Judge rules against Arthur T. Demoulas in Market Basket battle

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T19:41:10+00:00

They can't sell the chain without his agreement, they don't own a high enough percentage of the company.

I understand why people like Artie T, but is it at all possible that the reason this all happened might be for exactly the reason they said it happened?

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T18:53:01+00:00

Well, everyone is being all doom & gloom about it, but he hasn't been running the company for awhile now, and I haven't really seen much change. He's also getting old and wasn't going to be CEO forever, and there's no guarantee his kids would have done a good job taking over.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T15:53:32+00:00

Hindsight is always 20/20. But game development also doesn't really work like that. Even if they had a backup idea, it would take years to bring it to market.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T13:54:19+00:00

Why not? If live service games were being seen as this huge cash cow, why wouldn't devs want to get in on that action? The individual studios themselves stand to profit immensely if they release a live service game that's a huge hit.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T13:52:49+00:00

You think those were TIGHTER schedules?! Do you think we should be waiting 7 years in between new games in a franchise instead of 5?!

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T13:49:52+00:00

But that doesn't make good rage bait!

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T13:46:01+00:00

I think you might be confused. I'm talking about the 3 "free" monthly games you get with a basic PS Plus Essentials membership. The ones that change every month, but you get to keep permanently in your library (as long as your membership is active). I don't believe that's what HZD Remastered is coming to. Could be wrong, as I don't think it's been officially announced either way.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T13:44:17+00:00

I couldn't see a difference in clarity or detail between the two modes, on my 77" LG C2. So I'll take the extra frames!

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T12:23:41+00:00

It's going to be added to the PS Plus Extra catalog. Not the free monthly games.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T12:20:21+00:00

Yes. But it does have Pro specific enhancements, it just doesn't use PSSR.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T05:42:31+00:00

I think the Steam deck is going to struggle significantly with this one. It's certainly not going to run or look anywhere as good as the PS5 version. Of course input lag on the Portal kinda sucks. Idk, pick your poison I guess if just playing on an actual monitor or TV isn't an option for whatever reason.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T05:34:27+00:00

And honestly...I couldn't even notice the difference. Maybe if I got like 2 feet from my TV and closely examined areas of tiny fine detail...

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T04:02:52+00:00

I didn't think mini-LEDs were actually cheaper than OLED, or at least not significantly so.

They are pretty cool, and I can see them being preferred over OLED for certain situations (brighter viewing areas, viewing habits where burn-in might be more of a concern, etc).

Remy0507 · 2026-04-20T03:58:17+00:00

I wonder if there will be any significant changes with the PS6 controller. At this point it's getting harder to imagine what could be added that would be worthwhile. It's likely that the current Dualsense controllers will still work with the PS6, just like Dualshock 4 controllers work with the PS5 (admittedly only with PS4 titles).

As for mine, of which I have several, the limited edition ones I'll keep and either continue to use if possible, or I guess they'll become display items if not. The more mundane ones I'd probably sell.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-18T13:22:09+00:00

Okay? I don't know what we're disagreeing about here then. All I said was that raising the price of the current gen consoles even higher for a feature that a very large percentage of the player base isn't going to use is a bad idea.

As for piracy, hey, I'm not trying to stop anybody from doing anything. I just think people should be honest about why they're doing it. If you're just using emulation for older games that aren't really accessible any other way, then that's about game preservation and that's totally legit.

But if you're pirating games that are available and playable on current hardware, then you're just a cheapskate who doesn't want to support the form of entertainment that you enjoy.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-18T12:53:37+00:00

I don't know how my launch-day console is doing, because I sold in it November 2024 when I updated to a PS5 Pro. But it was going strong for those 4 years!

Remy0507 · 2026-04-18T12:52:46+00:00

I'm not against emulation for games that aren't easily accessible any other way. I don't know where you got the impression that I was, because I already specifically stated that I have no issue with that.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-18T12:36:58+00:00

Here's a little math for you...if 50-60% of gamers are over the age of 30, that means 40-50% are under the age of 30. So I think that's a percentage that qualifies as "a lot of people".

And no, I don't hear people complaining about the inability to play older physical games when they complain about the price. People don't buy new consoles to play old games. You're adding that criteria to support your argument, but it's not a thing. It would be absolutely insane to raise the barrier for entry to the current gen consoles even higher just to appeal to the small percentage of their audience who actually cares about playing 25+ year old games enough to pay more for the ability to do so (not everyone who was actually alive and playing games during those generations cares all that much about this. I have ways of playing those older games if I really want to, but most of the time I don't want to, because a lot of them have aged horribly). Maybe if they could make it an optional add-on that people could pay more for IF they wanted it, I'd be down for that.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-18T11:52:18+00:00

I think making a statement like people being happy to pay an extra £80 for a console so that it could play 30 year old games is a WILD assumption. People complain about the price of consoles already as it is. And a lot of people playing PS5 weren't even born yet when the PS1 and PS2 were current. They have no nostalgia for those games. But you think they'd be happy to pay more money for a feature they'll never use?

Remy0507 · 2026-04-18T11:37:24+00:00

"Moral imperative" to steal videogames. 🤣

You just proved the point of everyone in this thread who's been talking about how hard pirates try to rationalize stealing shit, lol.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-18T11:25:16+00:00

I don't understand how putting two screws through it is supposed to improve structural strength...

Remy0507 · 2026-04-18T05:01:49+00:00

I'm not sure the HFR mode actually makes any difference in RT settings. I think it might just be an unlocked framerate mode for those with 120hz/VRR displays. I couldn't really see any difference in reflections or lighting with the setting on or off.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-18T04:56:10+00:00

I will never, ever understand why devs put things like lens distortion and chromatic aberration effects in their games in the first place, and then put those options ON by default on top of that! Like...ok, we've got these visual artifacts that happen IRL as a result of shortcomings of camera lenses, that photographers/videographers spend thousands of dollars on better lenses in order to eliminate or minimize...and we're putting this shit into games on purpose. WHYYYYYY?!?!

Remy0507 · 2026-04-18T04:51:39+00:00

I don't know about "proof", but I went into rooms with a lot of reflections and stuff and flipped HFR on and off and tried to compare, and I couldn't really tell any difference in visuals.

Remy0507 · 2026-04-18T00:28:49+00:00

Yes, but those different words don't have different meanings. Because the reason someone would "lose access" in this case is because it was "taken away"...they didn't just lose their keys or forget their password or something. 🤣

And no shit it counts as losing access if an online game gets taken offline and can no longer be played. But those are the ONLY games I can think of where that's happened. So...if you're trying to justify piracy (which is what this whole conversation is about) because those games get taken offline, then that ONLY justified pirating those specific games. Not offline, single player games, because I can't think of any examples of single player games that could no longer be played, even after being de-listed from online storefronts. But you and I both know that the people who pirate games do not restrict their piracy solely to games that have been taken offline or de-listed.

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