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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • If you told me that my games could be slightly cheaper if only I use a platform like EGS I’d still happily pay the extra bit.

    The much more likely scenario is that larger publishers like EA would charge the same amount and pocket the profits while I’d deal with a shit store in return.

    Further to that; EGS is essentially just a store. A really shitty store. Meanwhile Steam is a feature rich platform with a bunch of features that regular C-suite types would never green light because they don’t have a direct ROI. E.g. Steam link is an absolutely amazing system for playing games on the lounge room big screen without buying a console. You know how much Steam Link costs? Is it a subscription? Maybe a limited time trial after game purchases? Nope. Completely free. Along with a shitload of other systems that cost money to maintain which are funded by that 30%.



  • The irony of a game with a parody government that controls votes (for freedom) that wages unrestricted wars (for peace) and controls the flow of media and information (for truth) and AH uses a media site bought to control information on behalf of a government that’s killing people for peace and arguing that voting is against freedom.

    It’d be a terrible idea not to be on Xitter as a company but there’s still some irony there.










  • iPhone users in particular really hate change. Every time Apple makes any large change in software or hardware design there’s a lot of pushback. Part of the appeal of Apple for a lot of their users is getting a product and it operates the same as the old one that they’ve always been used to.

    I’m not saying whether or not it’s justified but it’s worth keeping in mind there were a lot of complaints when the last iOS design launched, when the home button was removed, when the lock button shifted to the side, (famously) when the 3.5mm jack was removed. The list goes on.