sukhmel

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

It may not be the best of all time, but I remember Celeste has been a blast to play, and it's really well polished

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I guess whether this is true or not will be a defining point of the whole lawsuit

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

Some games are region-locked because the localisation is done by building another binary, Fallouts were like that, and some other I can't remember, maybe it was this

I too am afraid to change region because Valve is very opaque in how they change availability, and there definitely were precedents of games not just being delisted but still available if you have them, but also disappearing completely from you library

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

I expect that no cap on storefront share of the price will be set as a result of this lawsuit or any other.

I also expect that even if Steam reduce their cut to 3%, prices will not get lower, and bankruptcies and lay-offs will go on as usual

Maybe I'm just pessimistic, don't know

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Ah, yeah, there was, that's not how most of the time went, though

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't know, we need a medievalist here

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Yeah, I thought life was hard but sustainable mostly, turns out one was always at risk of extinction:

Medieval villagers were often living on the edge of subsistence. Agricultural surpluses were skimmed by the church and the feudal lords. Bad harvests, banditry, warfare and disease might decimate a village community at any time. For this very reason, the demography of many European villages remained relatively stable between the twelfth and the eighteenth century.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I eventually found a Wikipedia page about Amazon Game Studios, they still exist and make games, and it looks like they only make mediocre stuff even when they have chances to make something interesting (like King of Meat, that seems to be a well received game, but has awful name, is too pricey, and is almost unknown, making the online too small)

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The original comment reads more like: they could've used an abstract conflict without specifics allowing to identify it

I would add: maybe that was intentional, also maybe they thought that the US were on the side of good in that case

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago

So, ceo has 20× the average in their company, wow

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

You got the point, but non-profit that doesn't usually exist on the brink of collapse or stops existing entirely

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