I do not care for GTA or Rockstar, and don't see myself ever touching any of their games, but I believe everything we know about games goes out of the window in this scenario.

GTA6 is evidently a cultural event, and many will want to be there minute one whether they regularly play video games or not.

Saudi owning FIFA is hilarious seeing most of its profit comes from gambling. Muslims my ass 😂 Not that they ever practiced what they preached anyway—Islam or not, religion has always been nothing but a tool of oppression to rulers.

Right, and for their next trick they're gonna break the all-time sales record with GTA6 because no one gives a fuck and evil is just OK now.

You know, watching cartoons when I was young, I always thought it's unrealistic the bad guys keep trying the same insane plan to "take over the world" or whatever when the hero had foiled like 1,000 of those already… I always thought "no way villains are this stupid"

Fuck me, what did I know? Turns out they actually are.

What's this dude talking about?! Everyone knows no one hates React like people who code in React 😂 No one is gonna get pissed off watching this.

“The new operating model will further empower the execution of the Group’s strategy, centered on Open World Adventures and GaaS-native experiences, supported by targeted investments, deeper specialization, and cutting-edge technology, including accelerated investments behind player-facing Generative AI,” reads the document.

I can't 😂😂😂 This is so funny, OMG… I swear I'd retire if my job is to write comedy. There's no topping this shit… it's like an absurdist Tim and Eric sketch 😂

OK, I like how him and Daniel Radcliffe pick cool projects. Yeah, sometimes they back fire, but that's just the nature of taking risk in art.

This is a remake I'm not opposed to, unlike whatever the fuck Disney is doing.

Not putting checkpoints close to boss fights is not difficulty.

You're pointing a finger at the Soulslike genre here, not only HK. Some games may abandon it, but this is common enough to be called a genre stable.

Just like the "hit hit, dodge/parry, hit hit" combat pattern, losing/recovering currency, enemies respawning on bonfire use… etc.

I think this whole genre is wack, TBH. I don't even find it difficult, I just think what they test is perseverance in the face of misery and tediousness, which's a bizarre thing to test in a video game. It's almost as if it's straight up telling you: this is a serious video game, no room for fun here.

Meanwhile, Ninja Gaiden proved you can simultaneously have extreme difficulty AND fun like one million years ago.

"The Gaza Situation Is Crazy"— Ed Sheeran.

Bro should disappear for a minute to reflect and regroup. No point trying to save this if he doesn't even know where he stands. "Both-siding" bullshit isn't gonna get him anywhere.

Current reports say he was stabbed to death by his son, who's had lifelong addiction problems. In police custody right now.

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bobby

You got yourself in a cul-de-sac there. The worm ate the train long ago 😂

I agree with what Max said: this only makes sense for Japan, which's bizarre because they made a ton of effort to broaden the audience of SF6 outside of Japan and it's a shame to have that jeopardized out of greed.

Some old, evil executive saw all the goodwill they've been building up and got upset, probably.

I have nothing to add, but I wanna say his first appearance on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend is one of my favorite episodes. It's not necessarily funny, but it's a fascinating conversation nonetheless.

Oh, and if anyone hasn't watched Strangers with Candy yet, track it down and watch it! Easily top 10 underrated comedies of all time.

This dude is a lot more than this Late Show.

This is like Jared Leto giving Daniel Day-Lewis acting advice 😂

Go back in your hole, Tim.

They're not getting review bombed. Head of the studio is being hyperbolic to get people who like the game to leave positive reviews.

God, I disagree with people who say things are just as bad as pre-WWII; it's much worse. Not that no atrocity preceded WWII, but the Nazis weren't reenacting a relatively recent one play-by-play, these people are.

And if they're not stopped, the outcome will be much worse.

"Making games with AI" sounds like hell… like this is what hell must be.

Sitting there prompting AI, getting shitty ass results, prompting it again and again until you eventually settle for slightly less shitty results. The frustration and the loss of agency… oh God, someone should make a psychological horror about this: a frustrated artist forced to ditch their skills and tools and use AI to bring their unique vision to life, and throughout the film you watch them descend deeper and deeper into madness and depression until they burn down a data center and laugh manically as it disintegrates around them.

This isn‘t some huge event with mainstream appeal.

It is in Japan, but the whole idea is archaic anyway. Reeks of old, greedy executive BS. So short-sighted in terms of both profitability and goodwill.

Why do I play all these games? Because it's important that they're played.

Well, evidently not since you're actively ignoring about 77% of them 😂 And who boasts about their hyperconsumerism on fucking Lemmy of all platforms 😂

So are citizens in on it? Or is this yet another case of politicians selling out their communities?

Either way, I'm awed by the tenacity to follow money straight into hell.