• AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Yeah… allow me to doubt those gamers…

    Are those gamers the same that whine about FC26 being a copy-paste of FC25 and then proceed to buy it full price?

    Or the same whinning about the last COD being ai slop in a review after 358 hours of gameplay?

    Or those saying “I won’t buy another pokemon game ever after the last shit they released” just to then buy the new shit they make?

    A few gamers will boycot, but most of them are going to keep buying everything from their favourite series non-stop because, apparently, they can’t live without it.

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    4 days ago

    The last two people are the same person.

    They might be buying up hardware with AI as their excuse today, but tomorrow they will be indefinately renting you processing power that you’re unable to buy(because they cornered and manipulated the hardware market)

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      because they cornered and manipulated the hardware market

      Makes me think of the ‘First Time?’ meme but with the housing market wearing the noose.

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    5 days ago

    Here I am, happy with my 10 yo desktop, playing games from my backlog, and teaching my kids to play Duck Tales and Dynablaster. Can’t wait for to introduce them to The Secret of Monkey Island and Sam and Max Hit the Road. From what I hear, most parents in my neighbourhood are doing something similar, so there’s little peer pressure to get the latest hardware to play the latest games.

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      5 days ago

      My best friends’ kid’s favorite console is an old laptop with N64 and Playstation emulators on it i gave them a while back. They call all the old games ‘real’ <franchise name>

      Like real Zelda, and real Mario cart.