jacobvandy wrote on Sep 17, 2019, 20:30:
So, anyone know if they've fixed the digital version of San Andreas since ruining it five years ago? Gutting several of the radio stations was bad enough, but they even broke or intentionally downgraded some things at a system level so that ALL versions were identical to their fucking mobile port. I.e. HD resolutions such as 1080p were dropped, previously fixed crashes were reintroduced, of course all older saves were wrecked... But hey, the game now has native Xbox controller support!

Giving this away for free now without a constructive update is only going to remind people of these issues.

Microsoft acquired Obsidian in late 2018 and its first-party games boss recently said he hopes The Outer Worlds grows into an “enduring franchise” for Xbox.

Armengar wrote on Sep 7, 2019, 16:44:
As long as it supports mods. I dont think ive ever played ksp without mods.

1badmf wrote on Sep 2, 2019, 21:57:
honestly how are they capping out so fast? back in the day it took me 3 months, 8 hours a day (at least).

RedEye9 wrote on Aug 29, 2019, 19:22:

MeanJim wrote on Aug 29, 2019, 19:19:

Verno wrote on Aug 29, 2019, 16:17:
Yeah they've both been fucking us for awhile now, Nvidia just moreso. I'm sticking with my 1080ti until it dies or Ampere arrives.

Didn't they just recently get caught working with each other to keep prices up, again.

source?

Verno wrote on Aug 29, 2019, 16:17:
Yeah they've both been fucking us for awhile now, Nvidia just moreso. I'm sticking with my 1080ti until it dies or Ampere arrives.

CJ_Parker wrote on Aug 28, 2019, 12:40:

MeanJim wrote on Aug 28, 2019, 12:29:
Well Ubi, why don't you let other developers/publishers to sell their games on your store with a lower cut than Steam?

Also, is Ubisoft/Uplay down? I wasn't able to log yesterday and it's still down. I can neither get to ubisoft.com in a browser and Uplay client says the service is currently unavailable, and I guess it doesn't have an offline mode.

uPlay is working fine here in EU. It's probably a regional hiccup where you live. You can "go offline" from the main menu (button in the top left corner).

Creston wrote on Aug 25, 2019, 15:22:

“What we try to do is ensure that this [DRM] should not impede a person,” he said. “We don’t want a situation where a person who pirated the game has an easier time than someone who bought the game legitimately. That’s kind of our litmus test, is that it can’t be in the way.”

Fancy words. Reality says that Denuvo does tend to get in the way, but hey, at least you guys tried, right?

jdreyer wrote on Aug 24, 2019, 03:37:
Okay, let's go through this.

Lego makes some cool Star Wars sets.
Gearbox makes Borderlands 3.

Walmart offers money to Lego to make some sets exclusive to their store.
Epic approaches 2K to make BL3 exclusive to their store on PC.

Lego accepts.
2K accepts.

Walmart sets are exclusive to their store in perpetuity.
Epic gets to sell BL3 exclusively for 1 year.

No one gives a shit about Walmart exclusives.
THE PC GAMING WORLD BLOWS UP AT EPIC EXCLUSIVES.

Seriously, anyone upset at Epic should also be pissed at Walmart. But no one cares about Walmart.

The one thing I'm sensitive to is when a dev has promised a game available on Steam, and pulls it. The Darq dev has a good point there. However, that has nothing to do with Epic. It's the dev's and/or publisher's decision. Be pissed at the devs and/or publishers for making these decisions.

Beamer wrote on Aug 23, 2019, 10:32:

MeanJim wrote on Aug 22, 2019, 18:50:

Beamer wrote on Aug 22, 2019, 16:54:
The reality is, Friends is a paid-for exclusive. And it's far from the only one. You want to claim it was a 1st party? How about Community? Community aired on NBC, but it was produced by Sony. In later seasons, NBC had it for free, paying literally 0 dollars towards it. But, as a contingency, Sony could only air it there. It wasn't NBC first party, but NBC aired it exclusively. And now, it's on Hulu exclusively, as I cannot stream it under any other subscription.

Why are you bringing up where you can stream a stupid TV show into this topic? Those two things are not even in the same ball park. If you want to buy Friends on DVD/Bluray, you can buy it at Walmart, Amazon, BestBuy, etc. No one has exclusive rights to sell you Friends on disk.

If you want to buy it, but that's a different format. Much like if you want to buy Metro, you can. For PS4 and for Xbox. Different format. If you want to stream it, which is my preferred format for many reasons, it's exclusive.

RedEye9 wrote on Aug 22, 2019, 13:24:
False Memories

A guy I know said that President Obama stated he was going to take away firearms. I called bullshit and asked for the source.

He could neither find the quote or the source.
Hint: It's hard to find something that doesn't exist.

Beamer wrote on Aug 22, 2019, 16:54:
The reality is, Friends is a paid-for exclusive. And it's far from the only one. You want to claim it was a 1st party? How about Community? Community aired on NBC, but it was produced by Sony. In later seasons, NBC had it for free, paying literally 0 dollars towards it. But, as a contingency, Sony could only air it there. It wasn't NBC first party, but NBC aired it exclusively. And now, it's on Hulu exclusively, as I cannot stream it under any other subscription.

The barriers continue to come down, and it's good for video games. The old walled gardens are clearly not what players want right now, and that should theoretically mean more games for everyone to play wherever they are. I'm excited to see this narrative develop.