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[–] bennel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That's fair... But the point I was more trying to make is that Breath of the Wild, an 8 year old game that has a sequel out, is currently full price. It went on sale earlier this year for 40% off.

40% off a $70, 8 year old game is very different than 40% off an 8 year old game that was selling at $40-$50 without a sale.

[–] bennel@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (6 children)

The difference is: Microsoft and Sony 1st party titles go on sale and eventually come down in price over time.

Nintendo first party titles are always full price, even for 5 year old games.

[–] bennel@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

This is probably why he wants it:

Unlike American citizens, gold card holders will not have to pay taxes to the U.S. government on their overseas income.

Not sure if that applies to us citizens with gold cards though.

[–] bennel@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Your friend is not joking. There's an epidemic of disinformation washing across the USA.

And thanks to the disinformation around vaccines, there are also several other types epidemics breaking out...

[–] bennel@lemmy.world 87 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Tim Allen says Disney would not be making "Toy Story 5" if it was just about the money.

Riiiiight.

[–] bennel@lemmy.world 114 points 8 months ago (17 children)

I disagree. Ubisoft has been very consistently trash for a while.

[–] bennel@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

The Enterprise-E had seatbelts

[–] bennel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So... anybody else have to read that title a second time because they missed a letter?

[–] bennel@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

4!? Since when was there a Jurassic World 2 and 3? Did they not do any promotions of them or something or do I live under a rock?

[–] bennel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Win customers over by providing a better experience that makes people want to use your platform over a competitor, not because they're forced to

[–] bennel@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not a money reason or a store related reason. That's really on the developer. Mac is a different architecture. Often times Mac versions require extra development.

Linux is gaining more ground not because of a store or the developers themselves, but because Proton makes the windows versions of games run on Linux.

My argument was about exclusivity deals, not technical compatibility.

[–] bennel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, I do realize the money goes to the same place. My argument is not that Epic should go bankrupt. My argument is that I don't want to encourage or support the Epic Store.

"vote with your wallet" - my vote says I approve of unreal but disapprove of epic store.

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