This kinda sucks to see. Less competition is a bad thing for everyone. Maybe it’s just me hanging onto every bit of nostalgia I have, but the Xbox generations were special.

I know that it can’t like…physically remove any of the good times I had with the systems over the years. But these consoles have been part of my life since 2001. So many friends and memories were created with these systems. In a way, it feels like your friend is dying, LOL. I know that’s extremely over dramatic, but like damn.

Some of the exclusives that came to the system were really special. It’s sad to see that over the past decade, there were really only a small handful of exclusives that were notable. Especially when early on we had some absolutely amazing stuff.

On a more serious note, I am extremely curious what this means going forward and how they will handle digital purchases a decade from now.

Just donated to wikipedia. I’ve used it a ton over the years.

Dang it. Why can’t more wealthy people just be chill and not psychopaths. I get that statistically, they are more likely to succeed due to lack of morality. But damn.

It would be cool if somebody nice acquired the businesses.

I think a lot of my creativity is stunted because I don’t generally notice these issues in rockstars games until someone points them out lol. I think it would be pretty cool if they gave people more choice and options

I’m not entirely sure why places do this. It will cause distrust in your product and cause people to find the service elsewhere or for free.

I only recently experienced the luxury of higher frame rates.

I’ll put up with 30. I usually don’t notice it after a while, especially if it’s steady.

60 is preferred, and I always aim for performance if I can.

Which one? I feel like there were multiple lol

I’m very curious how this one will pan out. I tried Outer Worlds, and I dropped it after about 10 hours or so. It felt oddly empty to me. I figure I should give it another shot at some point.

I hope this game is good!

Man, they did not understand the assignment. Really speaking with their actions here…

Looks like EA found it already. Damn.

I hate when companies rerelease games in a worse state than the originals.

I was just thinking about going and finding the originals, but of course, the new rerelease is the only thing available to purchase. Is the “athletic lady” site the still the go to place? I have not gone sailing in quite some time

This is so cool!

Lol actually that’s a good point. He’ll do whatever for profit

I kinda hate that it kinda got to this. I hope that things work out for the best, though. It makes me sad that people are suffering/will suffer because of crazy people

The only thing I don’t like it stolen artwork/voices/identities being used.

I also don’t like how I have to now hyper analyze everything I see and hear as an additional step to confirm if I’m seeing something legitimate or if it’s someone trying to mislead people.

I think my favorite parts of these tools are translation and simple word editing. Being able to prompt it to assist with various logic problems can also be nice.

So I feel conflicted. I guess like with any tool, it can be used properly or improperly

Yea totally! I actually really like when developers can do that. I think when artificial (or genuine) limitations are placed on art, projects or whatever, it can make them turn out to be better than if you had full freedom.

There’s a fine line between creativity and laziness that shouldn’t be crossed. But when it’s done really well I think it’s super cool

I’ve been trying to work my way through them. I’ve currently finished 0, 1, and 2. I played 0 twice, though, and will likely end up playing it again, lol.

I’ve been finding it difficult to get through longer games recently. Mainly because I only play them on the weekends. They keep releasing one every year or so which is also crazy. It feels like they are just pumping them out now, so I’ll likely take another 3-5 years before I get through them all.

I really enjoyed how zero let’s you explore. It feels like they took their time to model each area as close to real life as possible. I don’t know how true that is, but from the photos I’ve seen, it seems that way. I really liked shenmue 1 and 2, and these games feel like the closest thing I’ll ever get to that experience again.

Federally, Canadians flip flop. I don’t think they understand politics and just vote based on feelings, just like Americans do.*

They get pissed at party 1, and then go for party 2, eventually they get pissed at party 2 and go for party 1.

There’s Trump lovers and fascists all through Canada, too. We might have some people who are educated, but there’s still more that are stupid as hell. Don’t trust us to know what’s right.

*I could be wrong. I could be the stupid one here. I’m basing this entirely on voting patterns for the past 30 or so years.

Currently, Canadians are upset because of the cost of living and housing issues. The Liberal party did not deliver in many ways that they either promised or that people hoped they would.

The logical conclusion would be to vote for a party further left such as the NDP or even the Greens, but instead, they will vote concervative or the dreaded PPC party(which is further right). I would bet money on that for the next election.

My parents are finally getting rid of it. The one thing I’ve noticed, though, is that not having a subscription service means I’m very unlikely to get off my butt and watch tv/movies. Which isn’t a bad thing, I guess I just value other entertainment more?

I’ve wanted to watch the boy and the heron for a while. Maybe I’ll get to it eventually, lol.

Nice to see that so many showed up to stand up to nazis

I have been playing fortnite. And I’m kinda digging it. I completely despise their monetization, but I’ve been enjoying the gameplay loop. It’s a solid Battle Royale game. I find the pacing is pretty good in terms of how long you wait to engage other players.

I also like that they update it semi frequently. Usually, I don’t* like when games do that. But the core fundamentals stay the same while the extras (like the map and weapon/tools) change.

I didn’t think I would ever enjoy it.

I’ve also been playing Persona 3 Reload, and sniper elite 5. Both of those are pretty solid too. Sniper elite 5 felt weird at first because the game felt extra punishing until you unlock more options for stealth. I might have been playing it wrong.

Persona 3 reload is fun, but I feel like the two styles of gameplay don’t exactly mesh perfectly? They just don’t feel like they’re as robust as I want them to be (but the game has a decent amount of depth so idk how they would do that without overwhelming the player). I realize the game is a remake of an older title, though, so I’m assuming it’ll just get better as the series progressed.