Darks wrote on Jan 19, 2023, 00:36:It doesn't say specifically that they are on the Starfield development team, just that there's a non-zero number from Bethesda Game Studios, and I'd expect that any layoff would impact development across the entire board. Last I heard there were over 400 people employed by both Bethesda and 343.
I don't understand the Starfield layoffs when that game is getting close to release. The 343 I totally understand. Seems really odd they are laying off the starfield team to the point where its imp[acting the development of the game. Really odd!
Prez wrote on Jan 18, 2023, 22:55:I know of a few people who were either part of or worked with those who were laid off. They said that the packages they obtained varied from complete severance to options all the way to obtaining re-employment in other divisions after X amount of time. The ones I know personally also alluded to them knowing for a while and the company assisting in getting settled elsewhere in the industry but didn't tell me much more because of various NDAs.
Not a good look after they spent $68 billion dollars acquiring Activision. Beyond that, 10000 people all looking for another job at the same time is not a good thing. That really sucks because a lot of them are either going to be unemployed for a long time or jump at any job that can at least provide food and rent. I really don't like corporations.
RogueSix wrote on Jan 13, 2023, 18:12:Funny enough, Gamepass has shown an increase in purchasing of games available on the service.
So they giving away Starfield for $1/month? Great idea. Can't wait for them to complain about shitty sales in future post-mortems. It will be a huge mystery why it flopped.
SMITE wrote on Jan 8, 2023, 17:28:Who was the one trying to argue that trans is a political agenda?I apologize, I was hoping that you were actually an intelligent person and knew that there's a horrible comparison being made here. I'm sorry for assuming that, won't happen again.
So, you're the same guy who was just accusing me of arguing in "bad faith." Right? The same guy?
As always, the hypocrisy is just breathtaking. And you can't even see it.
SMITE wrote on Jan 8, 2023, 17:00:DarkCntry wrote on Jan 8, 2023, 16:21:SMITE wrote on Jan 8, 2023, 15:33:Political standing is a whole different ball game to civil rights...but you know that and want to apply a bad-faith argument here.
So you think it's perfectly fine for private companies to fire or blacklist anyone accused of being a socialist or a communist as happened in America during the 1950s? You think there's nothing wrong with punishing someone for their political views?
Duly noted.
You guys always go back to the same handful of tactics over and over again.
Mindreading:but you know that
Who are you to tell me what I know or believe?
Accusations of dishonesty:Using "gender ideology" like you are is literally a dog whistle. I mean, here you are arguing that trans people shouldn't be afforded the same rights as men or women.want to apply a bad-faith argument
And I get it. It's much, much easier to pretend to read someone's mind and to accuse them without evidence of being dishonest, than it is respond to their actual argument.
You are claiming that gender ideology doesn't involve "political standing," but that's ridiculous. Women had to fight for years for the right to have single-sex spaces and now some men want to take those spaces away from them again, this time in the guise of "civil rights." But you don't get to just violate someone else's civil rights in the name of your own. There is a conflict there and rather than face that conflict honestly, a tiny but highly influential minority want to just ignore it completely and punish anyone who won't comply. There's a writer who lost her book contract merely for liking a single tweet from JK Rowling. That's insane, especially when most people agree with Rowling and not the gender activists. And they don't agree with her because they're "hateful bigots." They agree with her because they believe that biology is real and women's rights deserve to be protected.
SMITE wrote on Jan 8, 2023, 15:33:Political standing is a whole different ball game to civil rights...but you know that and want to apply a bad-faith argument here.
So you think it's perfectly fine for private companies to fire or blacklist anyone accused of being a socialist or a communist as happened in America during the 1950s? You think there's nothing wrong with punishing someone for their political views?
Duly noted.
Hardline Mike wrote on Dec 29, 2022, 19:28:Musk's only talent is the ability to see future success. He doesn't have practical skills despite attempting to sound like he does. His educational background is BS in econ and a BA in physics (which, mind you, isn't much in the way of practical physics applications) that has not applied to much of any of his prior endeavors outside of 'money management'.Schkorpio wrote on Dec 29, 2022, 18:40:
but he is a very talented engineer, that's a fact.
