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If only some sort of newfangled technology could come along

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[–] blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How about this moron try using it to keep Unreal Tournament going first and see how that goes?

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Dont you fucking dare introduce generative ai in one of my favourite games

[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 185 points 1 week ago (35 children)

Sweeney is such a dishonest and corrupt piece of shit, a very typical retrograde American oligarch.

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[–] ghostsinthephotograph@lemmy.world 120 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Destiny 2 died BECAUSE of soulless, maligned, pathetic, ignorant, coward, contrived, boring, corrupt, greedy, pussy, dick, anus farts like Sweeney. Epic belongs in the fucking grave.

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

May they rest in piss.

[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If there were anyone who needed to hire a PR firm to handle all of their public-facing communications, Tim Sweeney is it, because every time I read a news article that starts "Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Says...", it is always (from my memory, at least) the dumbest and/or most infuriating bullshit you've ever heard from someone who is, notionally, supposed to sell customers on their products or services.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Someone on his staff really needs to tell him to shut the fuck up.

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 49 points 1 week ago

[ Everyone disliked that.]

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What a dog shit take damn

Even someone who likes AI knows games don't write themselves.

I'm really trying to think if his comments are aimed at investors for bringing in new funding and consolidate AI games on his platform but even he should know that just makes him the AI guy people don't wanna associate with. It's puzzling that I don't get the strategy here.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

hey now but what if I want my code to be like

 if gun.is_valid and not gun == null and gun.id != null:
        shoot()

  func shoot():
         fire(gun):


    func fire(gun):
          if gun.is_valid and not gun == null and gun.id != null:
                   weapon_activate(gun)
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[–] Gibibit@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago

"Tim Sweeney claims that the technology he is behind will be a cure-all. Somehow reporters think that a CEO backing their own business venture is newsworthy."

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 week ago

Tim Sweeney can get fucked. Every time he opens his mouth, a bunch of vile bullshit spews out.

[–] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Being a CEO is so easy a job, even the brain-dead can do it!

[–] _chris@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

AI is best at being a CEO

[–] LostWanderer@fedia.io 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ugh, once again Tim Sweeney is being not only disingenuous, but also letting shit spill from his mouth. His desperation knows no bounds. If only people would just mock this idiot more.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 1 week ago

but also letting shit spill from his mouth.

When you're so full, it overflows

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Tim Sweeney? The Tim Sweeney who argued that Roblox wasn't a platform used by pedophiles to groom minors and exploiting child labor laws? That Tim Sweeney?

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 week ago
[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 17 points 1 week ago

Has Tim Weeny ever thought that maybe he should just shut the fuck up?

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago

Man... Sweeney is starting to go from 'contemptible' to 'pitiable'.

That is such a desperate and obviously stupid thing to say that I do actuslly just feel sad for him at this point.

[–] liking625@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He is going to end Epic single handedly

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[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 week ago

I don't know what his point is. That we can mass produce slop for the lowest common denominator without needing to pay anyone? I legitimately don't understand who he thinks he's talking to! None of the players who would be fine with slop are listening (by definition), and he can talk to his rich buddies without the bad PR. And those are the only two groups who could possibly stand to benefit from what he's suggesting.

[–] joranm1@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago

Too bad Epic is kept alive by children buying skins and silly dances who aren't old enough to care about how sick that company has become

[–] Coyote@piefed.ca 15 points 1 week ago

Barf barf barf

[–] omarfw@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

It's hilarious watching these rich CEOs try to tow this narrative on their own and failing. LLMs have limited usefulness and we all know it.

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The copium of this guy is incredible.

[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is not copium, this is propaganda.

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

oh good the ghoulish fucktake I expect from this dirtbag

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago

I hate this man so much.

[–] FirmDistribution@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago
[–] HairyTeeth@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago

Attend the tale of Sweeny Tim,

His dick was small and his mind was dim.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I tot Destiny 2 died because it's just repetitive and people moving on. AI adding the same shit will not save anything, but accelerate it.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Destiny 2 died because the studio was more interested in chasing F2P microtransactions than story content.

They cut the paid story content so they could go F2P, then the new players had no idea what was going on or how to engage.

What they SHOULD have done was this:

Fork Destiny 2 into 2 games, each balanced separately. A) PvE Paid Story Content B) F2P PvP microtransactions.

Let the same character bounce from one to the other.

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[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 12 points 1 week ago

Tim Sweeny must have been a very slippery baby.

[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Destiny died for me the moment they started taking away content I paid for. Destiny was at its peak at the end of D1. The expansions were good, the events were fun, they found a rhythm. Then the beginning of D2 was a big step back and we had to figure it all out again.

I could write an entire essay on how disappointed I was with D2. I gave it a shot around the time they started sweeping the old content under a rug. I would've been so angry if I had bought into it at launch

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago

Now wait, if the AI had fired Sweeney early on it might have worked out.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

AI would have killed it faster than Bungie did.

Oh please do! We certainly need a purge on AAA studios releasing shit. I'm sure if they let the AI make the next cod it will be a triumph. They'll make a note saying HUGE SUCCESS.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I like AI or more specifically, LLMs. I find them useful in a mundane sort of way.

And I can tell you that AI would not have saved Destiny 2, a game that's been out for nine years, from the poor and greedy decisions made by Bungie and Sony.

Destiny 2 declined because of bad leadership. Nothing more. There was nothing philosophically or technically wrong with the game itself.

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[–] dudeface@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Well offer PlayStation money for the studio and see if they say yes

No point telling us until you are in a position to do something

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