hitmyspot

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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 7 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Yep, and just like that, those who don't partake in mocrottansactions are participating in a game that is tailored to mocrottansactions. How it looks, plays and feels are all affected.

Just like the pool, you can be blissfully unaware and knowing makes it decidedly worse, but it's worse whether you know it or not.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 6 points 9 months ago (9 children)

It only affects you if they tell you. Otherwise it's hidden to you, too, so the comparison is apt.

Similarly, the company focuses on these mocrottansaction features, which does affect where they spend time developing and also how they design and develop the game.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Would more people have already had TLOU1 and so it was less attractive to pay again for the same game? I would say tlou 1 has probably sold a lot more than 2 overall too. It's an odd metric to tout.

I'm surprised Tekken outsold sf6, though. SF seemed the bigger franchise at a good time to launch a fighting game. Both have favourable reviews.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but shipping it back to be destroyed instead would be more wasteful, with the same end result.

It would be better to repair, but where repairs cost more than replacement, the only way to force them to repair is with regulations, as otherwise they do what costs less.

I much prefer that they require you to break it and give a new one. From a consumer perspective it's a better outcome. From an environmental perspective, it's slightly better than ship back and destroy. The ideal is repair which has less waste and solves the problem for the consumer.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

Yes but the question is whether this can be mass market enough and is refined enough.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but many millions of the kind of people that would be interested already have a ps5. For those that don't, it's still cheaper to buy both twice over.

It's designed for vr, not at, so the video pass through is sufficient rather than great. It's still a huge step up and hopefully, so is the apple headset.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago (5 children)

That already existed on psvr 4 years ago and I think take up was minimal. Again, it could be something that apple can popularise, now the technology is better, but it won’t be ground breaking.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

Me too, but that assumes devs that have the time and access to do so. If it’s not mass market, they may not. In a way, hopefully it means that all vr has to use the same apis/design language eventually rather than a a new set of competing systems. Obviously, with seeing how the phone market went, none of the big companies will allow that to happen if they can avoid it.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I worry that it’s a bit chicken and egg. I’ve a psvr and psvr2, for reference. Without millions of users, the market for a range of quality apps is poor. Then, of those quality apps, only a few will be truly great, even less revolutionary enough to sell a $3500 headset for one.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago

I use a Synology nas. It also runs pihole, and is my back up for photos and videos etc. as well as my network file server and can be my VPN as needed when using public hot spots.

I'm not currently running the arrs on it too, but I plan to. They are already set up on my PC, so next time i need to change anything, I'll load them on the nas. None are particularly resource intensive, but need more than a pi.

I recommend looking at what your overall needs are. Will you do any more than serving locally. Do the other features of a nas appeal? For me, running a 24/7 laptop is more inefficient and I don't have a spare, like you. A nas was pretty cheap with other features I use.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

Roch people pay for apps, so perhaps even if it is just for the rich, it can be successful. The thing about technology, though, is selling those same apps for less to mass market later is still profitable as it costs no more to produce them.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago

I have a psvr, psvr2 and love it, but there is no way id spend this much for a better version. However, I thought similar about the iPad at first. What can it do that I couldn't do with my phone or a PC. Now I sue my iPad daily.

I think it's a case of build it and they will come. It's currently sold out and an early adopter thing but it took a few generations for the iPhone to have apps. And at first, there was no killer app.

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