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[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

One of the most jarring things about adulthood is the realization of how many truly incompetent people are in the most important jobs. When I was a kid, I just assumed everyone “important” was smart or they wouldn’t be important. Boy, was that fucking wrong.

[GOG.COM @GOGcom]

Download the offline installer of any of your games on GOG, save it to a disc and it's yours forever.

You don't need a storefront's permission to play what you bought.

[🎬 SEMONSTER 🎮 | Actualidad de videojuegos 🚀 @semonster66]

Es increíble, pero hasta Domino’s Pizza y KFC están pronunciándose mas sobre el formato físico que las tiendas de juegos que están a un año y medio de cerrar.

Game Stop, Best Buy, Wallmart, Game a segas… Donde estáis? Que sois los mas perjudicados y no pelean nada. Espabilen.

[DJslumdog @Dj_Slumdog01]

WE DON'T STOP FIGHTING, WE KEEP MAKING OUR VOICES HEARD, DON'T STOP NOW EVERYONE

[kjngamer @kjngamer]

Do not give in

Yes they have been silent on the outrage but remember back in late March 2021, they announced the closure of ps3/vita stores

It took them over 3 weeks to respond and the backlash was nowhere near what it is today

[Kabrutus @kabrutusdeid]

This is the real reason Sony wants to destroy physical media.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Movies still come on Blu-ray, music is still pressed on vinyl and books still fill store shelves. But as Sony moves to phase out physical PlayStation releases, many gamers are asking why video games should be the first major entertainment medium to go all digital. https://t.co/FagoUG3JVU

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

Microsoft has responded to a false conspiracy theory that spread online after the recent Xbox layoffs.

Some people falsely claimed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma was replacing American workers with people on H-1B visas.

Microsoft Chief Communications Officer Frank X. Shaw denied the claim, saying Sharma is “American born, raised, and educated.”

Shaw also called the rumor “false” and added, “Please stop spreading this nonsense.”

[Allegro ♪ @Allegro_spl]

My dad threw my ds out a 2nd story window as a kid, completely destroying it, bc I wasn’t getting ready fast enough

I didn’t learn to be more time efficient from it, I just cried a lot and got really uneasy whenever he picked up my things after that.

Don’t do this to your kids.

[HazzadorGamin, Dragon of Dojima @HazzadorGamin]

New Doom title is in early stages of Development, id Software is not a support studio.

via Tom Warren

[Shepard_is_alive @Shepardisaliv]

@nuhre_ Vous êtes brave! Rien qu’à voir leurs réponses, ça se voit qu’ils n’ont jamais jouer au jeu et défende uniquement leur idéologie aveuglement.

[Grummz @Grummz]

I was wrong. She's doing great so far.

So many comments on this original thread, who have now turned 180 on her because she stopped funding their favorite DEI art project.

Now I'm a supporter.

[Niko @NikoMueller]

Domino’s not letting Sony catch a single breath 😂

[id Software @idSoftware]

A message from id

[Kotaku @Kotaku]

Update: "There are dozens of people working on id Tech across multiple locations," a spokesperson for Xbox confirmed. "Reports that there's only one person left in Texas are inaccurate."

https://t.co/ELQBrukO4y

[Jez @JezCorden]

The cuts at Xbox have been brutal and callous, but for at least one studio rumors of its impending demise are exaggerated.

What's going on with id Software, id Tech, and the future of the legendary studio behind DOOM?

https://t.co/PwHWJpjxkm here's what I know.

[Idle Sloth @IdleSloth84_]

Microsoft has no plans to shelve id Tech

"The cuts to id Software have hit the teams that develop id Tech hard, without a doubt. But rumors that there's now virtually nobody working on the engine are false."

"Sources tell me that there remains a solid stack of expertise for id Tech across id Software itself, and Machine Games."

"I'm told Microsoft also has no plans to shift either studio forcibly to Unreal Engine, which seems to have become the default for Microsoft and many other core game makers."

Microsoft statement: “There are dozens of people working on id Tech across multiple locations. Reports that there’s only one person left in Texas are inaccurate.”

"The other rumor flying around is that id Software has shrunk to a headcount that is untenable for future self-made products, relegating them to "support studio" status. This, too, is false."

"While the cuts have been alarmingly callous, my understanding is that the remaining id Software core team is roughly the same as it was when DOOM (2016) shipped."

via: Windows Central
https://t.co/RW8g6Jq1zx

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

I have been trying to find something meaningful to say about the Id Software layoffs.

My “Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand” statement isn’t aging well, and this is certainly going to dampen the mood of the founder reunion at QuakeCon next month.

I’m saddened, but I can’t muster anger or outrage over it. I don’t have access to the books, but I suspect that Id Software was a marginal business from Microsoft’s perspective. I believe the reports that Minecraft revenues have been carrying several other studios.

To continue being produced long term, games need to succeed, not just be beloved.

Games are competing with every other option for spending your leisure time and money, and the competition is brutal.

You can’t rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn’t be your default belief. I don’t think there is any obvious path that would have doubled the revenue from Id games.

Could they have gotten more with a different pricing strategy?

Could they have created more things for fans to buy?

Could they have cost effectively marketed in a way that reached more players that would have loved and bought the games?

Could they have changed the game designs and broadened the appeal to more players without alienating existing ones?

Could they have produced the games at a lower cost, faster or cheaper?

I really don’t know.

The game isn’t over yet, and I hope the studio rallies through.

[Marques Brownlee @MKBHD]

Instagram decided to roll out a new “Muse AI” feature, that lets users create AI images based on people’s Instagram photos.

Then they opted in EVERYONE with a public account

To opt out:
Click your profile picture
3 bars in the top right
scroll down to "Sharing and reuse"
Toggle off for both Posts and for Reels

[ZZ_AFRET_ZZ @ZZ_AFRET_ZZ]

I'm gonna be real,
I do think the average gamer today is spineless,
They can't stop themselves from buying,
But the only person I can control is myself,
And I'll do my part and never buy from them anyway, and so should you