Gristle

I saw this symbol and thought a Total Annihilation was on the way. My heart is entirely broken.

I’m unfamiliar with software development output bottlencks and how they relate to artists. In your opinion, how could an increase in production artists not increase art production?

I’ve been a die-hard player since 2.0. I love where the game is at in a lot of places. My gripe is that for all the money this game brings in, we’re constantly being told that things are out of their budget. Getting all the races to be able to wear hats, for example. If XIV is their most lucrative title, why is the budget the excuse for EVERY little thing they “can’t” do?

Release it on PC then. Enough with the console exclusivity just to bitch that the game isn’t selling well.

I think it’s the same reason games offer a cash shop for things you can get in-game. Sure they’re making billions but why not billions plus ad revenue? I don’t agree with the practice but the answer always comes back to money.

180% of $0 is still $0. Sorry EA fans.

I hopped between distros for a long time. Before writing Linux off I suggest giving MX-Linux a shot. I’ve been loving it. It’s super solid. My only issue with it is that I can’t seem to get the right power settings set for closing my laptop but it’s probably something I’m doing wrong.

I will, actually, give you that one. I was more thinking WoW and Overwatch but you’re right, D3 was a mess that they made fun eventually.

I’ve been hearing “but wait, Blizzard fixed it” for over half my life at this point. Never once was it true.

I’m not sure what you’re getting at. I bought every version of every game since the first one and pirated the Japanese versions before they were localized. G rank wasn’t something you had to pay for until the games I mentioned. It was either in the game or it wasn’t. I’m not interested in having an argument though so I’ll just see myself out of this weird pseudo-argument.

Gonna have to pay to skip cutscenes too. And SOS flares aren’t free but aren’t expensive either. Oof, we should be execs somewhere.

I didn’t have to pay for G-rank until Iceborne and Sunbreak. I’d like to go back to those days.

Oh no. We gotta stop giving them ideas.

I’ve been a fan of Monster Hunter since the PSP and somehow completely forgot that it was made by Capcom. I was already a bit peeved that they moved G-rank behind a paywall and a year of waiting but now I’m nervous that you may not be super far off. People already think that the game has a desire senser and with AI being what it is today it wouldn’t be very hard to sell a ‘premium carving knife’ with charges on it to get that Gem or Plate you need to finish your set.

Lmao my PS4 is the similar. I use it for Plex almost exclusively since their like 80%, completely unjustified PS Plus price hike(s).

Sold my PS5 and bought a guitar instead.

I still need to get around to this. Everything I hear is just amazing.

It isn’t, though. He went FROM PC gaming to PS4/5 exclusively for some reason. Just wild to me.

I’ve got a buddy that constantly goes on about how PlayStation’s exclusives are what keep him buying PlayStation but at this point they’ve got Bloodborne and Ratchet and Clank and then some times exclusives like Final Fantasy. I don’t get it.

Got the deck dock on the living room TV and use it to both chill-game and have the kids Skype with grandma and grandpa.

And I bought it once. I think that’s a fair trade.