Schaedelbach

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[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't imagine it making sense from a business standpoint to port it to the old consoles. When the game released everyone was making fun of the abysmal performance of the ps4 port although the other versions looked fine. Why would they risk something similar? Cyberpunk did win some goodwill from the people back and they could potentially lose it all in a snap with DLC that looked just as choppy as the base game at launch.

[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

I mean, if you phrase it that way, sure. Just a dude in his spare room. But then again, aside from the fact that he makes probably 20 000 dollar a month alone from his Patreon, almost everyone who is interested in video games knows this man's name for way over a decade. More like two decades, actually. And while he certainly hasn't anywhere near the same visibility as he had at Gamespot or Giantbomb, way more of the people who do follow him, actually pay him money directly. Reach alone isn't what's important these days. And yet, Jeff still has the potential to influence a lot of people who do not directly give him money. He also has a podcast, he streams and has 170k follower on Twitter. And if he has a very contrarian take on something, it will get noticed. Maybe not as much as 15 years ago but still noticed.

A bit of a ramble, sorry! I guess it triggered some memories of me listening to Giantbomb with him, Ryan, Vinnie, Alex and Brad while going to work or cleaning the house. Bombcast was pretty much the first podcast I regularly listened to.

[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago
[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

I agree 100% with you! Just a tiny thing I'd like to add: Ubi does, aside from some shitty practices, microtransactions and a ton of stupid money grabbing games, actually makes also a lot of good games. Their "Indie" games series form a couple of years ago had some games where you could feel the love the people making them put in. Valiant Hearts will forever be one of my favorite gaming experiences be!

[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mh, I'm fairly certain I had something like that pop up a couple of years ago. A card or some notification or something telling me the air quality. Don't think I have seen it since. I don't use discovery on my phone (Pixels since 2018) at all. I only see it when I open Chrome empty.

[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

It's there but doesn't work, yet.

[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Aside from the useless features overkill, I still think SwiftKey is the best Android keyboard. I ignore 90% of the stuff they implement. Quite frankly I am almost unable to type quick without it.

[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago

Spotify is 10 a month for a normal subscription, so Pocket Casts is roughly a third of that for one year. I don't like Spotify for podcasts at all but it is a big part of the service nowadays. Still awfully expensive for Pocket Casts when you consider that it is just for podcasts and no music - unlike Spotify.

[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The "smaller" a series still got headphone jacks.

Edit: I stand corrected. It's gone, Jim.

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