well, there's that whole thing about buying a game not meaning that you own it, so...

Capitalism strikes again.
In a just society, the people who devise these extractive schemes would be in prison.

Whoever they are, I doubt they like themselves very much.

So they should be disliking themselves from prison

From the looks of this patent, no.

Drink a verification can.

They buy other companies that make games and then proceed to ruin everything about both.

Pussy ass campers got your blood boiling? Chill out with MTNDW V.2.0h Gamer Sauce!

They most recently bought Bethesda and ActivisionBlizzard.

There is a reason why mobile gaming is mostly garbage.

Money now! Future prospects? No care, money now!

Ah, yes, of course; let's screw with the player's flow by taking them completely out of the game, just so they can continue playing the game!

How could this possibly go wrong?

I was playing an Xbox game you can only get by downloading from the store. They must have been testing out this freeze function because the game had to buffer so many times while I was playing that I will probably never play that game again.

It's my favorites series as well but I guess I'm not playing any new Skate games anymore. I didn't have that problem with all the Skate games that came with a disk.

so microsoft strategy is to make games not fun and to sell u ai slop

We grow ever closer

Mostly? I havent found a single mobile game I can tolerate other than my GBA emulator.

Great another EA

EDIT: sorry, PUI

They bought ZeniMax (including Bethesda, Arkane, Tango Gameworks, and MachineGames) 6 years ago. They've since closed Arkane Austin, it looks like the rest of Arkane is on the chopping block, and Tango Gameworks was closed but then revived with about half ots former staff under new ownership (Krafton - so still not great) along with the rights of Hi-Fi Rish (but not the Evil Within or Ghostwire).

Microsoft has actually been a game company since before they made Windows. Microsoft Flight simulator came out in the early 80s

I've hated Microsoft since the late 90s. I refused to ever own an XBox. My friends rolled their eyes, but I get semi-regular reminders that validate my feelings.

I've been a console guy my whole life, but I'm starting to realize that PC is, indeed, the master race.

Download your pirated copies now! I can totally see this being implemented in older games via updates.

What in the fuck...

Literally the Black mirror episode.

Arguably not a "game" game, it's a simulator.

ai slop with ai generated ads no doubt.

Outside is too scary, books to boring, guitar too hard. I guess i have no choice.

I'm sure copilot wouldn't mind taking over for a bit

No, they'll move their money to the next company soon. Plus, I'm guessing Microsoft is one of those companies 401(k)s are legally required to invest in, so every American with a retirement account is a bagholder.

I have a lot of complaints about skate, but buffering isn't one of them. Have tried on xbox and steam

Or, instead of ad-free playtime credits, don't inject ads in the first place.

Of yeah, the ending did involve some sort of psychological torture. Totally missed that one. In that case, a human committed a crime and a copied mind gets to pay for it too. Messed up “justice”…

Age of Empires I remember playing, Im sure there are others as well.

Everyone always says the "fun fact" about minesweeper and solitare being made by Microsoft to ensure users learned how to point and click, left/right click, and drag and drop, but I would say that was more a means to an end than a video game development aim though.

Ha! Yes they should

Are Mircosoft jealous of Playstation, and are trying to lose MORE customers than PS?

C-suite has never really understood the artform. They only know how to follow 'trends' and listen to the yes-men who can't understand why nobody want's to watch their adverts.

Genuine question: obviously there is always gonna be somebody who disagrees with scummy practices and leaves but is there any evidence that Sony is actively losing customers from all the bullshit?

Granted. I remember Age of Empires II very fondly.

You guys do know that a patent isn't a promise to implement something.

Remember that Sony patent. Never been used and never will be.

Do these people just want everyone to not play their games and to pirate everything!

Pretty sad but hopefully some of these developers start an indie studio.

The only ones I like are paid: Terraria, Dredge, Scythe Pocket Edition, Terraforming Mars etc. Recommended!

LMFTFY: But I’m starting to realise that PC Linux is, indeed the master race.

I actually just kind of assumed lol. I’ve been a Linux user for over a year now.

🤘

just found the replies tab! I dont know, but I wouldnt be surprised if their sales are shite. I have always felt that games should be the same offline, and to me, multiplayer still means offline with friends. But I'm old as shit now