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This is one of those things that they will continue to get away with because people will continue to buy it literally no matter what they do. I don’t think individual actions in “I won’t buy this” matter systemically but when it comes to stuff like this it definitely does matter.
A personal decision like that will never matter. Only organized collective action could make a difference
maybe stop using those shite quixel assets in 4k resolution then? Maybe you could learn a thing or two from vfx production?
I misread this as 300mb and briefly thought it actually made some amount of sense. (I mean not including the textures is still for always-online DRM, but at least you’re getting a smaller download size in that world)
I saw an ad for this, I burst out laughing when they subliminally flashed the illumanaughty pyramid thing.
They know their audience lol
the recent mw2 was ridiculously rife with hackers, i watched a friend play and every killcam had obvious aimbot locking on through walls. cross-platform gaming was a mistake, pc players deserve their virtual gulag. also i can’t even fit 300gb on my internal drive, unless it was the only game installed.
i can’t even fit 300gb on my internal drive, unless it was the only game installed.
That’s why they’re inflating the size like that, because they want to occupy as much space as possible and be as much of a pain to reinstall as possible so people get rid of their competitors and keep them around forever instead. It’s a toxic competitive adaptation that’s been getting progressively worse over the past decade or so since the strategy has worked out for them so far.
hard drive imperialism
the us state department does not pay for optimization and good compression, okay
i mean sure if you don’t want any customer outside of dense urban areas from rich countries just make your game constantly download 4k textures. also when did Activision hit black ops 6? i always think black ops 3 was just released yesterday.
I knew 4 existed, but I can’t for the life of me remember 5 ever even being announced
Texture steaming you’ve gotta be shitting me
Oh no I was really looking forward to call of duty (and this is true) number 21
what will I do now
To be fair, the game currently advertised as GTA VI will actually be GTA XV
This also of course means you can no longer play the game after they take down their servers.
Then the team preserving a private server gets hit with a cease and desist
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Before: Upgarde ur foking SSD
Now: Upgrade ur foking internet
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over the next few years we’re going to see every game on earth become an MMO
actiblizzsoft delenda est
Deeply unserious game franchise
Except it’s also somehow the most successful.
Not surprising, it’s like the mcu, they don’t have any new ideas or even good old ideas but they just have to keep shoveling the shit out because it’s profitable.
I think saying they “have to” is absolving them of a little more than I would.
It’s a invented problem to justify always online DRM.
Of course. And it will just lead to a situation where you will need to pirate a copy to be able to play it offline.
These schemes only give paying customers a worse experience than pirates.
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AAA studios have invested higher and higher budgets to seek larger and larger audiences to deliver lower and lower quality products.
Indies don’t have the same budget problems, so a smaller investment can still be successful with a smaller audience. That’s why Indies are killing it these days.
it’s not even about larger audiences anymore no one introduces 4k texture streaming into their game to reach a bigger audience. it’s about milking their already existing fanbase with a new price tag, and a new slew of predatory microtransactions.
Yes, that adds a compounding factor. Instead of efficiency, they try to sell the largest package and milk as much as they can.
