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How are they measuring a "$52 million" value?
What the games should actually cost these days?
Sega Genesis Classics: 55 games for $36
Capcom Arcade Stadium 1&2: 64 games for $59
Or even on the high end:
Marvel Vs Capcom: Arcade Classics: 8 games for $50
If they're going by Ebay scalper prices, than every one is going to be in the three-figure range with the stupid prices these days.
I mean, thank god that more publishers are trying to make their catalogs available via collections, but the "retro" market these days is just a playground for the ultra-rich with far more money than sense.
What the games should actually cost these days?
Sega Genesis Classics: 55 games for $36
Capcom Arcade Stadium 1&2: 64 games for $59
Or even on the high end:
Marvel Vs Capcom: Arcade Classics: 8 games for $50
If they're going by Ebay scalper prices, than every one is going to be in the three-figure range with the stupid prices these days.
I mean, thank god that more publishers are trying to make their catalogs available via collections, but the "retro" market these days is just a playground for the ultra-rich with far more money than sense.
They did a terrible job at marketing it, since this article was the first I even heard of it.
Still wouldn't play it, as I had my fill of hero shooters back with Overwatch 1, and from the trailer, I don't see it doing anything particularly interesting. Multiplayer-only games are an especially risky proposition, since there's both the issue of gaining sufficient skill to compete, but also there being a player base to play against.
I *almost* looked into The Finals, but didn't bother.
Still wouldn't play it, as I had my fill of hero shooters back with Overwatch 1, and from the trailer, I don't see it doing anything particularly interesting. Multiplayer-only games are an especially risky proposition, since there's both the issue of gaining sufficient skill to compete, but also there being a player base to play against.
I *almost* looked into The Finals, but didn't bother.
The article on mobile games just solidifies why I categorically ignore mobile as a gaming platform.
Larger games just aren't practical there, and I don't really have much of need for frigidity 'filler' games. Especially when I talk to friends who are that mention spending thousands on 'gacha' mechanics for a game that doesn't look worth my time to begin with.
Larger games just aren't practical there, and I don't really have much of need for frigidity 'filler' games. Especially when I talk to friends who are that mention spending thousands on 'gacha' mechanics for a game that doesn't look worth my time to begin with.
*Shrugs*
I've been happy enough with my Brother Laserjet.
Got the first back in 2006, and aside from the slight inconvenience of Brother slightly changing the outer casing of the toner cartridges, requiring me to either track down an old one that was an exact fit... or just get a new one and saw off the bit that they changed, it worked well enough until I decided that I really needed to just get one that worked over Wifi last year, and got another Brother Laserjet.
I don't print a lot of pages, and the HP Inkjets I had prior to the '06 Laserjet seemed to still run out of ink immediately. I couldn't even tell you how long it was in-between Laserjet toner cartridges, but it was quite a while.
I've been happy enough with my Brother Laserjet.
Got the first back in 2006, and aside from the slight inconvenience of Brother slightly changing the outer casing of the toner cartridges, requiring me to either track down an old one that was an exact fit... or just get a new one and saw off the bit that they changed, it worked well enough until I decided that I really needed to just get one that worked over Wifi last year, and got another Brother Laserjet.
I don't print a lot of pages, and the HP Inkjets I had prior to the '06 Laserjet seemed to still run out of ink immediately. I couldn't even tell you how long it was in-between Laserjet toner cartridges, but it was quite a while.
On my PC (RTX 4080 / Ryzen 7 7700x) I've had hitches as long as about 5 seconds
Not as bad as Elden Ring was at launch, if you can believe it, but it's bad.
Not as bad as Elden Ring was at launch, if you can believe it, but it's bad.
I never quite understood why anyone would want to buy something requiting another launcher.
If you buy it on Uplay, you need Uplay running
If you buy it on Steam, you need both Steam and Uplay running.
Ubisoft got me with a couple of games, and now I have to worry about the two launchers successfully talking to each other to get them to work. The fantasy may be "Just Steam" but it really doesn't work that way.
If you buy it on Uplay, you need Uplay running
If you buy it on Steam, you need both Steam and Uplay running.
Ubisoft got me with a couple of games, and now I have to worry about the two launchers successfully talking to each other to get them to work. The fantasy may be "Just Steam" but it really doesn't work that way.
Never heard of Freshly Frosted, specifically, but I do like a good factory puzzle game.
Looks like they were just a bit late to the punch this week.
Looks like they were just a bit late to the punch this week.
Way too much of Google's premium service goes to Google, not the creators.
Patreon still takes too large a cut, but at least more of it is going to the channels I watch.
The ad block stays on.
Patreon still takes too large a cut, but at least more of it is going to the channels I watch.
The ad block stays on.
Good on them.
I had an employer pull a non-compete on me. While I was there, they said that they were releasing every non-management role from them.
Guess what they shoved in my face when I was subjected to a layoff?
Now go after binding arbitration.
I had an employer pull a non-compete on me. While I was there, they said that they were releasing every non-management role from them.
Guess what they shoved in my face when I was subjected to a layoff?
Now go after binding arbitration.
The Apple Vision Pro seems cool and all, but is about $3000 too much.
I could do a lot with $3000 that would make more of a difference in my life than a headset that would sit on my shelf and be forgotten about. Just saying.
I could do a lot with $3000 that would make more of a difference in my life than a headset that would sit on my shelf and be forgotten about. Just saying.
Are we going to have to destroy every keyboard in existence because they contain a key with both an '8' and an asterisk now?
Some of this stuff sounds like they're just grasping at straws to make controversy.
Not excusing any of the other stuff, but some of this 'symbolism' is like, core elements of the language.
Some of this stuff sounds like they're just grasping at straws to make controversy.
Not excusing any of the other stuff, but some of this 'symbolism' is like, core elements of the language.
Always iffy about early access, especially with multiplayer stuff, as it may mean choosing between playing an incomplete version or nothing at all, unless it ends up being a huge hit.
It's really dumb that literal gambling via loot boxes is normalized but something that just borrows a scoring system from a card game and has no extra monetization whatsoever gets banned.
2013 called. They want their glassholes back.
Over a decade for what was originally an expansion to Assassin's Creed Black Flag
No longer bidden by the shame of ownership, sales of Bad Rats increase by 100x
I got stuck early on in The Witness, but The Talos Principle 1 was one of my favorite games that year.
Part of me secretly hopes that Ryan comes back to PC Perspective... but that's obviously a backwards career move that won't happen.
I replayed about 2/3 of Tomb Raider 1 about a month ago.
The controls are *really* rough. Even if they keep the overall grid movement system, it's going to be a hard sell if they don't make it more responsive.
The controls are *really* rough. Even if they keep the overall grid movement system, it's going to be a hard sell if they don't make it more responsive.
This month includes The Forgotten City.
That was one of my favorite experiences in 2021, and well worth getting this months bundle for if you don't already have it.
That was one of my favorite experiences in 2021, and well worth getting this months bundle for if you don't already have it.
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