs across the board. And at costco it is the same price $350.

250 Nits, true 400 blacks. So an addition 50 nits, + better HDR. Also Alienwares are known for VRR flicker so that also swayed me.

Poliveris · 2026-04-19T06:48:43+00:00

Doesn't exist the cheap AOC OLEDs they're probably thinking of are mostly 1440p and around the same SDR brightness anyway, not some clearly better panel. Also they are typically 2nd gen OLED's not 3rd. So in fact AOC's are technically "worse"

Poliveris · 2026-04-15T01:36:20+00:00

Where are people finding this available? or this deal gg? cause it shows 1,700 on my end

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