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Steam tag: "choices matter"

"It's been 0 days since this administration violated someone's rights."

The "0" is just written in ink. It has not changed, and never will.

This is why Windows peaked with version 2000.

They had some cool software like 20 years ago. Then they doubled down on the subscription model, and I haven't thought about them much since then.

Hopefully they don't lean into live service games or DLC traps.

Just trying to hit all the prerequisites for a GOP nomination.

Nobody expects the Spanish Disaffirmation!

https://bsky.app/profile/windypundit.com/post/3mg2brj55fk25

Successful psychopaths are very good at imitating normal emotional responses, which they learn over decades of observing normal people. But when facing a novel situation, they have no such learning to rely on, and their jarringly cold responses reveal their hollow interiors.

This article should be Exhibit A in any class on "correlation does not imply causation."

1. Gambling was made more accessible in the US because of a SCOTUS case in 2018. Starting later that year, Delaware became the 2nd state to allow sports betting (after Nevada). The list of states allowing access to online sports betting keeps growing, with Missouri the latest to join less than 3 months ago. 39 states now have gambling in some form, with 7 more considering legislation in the next year or two.

2. Gaming revenue took off in 2020-2021 because more people were spending all day at home. It has since flattened, or slightly declined as a) pandemic-era games that were written and designed in those tough circumstances turned out poorly. b) gaming company execs thought the gravy train would never end, so set projections too high. c) acquisitions and mergers due to a combination of a) and b) meant massive layoffs and low-effort slop. d) VCs bought up the shells of former successes and accelerated c). Oh look:

A new report by Epyllion, a gaming industry advisory company headed by venture capitalist and market guru

These two things have nothing to do with one another, besides coincidentally happening at roughly the same time.

Wreckfest 2 is in early access, if that counts as upcoming. Same developer as Flatout 2, so it should feel similar, just more modern.

Wait until you see the page that redacted the word "don't". As in, "Don T." Why would that be a term they targeted??

They're never gonna financially recover from this.

It's still relevant to make it as big a story as possible, since that was the stated goal, we should yell from the rooftops how badly they failed according to their own metrics.