I believe you just summed up Stanley Tucci’s entire career with that comment.

Really? They have mods? Forums? Cloud saves? Achievements? Cross-play with my steam friends? Items? Guides? Wish lists? Account sharing? In home streaming? Last I heard that wasn’t the case. Cheaper games is how they should be doing this, not forcing people to use less competent software to play something.

Developers don’t get an extra %18. The publisher gets an additional 18%. Borderlands 3 is published by 2k games, that is one of the two subsidiary companies of it’s parent holding company, Take2 interactive. Guess what other games are under the Take2 umbrella. Most notably GTA, RDR, and the 2k sports franchises.

I mean, there’s a ton of stuff. Account security. More launchers. Existing friend networks. Feature set. Price competition from authorized key resellers.

Every argument I seem to see for EGS either a)says that since that person doesn’t care about those things, no one else does or can; b)has vague promises about…

There is zero benefit to the customer when Epic nabs an exclusive for themselves, and several tangible negatives. It’s pretty straightforward to understand, and so thank you for this breakdown.

Schreier, I will always appreciate your deep-dives into the less glamorous sides of this hobby and the industry that supports it. While most of Kotaku’s articles are (and probably should be) focused on the games themselves, it’s incredibly important that we never lose sight of the human cost incurred in the production…

The joke’s on him when he has to reflect on the horror’s he’s participated in and tries to escape with his son by flying away only to have his son perish when his wings melt and he falls into the ocean.

I didn’t say anything “must” have been the case with ACO. I said the scale made me wonder enough about the design process to motivate enough to ask for details. Which I did.

With Anthem, I’m 100% with you that this game had good fundamentals but I also think criticisms about the structure and release are *incredibly*…

Hell, it’s almost as if this current cultural event inspired me to write about things that have been lingering in my mind since at least 2015. 

Yeah or the classic argument for ANY complaint ever:

“I don’t want to objectively think about an issue, so every argument I make must include an easily dispatched strawman.”

Man interesting that you note that “you don’t have the full story” here, when you have even more information than you did when you mounted your soapbox earlier.

Someone didn’t get the meta ending.

But more accurately this is more of “I don’t like that thing everyone else is liking. I am novel. Look at me.”

And down at the Weight Rack, they say, shit got really fucking weird that day.

In all seriousness, I get having an emotional attachment to certain entertainment products. I still get a warm feeling in my chest every time I think about the “good” (destroyed Black Omen/rescued Crono/fixed the timeline problems) ending in …

No, NMS did not have a worse launch. In fact it’s not even close. All they had was a lackluster product. 76 has had......

This is the shittiest fucking take possible.

As someone who suffers from BPD so has some insight I suggest you do some research before you start flapping your gums about something you know nothing about

let’s keep in mind that applying logic to to the actions of those who suffer from serious mental illness issues is fucking stupid.

My goodness. You really should settle down, if only for your own health. Based off some of the things you said about me, you seem to think I’m bitter or sadistic or something, but that isn’t that case. I’ve been completely calm every time I’ve responded to you- I’m just very comfortable with confrontation. Context for…

Dude, it’s pretty hilarious that you’re calling people self-serving and self-righteous when you want zero criticism of something that you specifically enjoy.