If I asked you to back that up, could you? Like what did he do engineering-wise personally rather than by throwing money at actual skilled engineers?
Bodolza wrote on Dec 31, 2022, 01:15:There's also the whole fact that Twitter, as a whole, was mostly in the black except for the one-off payment of a legal settlement of like $200m. It was the books that show this settlement that Musk has been using to validate his "cost-cutting" measures.The Half Elf wrote on Dec 31, 2022, 00:37:
But I ask this... looking at Twitter as a whole company (pre and post Elon), is it fair to say that the company had over expanded/grown and was bleeding cash for awhile now?
No. Twitter generated $5 billion revenue in 2021, which was a 35% increase year-on-year. They also posted a net loss of $221 million in 2021, which was 80% LESS than their loss in 2020. In other words, Twitter was taking in a bunch of money while decreasing costs. Given the same expenses, a similar YoY increase in 2022 would have made them profitable.
PropheT wrote on Dec 28, 2022, 14:45:Outside of the retconning of basically everything involving the Second Age and the included characters, I don't have a problem with that particular show simply because I've moved on from "why is it that they can never take something that is already well-established and not completely rewrite it because of current market trends" to "well, I guess this is what I have to live with".
I don't really get the complaints about the LOTR series. People talk about the writing and dialog and then compare them to the movies, whose dialog style the show pretty clearly copied and also included things like dwarf tossing jokes.
Ravenus wrote on Dec 25, 2022, 08:19:I keep forgetting about the original MK movie...
Mortal Kombat fans may scorn at this, but I had fun with the first Mortal Kombat movie. Sure, it didn't reflect the game's hyper-violence, but it was a fun colorful (early days of CG rendering) ride with a pumping theme song, and didn't waste any time.
Mr. Tact wrote on Dec 24, 2022, 20:35:As a popcorn kinda movie, the original Resident Evil wasn't horrible, wasn't great but it could've been a whole lot worse (see: all following RE movies).
Is there a single movie made based off a game which is actually worth watching except to avoid watching paint dry instead?
Verno wrote on Dec 22, 2022, 10:21:It might have to do with the hypocrisy from those on Sony's side...
Weird to see so many people in favor of the merger, I suspect there are a number of Gamepass users here![]()
I don't look at this sort of consolidation as good for the industry at large. Microsoft can effectively buy up most competitors, leveraging their cash reserves from other business units. Gamepass is a loss leader right now but it's just a matter of time before they are forced by investor demand to raise prices chasing profits. Microsoft has a history of shitty, anti-competitive behavior in everything from operating systems to software to even their videogames unit. I can't even get a headset that works universally because of their shitty proprietary protocols.
So yeah as a consumer, I'm going to go against the grain here and say that I hope this is blocked by the FTC suit, regardless of how I feel about gamers suing Microsoft.
JediPunisher wrote on Dec 21, 2022, 16:48:Or...
Any idiot can bring a lawsuit for any reason... At this stage, it means nothing.
MS should gift them a shiny new XBox with lifetime GamePass and be done with it... no strings attached. No harm, no standing, no case.
Slick wrote on Dec 14, 2022, 10:16:I believe the VA issue was due to timing conflicts, so it's really shouldn't be a big deal. It's also not that far of a stretch to accept the newer actor as opposed to the older one.ninemil wrote on Dec 14, 2022, 04:31:
Square's incapable of getting anything entirely right. There's always something they manage to fuck up.
Unless Rick Gomez is put back into the game, consider thisReDemaster a hardpass unless you speak enough Japanese to understand the non-subtitled flavour dialogue. Caleb Pierce is absolutely atrocious, and doesn't have a handle on the character at all.
I know nothing of this. You saying this is genuinely not worth the time? Even for say, someone who never owned a PSP but for whom FF7 holds a special place in their heart?