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twisterpop3

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  • PC gaming has a pricing problem, and the memory crisis is compounding it in a way that's utterly heartbreaking for our hobby

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  • My guess is that the "next generation" of PC gamers will be getting the next generation of consoles instead. Hopefully that doesn't also mean that we stop getting PC ports of the good console titles.

  • BioShock creator says "audiences reward" single-player games that don't have "other methods of monetization," like Baldur's Gate 3, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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  • Who buys them?

    Play Nice by Jason Schreier mentions that the "Pay to Win" style of monetization is very popular in Chinese markets.

    I'd wager that, since other markets strongly oppose that, public companies focused on profits over player sentiment needed to find a middle ground. (That dichotomy is the main focus of the last half of the book)

    We revolted when Battlefront 2 had loot boxes at the center of game progression, so companies hoping to make the most money in both markets need to make the purchasable items either purely cosmetic or only helpful in early game progression (starter packs).

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    Google Fi is launching a $35 / month unlimited plan

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  • Some of them are ISPs. I've received mail from both Verizon and AT&T about getting a 5G Internet "connection". It just connects to the cell towers.

    Someone came by so I demoed one and it was awful. The latency was, predictably, unhinged.

  • Framework’s first desktop is a strange—but unique—mini ITX gaming PC

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  • The CEO of Framework said that this was because the CPU doesn't support unsoldered RAM. He added that they asked AMD if there was any way they could help them support removable memory. Supposedly an AMD engineer was tasked with looking into it, but AMD came back and said that it wasn't possible.