Mike

28 || Dad || Sometimes A Photographer || Connoisseur Of Bad Aim ||

[Legendary Drops @ALegendaryDrops]

I actually don't think we need another console generation or any gaming hardware upgrades for awhile.

These guys still barely optimize the games they already produce and we know that's not a hardware limitation.

Games don't need to look better, they need to play better.

[nitzu 🫧 @nitzukai]

- Apple price increase
- Steam Machine being expensive
- Xbox price increase
- GTA 6 being 80 USD
- people being unable to buy SSDs and RAM

all of these are tied to one thing btw:
Sam Altman

you don’t hate this guy enough

[Rich @Richardw55]

Steam Machine discourse on here genuinely has shown how stupid some of you are lol
Price is bad, but it’s a realistic price for what it is. No major manufacturer has been able to combat the rising cost of pc parts, i’m not sure why people think valve would have some magic button

[NerosCinema @NerosCinema]

Still on a nostalgia kick with COD4/MWR

The campaign looked so good, I can't imagine how awesome a remaster of World at War would look

[☿ Filio! ☿ @FilioBTD]

- $500 for the base console, not counting games
- $20 yearly to even touch online play
- $70 on average for every game

vs

- Free software working on every pc
- Wide selection of games in reasonable prices
- Optional extra hardware

Nintentards are fucking insufferable

[Scolcer @scolcer_]

Todos los gordos compu del planeta diciendo que pueden fabricar una Steam Machine por mucho menos dinero, y luego te sacan un presupuesto por $50 menos, teniéndolo que montar a mano, sin el trabajo de miniaturización (la Machine te cabe en la mano), sin garantía VALVe, sin SteamOS optimizado de fábrica para ese aparato en especial.

El problema aquí no es VALVe, que ya está vendiendo sin ganancia. VALVe tiene dinero de sobra, sí, pero no es una ONG ni una empresa de caridad. Si quisieran vender la Steam Machine a pérdidas como hacen las consolas tradicionales para atraparte, podrían permitírselo. Simplemente no quieren hacerlo porque prefieren no seguir ese modelo como explico luego. Y si ahora se te rompe el PC, te toca pagar lo mismo o más. Simplemente es una época mortal para el PC y todo lo que usa RAM y almacenamiento.

También veo a gente comparando precios directamente con consolas, lo cual demuestra que no entienden lo más mínimo cómo funciona la industria de los videojuegos.

Las consolas tradicionales encierran al jugador y frenan la innovación: te venden la máquina bien barata a pérdidas, pero luego te obligan a comprar sus juegos y suscripciones para recuperar el dinero. Además, solo una empresa decide qué hardware sale, qué juegos puedes jugar, cuánto debes pagar por el online, y hacia dónde evoluciona todo.

VALVe, en cambio, ve la Steam Machine como lo que es: una extensión del PC, no como una jaula cerrada. Por eso prefieren un ecosistema abierto donde exista competencia real (Steam Deck, Steam Machine, PCs normales, otros handhelds…). Aunque eso signifique que ellos no controlen todo el mercado.

En el PC todo es abierto: cualquiera puede fabricar mejores gráficas, procesadores, mandos, etc. Por eso ha sido, desde los inicios de la industria, el principal motor de innovación en los videojuegos, tanto en hardware como en software.

VALVe está apostando a que esa libertad, aunque sea más caótica, es mejor para los jugadores a largo plazo que una "trampa dorada" controlada por unos pocos como Sony, Microsoft o Nintendo, quienes deben responder ante accionistas que solo quieren dinero rápido a toda costa sin pensar ni en ti, ni en el mañana.

Si te gustan los videojuegos, sin duda alguna VALVe es quien más está pensando en ti a largo plazo.

[Moriarty @MRIXRT]

- The price for the Steam Machine is, in fact, too high
- It was clearly intended to be an entry level living room PC
- Valve didn't intend it to be this high
- Valve shouldn't be expected to sell at a loss

Many things can be true at once

[Mike @SandmanR5]

Exactly. Games can look good without having to be photorealistic. Modern games, especially CoD, just have all of the vibrancy sucked out of them in the name of realism. If I want to look at a realistic building, I'll just go outside. Just give us good games.

[Saad @lolnvmtho]

GAMING HOT TAKE: The obsession with photorealism in video games is holding back good gameplay more than it should

[Slugabed @slugatweets]

Twitch is killing itself with those pre-roll ads, if I click a stream and the first thing I see are 30 seconds unskippable ads, I'm closing the website.

[Hope @TheGhostOfHope]

First person to call BO2 clunky on the timeline when that port drops is getting a belt to their bare ass cheeks

[Trent Reed @trentreed27]

Gaming hot take:

The Xbox 360 era was the last time it felt like everyone was playing the same games.

Halo 3.
Gears of War.
Call of Duty.
Left 4 Dead.

Today gaming feels bigger than ever, but more fragmented.

Am I wrong?

[reece @reece_us]

treyarch games have a different level of longevity in the call of duty franchise

people don’t remember how long black ops 2 lasted. it was populated for years after release and on xbox rejuvenated with back compat in april 2017

black ops 3 the same. 2 years of support for both multiplayer and zombies, the game ended with an astounding amount of content. still visually holds up today

[Steven | Steezy @sharkybait]

Hey @asha_shar, can you also take a look at the @MLG brand.

Competitive gaming had a home and a brand and that was MLG.

[사 THE ONE BOOM 사 @The_One_Boom]

I want everyone to know that I'm fully aware that these Black Ops ports could be the bare minimum and all of this speculation and hype is wasted on something that no one is going to talk about after this week.

My goal has been to make you all aware of what COULD happen to Black Ops 1&2 as a way to raise our standard as a community.

There seems to be a meaningful change going on with Activision under the new Xbox leadership and at this point anything is possible.

Don't settle for scraps. I've seen more hype for decade old CoD games and BO7 Classic Mode than I have for anything else regarding the series.

Keep tweeting about it
Keep talking about it
Keep making hopeful videos

Let them know what you want because I have a strange feeling they're listening 💚

[Brad @kindabradatthis]

and it's already clear he was 90% of the problem

[Patrick Maka @PatrickMaka]

Xbox has an “Xbox Eras” space at #XboxFanfest this year for every generation of console.

Too much nostalgia.

[beauty🤍 @beautyskillz]

Gaming as an adult:
-Work all day
-Stare at Steam library for 1hr
-Game for 10min
-Realize you’re too tired and head to bed

[Mike @SandmanR5]

Avatar always puts on a good show

[STR8 RIPPIN @STR8RIPPIN]

15 years ago today, the 1080p remastered edition dropped🍿

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