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I mostly play Monster Hunter, speedrun some video games, play some casually, and occasionally stream it all on twitch

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@ctzoch @TheAndyCortez Great, put all the dirty politicians in jail. And stop worshipping a man who doesnt give a single shit about you. Its pathetic.

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@DestinLegarie So many replies about culture wars, everyone ignoring the true elephant in the room. This is what happens when you lay off your talent to satisfy some quarterly projection. Bioware of today is a completely different set of people than they had when they were a top tier studio

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@ctzoch @TheAndyCortez It's not a matter of opinion. He is a convicted felon based on verifiable evidence of crimes committed by him. There is no ambiguity, simply facts. I know how facts are frightening to people of a certain ideology but it doesn't change their existence or the truth.

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@NorthernWhisper @Ryku_The_Fox @JesseCox You and I both know "consumer intelligence" ain't a thing. And the casual suggestion of piracy says an awful lot about your moral compass. Theres plenty of entertainment out there, I'll be good without their games or yours.

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@NorthernWhisper @Ryku_The_Fox @JesseCox Right sure they definitely aren't doing anything manipulative by saying "no listen guys we HAVE to charge this much because we spent SO MUCH money making this" when we have already established they had the money from gta5... 2 bill in the bank but man they're just STRUGGLING

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@NorthernWhisper @Ryku_The_Fox @JesseCox Maybe if companies didnt hire psychologists to figure out the best ways to manipulate people in to spending money on their products I could agree with you but alas... morality left the conversation centuries ago in capitalism. Good luck in your pursuit of the almighty dollar.

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@NorthernWhisper @Ryku_The_Fox @JesseCox Brother what risk? Cyberpunk 2077 was broken and barely playable and sold like 13 million copies in its first month. Established devs have no risk. They have tons of money at their disposal, theres no justification for charging 50% more than market standard for this game

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@NorthernWhisper @Ryku_The_Fox @JesseCox Sure we can start at 8/2 that's fine. But I object to calling millions towards gta5 development and ignoring all the money gta4 made. Still got 2 billion dollars in that bank account by my estimates. Enough to fully fund a second gta6. Wheres all this extra money going??

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@NorthernWhisper @Ryku_The_Fox @JesseCox I already subtracted the 2 billion dude. 8 - 2 = 6. 6/2 = 3. Where those billions at man?

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@NorthernWhisper @Ryku_The_Fox @JesseCox So theres 6 billion dollars in profit? Let's say taxes and other expenses eats fully half of that. What happened to the other 3 billion? That's A LOT of money man.

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@NorthernWhisper @Ryku_The_Fox @JesseCox How much money did gta5 make versus how much did they spend on development? They're milking consumers for billions. Just because our current systems allow it does not make it ethically or morally okay.

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@NorthernWhisper @JesseCox Speaking out against anti-consumer bullshit is something the games industry desperately needs. Games media shills for corporations, apparently indie devs shill for corporations now, all we've got is a few voices like Jesse's to fight the madness.

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@Tiger_Tear @tamoorh Wait wait wait, you're saying 20% of the population has as much vision as Elon? What's so fucking special about this man then?

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@NorthernWhisper @JesseCox You're not talking about the same concept. You are talking personal evaluation of value, jesse is talking about people telling others their assessment of value is wrong.

You can be willing to spend 100 bucks on a game all you want, but dont tell me I'm wrong for not wanting to

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@ctzoch @TheAndyCortez He committed crimes.

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@ebinlaw @Charalanahzard Didnt she join the studio like a year before ragnarok came out? Do y'all not understand writing on a fully mocapped game has to be one of the first things done? What could she have written for the game that late in its development?

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@poklaneNL @JeffGrubb No way horizon gets canceled, theres a ton of potential for a monster hunter style game in that universe

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@LexiconOfTruth @GnashIcy @N_Tys26 "Run" in wow does not mean hold down your W key and press no other buttons. Everyone who plays the game knows this, INCLUDING pirate. He's giggling to himself about what he's doing as he's doing it. He knows he's ditching his group and he's giddy about it.

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@volt_rev @tamoorh Billionaires do not improve our lives. Absorbing the wealth created by the actual talented, intelligent people who ACTUALLY did those things you said doesnt make him a great person, it makes him a fucking leech on society. Stop worshipping a leech.

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@MisterMyztik @stowens93 @CohhCarnage @pathofexile What failure? Bro its early access, it is an unfinished product by definition. If you aren't happy with the current state of an early access game, give the devs feedback on what you are unhappy about and then move on to another video game. You dont get to dictate their timeline