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  • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.workstoGaming@lemmy.ml•What’s Even The Point Of Xbox Game Pass Now?English
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    5 months ago

    I get that for some users. In my case, 90% of what’s in the catalog that I’d be interested in I already own. I know this isn’t the standards, but it’s what happens when you’re an avid Steam Gamer with a Humble Sub and a collecting problem.

    I joined Game pass to have Xbox live to play with my console buddies and for day one exclusive access. At this point, I’ve moved most of them on to PC and Xbox has done nada with my 5 or so years of subscription.

  • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.workstoGaming@lemmy.ml•What’s Even The Point Of Xbox Game Pass Now?English
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    5 months ago

    I renewed by doing the $1 dollar deal again a year or two ago… racked up another 3 years at the time.

    As a Game pass user from Day 1 I evangelized it to everyone I knew. Especially going in to this console generation.

    Now though, I see no purpose to it. Microsoft has dropped the bag in a unbelievable way when it comes to dropping exclusives / first party games.

    It’s not so much the Netflix of games as it is the Tubi…

  • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.workstoGaming@lemmy.ml•Report: Streamer Claims DICE Paid Over 60 Content Creators to Help Develop Battlefield 2042 but Ignored Every Advice Given
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    6 months ago

    I think the counter arguments from the reddit threads are pretty big points.

    Good Battlefield plays like something different than the other major offerings. BF2, BC2 and BF4 are all modern military shooters but they “feel” way different than a CoD or Counterstrike or anything else.

    The scale is important but so is the struggle of a tight pitched rush push with limited tickets left. Sure, a good pilot is a pain in the ass, but it’s part of what makes Battlefield work. Same with tanks. Man, Golmud and the fucking tanks…

    Anyways, just because someone is paid to do something doesn’t mean they’re an expert in all the relative disciplines. I don’t really follow any streamers, but I do work in a pretty specialized industry and know that just because a peer and I are technically in the same field, what we bring to the table, how we approach problems and the way we implement solutions can be wildly different.

    Don’t ask him the best strats for Quake 3 and don’t ask me anything about Counterstrike. Otherwise, you’ll be sadly disappointed and end up with a worse experience overall.

    I’d like to believe Dice made the best call here, despite what a shit show BF2042’s launch was (even if basically every BF launch from 3 on has been fucked). They set the standard for rough launches years ago and yet every new release comes with doomsayers predicting the studio being closed and the game dying. Yet the reality is, they almost always, eventually get their shit together and patch things up to the way it should of been at launch. Just like most other major devs at this point.

  • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.workstoMemes@lemmy.ml•What a time to be alive
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    6 months ago

    Likely because a large portion of the people who are employed at these venues are, generally speaking, more vulnerable and susceptible to abusive cycles and behaviors.

    I have known and been friends with a few people in the sex work trade throughout the years and generally they didn’t end up there because they came from solid foundational bedrocks of self-care and self-advocacy growing up.

    Of course, that’s not to say that my anecdotal experience is empirical, but I’d wager reality sways a little closer to what I’ve seen than the opposite.