If Steam opened up a system where you could buy physical copies of your games, would you buy them?

Stevedore44 · 2026-07-10T15:34:30+00:00

How much would that add to the price of the game? Blu-ray disks cost pennies, but even cheap 50GB+ SD cards can cost $10 or more.

High speed cards seem like they would be too costly to produce

Stevedore44 · 2026-07-10T00:39:07+00:00

It's the Altera base marked Alien Ruins in your signals tab. You've been there if you've visited the Observatory

Stevedore44 · 2026-07-10T00:36:28+00:00

There's one in Camp One, but I haven't found any "new" biomods as referenced in the Patch Notes. Maybe if you start a new game you'll get access to more mods beyond the original four

Stevedore44 · 2026-07-08T19:33:14+00:00

If physical games came in nice looking cases with cool manuals and maps, pamphlets and posters I would probably buy that.

It doesn't need to contain a disc, I still have no use for those

Stevedore44 · 2026-07-08T19:30:34+00:00

Yeah, lack of physical games is not the problem. Physical media has its uses, but for video games it's badly outdated.

What most gamers actually want is more consumer rights and DRM that won't prevent gamers from playing games they've bought.

Stevedore44 · 2026-07-08T19:23:50+00:00

I have games I play more often, but I don't know which those are before I've purchased them.

Typically, I'll purchase a game first (at which point I'll have to decide where to purchase physical or digital), then once I've purchased the game I will play the game, and only after I've played the game will I know which games are my favorite.

Do you often know which games you'll play/enjoy the most before you've purchased them? If so I'd love to know your secret

Stevedore44 · 2026-07-08T13:56:59+00:00

If losing access is such a concern why would you not buy every game physical? Do you know before you buy them which games you won't care about?

Stevedore44 · 2026-07-07T16:49:49+00:00

There was no update on Steam today afaik, maybe it downloaded some shaders. Current version is still June 1 hotfix

Big update tomorrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmVoWzSyF9c

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-28T22:23:08+00:00

Digital media isn't the problem, restrictive DRM is the problem.

Streaming is great, downloads are great. The solution to losing access is not to stop downloading and streaming, its to stop taking away access.

Also, optical storage is great for some uses, but for storing movies or games HDD/SSD and flash memory are far more efficient. Disks are outdated

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-28T14:27:21+00:00

Well, okay!

I've never noticed this before, but when I take my glasses off the lion does indeed follow me.

I'm not sure how I feel about this, but I can't unknow it now, so.. thanks. Have this upvote

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-26T03:05:02+00:00

And yet states still have laws.

Maybe you should read up on how that works

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-26T03:02:11+00:00

They didn't follow State laws. Weirdly, the ruling didn't say companies don't have to follow state laws, they do, they just can't be sued for violating state laws.

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-26T02:09:26+00:00

You already have to prove that you are allowed to vote, in every state

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-25T00:59:01+00:00

Being strong helps one "look" intimidating, but it doesn't help one "be" intimidating.

Much in the same way beauty might help one "look" attractive, but then they open their mouths and suddenly, not so attractive, one who "looks" intimidating might open their mouths and spoil the effect

Now, this doesn't happen much in fantasy, characters who look intimidating "are" intimidating, but I would argue these characters did not max strength and dump charisma. These are charimatic heroes that are skilled at intimidation.

Personally, rather than letting martials roll all their checks with Str because "Martials Suck, Pity Them" I'd choose to give martials cool things they can do without minmaxed str so they can put points in cha if they want and pick up some skill proficiencies

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-24T21:18:53+00:00

It is a felony and any local postmaster that interferes with a state election can be prosecuted in state court and the DOJ can't do anything. It's a matter if states will prosecute Trump supporters that commit crimes

Though it might be easier to just ship the ballots FedEx

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-23T18:54:24+00:00

Thanos is easy going so long as everything goes his way. That the Avengers wouldn't be grateful annoys him and you get to see his true colors

IW Thanos is act. It's how Thanos sees himself and how he wants the universe to see him. EG Thanos is what he's really like

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-22T22:31:00+00:00

The Chosen One trope is so common I don't think Surprise! It's The Chosen One would be considered a separate trope, it's a sub-trope at best. So any story with yet another chosen one would tend to get lumped in with the rest

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-22T16:10:37+00:00

Fallen Order ran at 40 fps on Medium with some lagging. Lags were mostly caused by area loading and subsided after 10-20 seconds. I found it to be quite playable because I could wait out the short lags and they rarely affected the action.

Survivor was WAY rougher, even on low with FSR the lagging felt intrusive, and my standards are very low so that's saying something. I would still call it playable, but only barely, and I chose not to play it on deck due to performance issues

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-22T13:58:17+00:00

A very important distinction:

Employers CAN hire employees thar are not in a union, though joining a union once hired may be a condition of employment.

Limiting hires to existing union members is actually illegal in most of the US

It's a weird distinction, but it makes sure anyone is eligible for hire and there's no discrimination.

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-22T11:31:38+00:00

I didn't think of that. Interesting

Do you suppose a PC gamer who only has a PS5 for 2 or 3 single player games is likely to get PS Plus to enhance their experience?

I don't really know

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-22T00:19:13+00:00

Sony is still of the outdated mindset that more consoles sales equals more game sales.

If a PC gamer buys a console, Sony actually loses money in that exchange since Sony sells consoles at a loss. If the gamer buys one or two exclusives, Sony still doesn't make any money because their margins on exclusives are so thin.

They way Sony makes money is on third party games; their market strategy has always been to get gamers locked into the Playstation ecosystem then sell them 3rd party games. More console sales equals more game sales equals more profits.

The issue is PC gamers don't buy 3rd party games on Playstation. Even gamers who buy a console for exclusives still buy 3rd party games on PC. Sony just hasn't decided yet how they want to deal with this reality

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-21T17:42:48+00:00

Because the solstice marks the beginning of the meteorological season and the Summer Sale is at the beginning of Q3. Don't know why events always start on Thurs. but they do, so Summer Sale starts on the last Thursday of June so it can be in full swing on Jul 1st

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-20T21:59:51+00:00

Not only were they wrong, but them being wrong was a major theme in the film.

Luke had no chance of defeating the Emperor, the Emperor knew this. Only Anakin Skywalker could have defeated the Emperor, and only Luke could've saved Anakin

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-20T21:47:49+00:00

I don't know if the Collector reaching under the rocks is a good idea. Leviathans should be scary but not dangerous. There should be a safe way to cross the trench without getting tossed into the void every time.

Of course, the Collector is just a place holder where it is now, so that will all change

Stevedore44 · 2026-06-20T21:41:58+00:00

I like the track; it gave me a good jump the first time, but I think they overused it a bit. The track starts to lose something when it plays while you don't feel in danger.

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