The PC gaming industry (AAA and such) seems more sensible the economy of money around the Apple Platform, for sure. But we’re talking about iOS gaming… not exactly what keep the industry busy with complex technologies like RayTracing, cutting edge PBR textures and gigallion of cinematic rendered Quadruple-A art assets....
As already told, this is no sense from logical stand point.
I mean, if someone come to you and tell “there’s job to do here”… that’s definitely not a nice experience. The real problem come when you realize that “nobody is telling you anything”: that looks like a nice experience, but that’s just the proverbial moment before “the shit hit the fan”.
If someone give you a bug report they, generally, don’t go around and file a bad review: they saw something wrong with your product and, wherever you’re gonna fix or not, they go on with their lives. (now, if you get a really motivated person, usually it mean you got someone who investigate with you the problem with their file log etc).
On the other side, the “windows customer experience”, they don’t file bug report, hell no. So, what they do? What do you think it’s the most natural thing someone do (if not filing bug reports) when their game crashes.
I think you guessed it: bad review on your steam page. “I paid, things don’t work: gotta let everyone know the thing you made doesn’t work”
“Helldivers fans – we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update. The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for current players beginning May 30, will not be moving forward....
There’s always a dissonance between the money you can do, and the money you think you can do.
Sony “see” companies like Google, Facebook (and alike) making huge profit by hooking up their server with people’s wallets. Sony see these companies not hiring artists, authors, directors, operators, developers. Sony see these companies huge flood of money thanks one simple, magical mantra “just, make, one, account”.
Those selling games must comply with UK consumer law. They must provide clear information and allow continued access to games if sold on the understanding that they will remain playable indefinitely....
With a few days to go Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy is fully funded on Kickstarter (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Playtron give a bit more detail on the Linux-based PlaytronOS and their plans (www.gamingonlinux.com)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Review: A Value Gaming Masterpiece (www.tomshardware.com)
Hades II now Early Access on Steam [EA reviews are already ~9/10] [verified SteamDeck] (store.steampowered.com)
videogamer 10/10...
Steam HW survey: Mac are 1.35%, Linux 1.90%... but is the industry reacting to this? (store.steampowered.com)
The PC gaming industry (AAA and such) seems more sensible the economy of money around the Apple Platform, for sure. But we’re talking about iOS gaming… not exactly what keep the industry busy with complex technologies like RayTracing, cutting edge PBR textures and gigallion of cinematic rendered Quadruple-A art assets....
Valve graphics dev gets Gamescope working on NVK with Explicit Sync (www.gamingonlinux.com)
PS1 love-letter survival horror game Crow Country gets Steam Deck Verified (www.gamingonlinux.com)
PlayStation official response to Helldivers 2 fans (nitter.poast.org)
“Helldivers fans – we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update. The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for current players beginning May 30, will not be moving forward....
You can post your questions/opinions related to PC gaming in this community
…this is how communities are made, otherwise we’re just a news aggregator where people randomly comment &forget
Dice & Fold upcoming on Steam with demo available [turn based dungeon crawler (...) by rolling dice] (store.steampowered.com)
Preview by PCGamesn
Wine 9.8 released with Mono updates, ARM improvements (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Eyeing the Helldivers 2 backlash with a nervous flop sweat, Sucker Punch assures us that Ghost of Tsushima won't need a PSN login for single player [co-op online multiplayer mode still require it] (www.pcgamer.com)
Helldivers 2 delisted from purchase in countries where PSN is unavailable. (steamdb.info)
UK parliament response to the petition initiated by Ross Scott from stopkillinggames.com (petition.parliament.uk)
Those selling games must comply with UK consumer law. They must provide clear information and allow continued access to games if sold on the understanding that they will remain playable indefinitely....
Valve Working On Explicit Sync Support For "NVK" NVIDIA Vulkan Driver (www.phoronix.com)
RTX 4060 Ti vs RX 7700 XT faceoff: Which midrange graphics card is superior? (www.tomshardware.com)
System Shock - Patch 1.2.18890 (store.steampowered.com)
The FUNgeon Crawlers Humble Bundle has some good loot (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Bundle link
STEAM starting to issue refunds for players over the 2h playtime limit due to PSN on Helldivers 2 (nitter.poast.org)
twitter’s link...
Palestinian Relief Bundle: 8$ for 358 content [+200 games, plus comics, books, game assets and other ] last 2 days and +500k goal reached (itch.io)
Helldivers 2 Steam page reviews are now "Mostly negative" with "mixed" overall (old reviews are switching too) (archive.is)
PC system requirements for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (nitter.poast.org)
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