LurkerLito wrote on Mar 2, 2020, 16:26:
That ruling will also apply here. Nvidia will be considered violating copyright law because they have a single copy of a game installed being shared by a bunch of users playing the same copy. To really get around this particular technicality, Nvidia would have to make a cloud drive for every user then make the user install the game in their own cloud space for each game. Then run that copy of the binaries that the user installed to their own cloud space.

Beamer wrote on Mar 2, 2020, 15:36:
It's two-fold for the developers

jacobvandy wrote on Feb 25, 2020, 01:32:
The exact quote was "up and down that family of devices," so if they meant only the One X, they did a really poor job of being specific. Plus, that would then reduce the size of said family from 50-70 million consoles down to 5-10 million (vague estimates are all we have because they stopped reporting sales years ago, they are so embarrassed by this generation), more or less defeating their stated purpose of not leaving their existing audience behind.

The problem with scalability is that not everything can be scaled, at least not easily. If what they really mean is that they'll be developing two different versions of each of their games, they should make that more clear, as well. Because that's what they would have to do to truly take advantage of the new hardware while also supporting the old.

jacobvandy wrote on Feb 24, 2020, 16:57:

Nullity wrote on Feb 24, 2020, 14:48:

What You Can Expect From the Next Generation of Gaming - Xbox Wire

More bad PC ports and lowest common denominator compromises?

(At least the first year or 2 won't be too bad, but it only gets worse as the generation gets older, obviously.)

You jest, but in truth it's significantly worse than that with their commitment to Xbox One compatibility... It's not the new console which will be their lowest common denominator, but the last one, from 2013.

Jerykk wrote on Feb 21, 2020, 23:27:
Why are they pulling their games? GeForce Now only lets you stream games you already own. The publishers were already compensated when the games were originally purchased.

Darks wrote on Feb 17, 2020, 10:48:
Look what happend to Marvel Heroes when Disney bought out Marvell. killed that game almost immediately.

Kxmode wrote on Feb 10, 2020, 15:02:

Creating new worlds is central to our studio mission, but it’s not easy. Sometimes we get it right, sometimes we miss. What keeps us going is the support from players like you.

That doesn't fly with people who dropped $60 (or more) on the game, and then more on microtransactions! Imagine if Toyota released a car that had "over the last year, the team [working] hard to improve stability, performance and general quality of life," only to conclude, "will require a more substantial reinvention than an update or expansion." They would be forced to do a recall. EA needs to do a recall on Anthem in the same way Blizzard did a no-questions-asked refund for Warcraft 3 Reforged.

Riahderymnmaddog wrote on Feb 5, 2020, 13:27:
Fallout 76 isn't nearly as bad as the trolls who in most cases didn't even play the game would have you believe. Sure it plays like shit on that i5-550 with GTX 650 and 2 gigs of ram, and it plays like shit in the conslows but like for fucks sakes just get a new PC and stuff already.

the game plays like fallout 4, but with a broken vats system. I don't understand for the life of me why they didn't nix vats since it doesn't work in a multiplayer environment.

other then that, I didnt have a problem with the game, and found it fun. Then again i am literate and didn't need a NPC to read the story to me.

MattyC wrote on Jan 16, 2020, 23:17:

DarkCntry wrote on Jan 16, 2020, 20:26:

afka Rossini wrote on Jan 16, 2020, 11:38:
I'm not sure how you can call Comcast late to the party as NBC was an early partner in Hulu.

Peacock is a streaming service, like CBS All Access, not just a partnership deal...that's why they state "late" as they are just about to launch it compared to the other networks.

I don't know. Partnering with Hulu because you see the promise, but not launching your own because you know your library consists of "we used to have Seinfeld" and reality reruns seems to check out.

afka Rossini wrote on Jan 16, 2020, 11:38:
I'm not sure how you can call Comcast late to the party as NBC was an early partner in Hulu.

Kxmode wrote on Jan 14, 2020, 15:34:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Jan 14, 2020, 14:06:
If only the people blathering about "anti-competitive practices" were as passionate and ardent about digital privacy and personal digital security both commented and acted as ferociously as the complain.

As long as the DRM (or whatever form of copyright protection is in place) doesn't get in the way of playing the game, people don't care. But they care when they are forced to buy on an objectively inferior platform.

Acleacius wrote on Jan 1, 2020, 03:50:
Thirdly, as an avid gamer for decades, who enjoys stories, questing and character development.
The idea of the protagonist always wearing a helm annoys me greatly. To the point I ALWAYS use, Hide Helm switches and mods in gaming if available.
If not, I don't wear helms choosing to lose the AC, DR and Buffs.

Cutter wrote on Dec 25, 2019, 13:19:

"In Japan, it is customary to eat chicken at Christmas," says the 30-something Japanese woman.

Sure, whatever, but KFC? Huuukk...I just threw up in my mouth a little. Seriously, the last time I had KFC was a couple of years ago and it was probably a decade before that the last time I tried it and it was disguting. I'm still undecided whether it was cat or something else.Fried chicken is a rarity for me but at least Popeyes is edible.

Saboth wrote on Dec 24, 2019, 16:41:
DoS for a video card?

Ozmodan wrote on Dec 5, 2019, 13:25:
You can tell the people at the Washington Post are not gamers.

Beamer wrote on Oct 28, 2019, 07:55:

Cutter wrote on Oct 27, 2019, 19:35:

Saboth wrote on Oct 27, 2019, 09:56:
NDAs exist for a reason...

If they let this guy off with a slap in the wrist, they'll have people leaking stuff left and right.

It's about the punishment fitting the crime. He leaked a pic of a new map for a FREE game. Epic has lost exactly nothing. If anything he's probably made them money. What's appropriate for shoplifting in your opinion? Hanging?

They lost tens of millions in earned media views. That's quantifiable.

And he won't be sued for much. But if you don't enforce NDAs, why have them? So people are simply on the honor system?

robdot wrote on Oct 17, 2019, 21:27:
Stop blaming the publishers or devs, and blame the dumbfucks who give them money. Seriously,they make a game where food rots. Then sell you a way to make your food not rot. Your armor needs repaired? Here buy this kit ! Why in the name of holy fuck would anyone do that?