Play the game, man. A critic at WaPo specifically pointed out how he looked at all the leaks, made all the same story assumptions as you, and... was pleasantly surprised at how wrong everyone was when he played the real deal.

Most of those reviews are...

Imagine how sad one’s life must be to review-bomb some game on Metacritic, esp. over some perceived “SJW”-ness or something.

Probably just a coincidence, but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_33

To make the statement those reviewers demanded would be for us to assume that there are those in our community who are hateful racist bigots. This directly contradicts the experiences we’ve had within our community.

Annapurna Interactive, a publisher you might recognize

I think that’s a fair and prudent argument. But it doesn’t answer why we haven’t gotten a price yet — they must care about sales, to some extent. Insofar as I’m primarily a PC gamer, I’m all for their hardware-neutral approach (and indeed I’m subscribed to GamePass on Windows at the moment), but we’re still at a point…

Usually its MS being overconfident and out of touch in the way they announce things all at once. And then Sony plays that bratty ‘cool guy’ card, gets all the laughs and shine

Yeah, I might’ve underestimated the cost. Thanks for catching that.

That’s kind of burning Sony’s candle from both ends: manufacturing costs are up because of factories being shut down throughout COVID, but customers are also feeling the hurt in their own wallets, so they’ll be inclined to pay less. But Playstation exec Jim Ryan hinted that it might be pricier than we think, stating…

I think that’s why Sony intro’d the Digital Edition in this showcase as well. It’ll give them more wiggle room to let the PS5 be more expensive

The surface go is the size of a spiral notebook — miniaturization costs money. It also isn’t projected to sell as many units as Xbox, and Microsoft doesn’t make any money when you install third party software on it, whereas consoles manufacturers get a license fee off every game sold. This is why consoles are…

People really that delusional to think just because MS has a crap-ton of money on hand that they’ll undercut the competition?

Pricing for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One emerged six months before they graced our home entertainment systems, so we’re right around the time we should be hearing similar info about the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. But really, Sony and Microsoft probably know that folks are going to buy these gaudy electronics…

It looks like a router.

So if it turns out that banning the Confederate flag doesn’t kill NASCAR’s business, can we try changing the name of the Washington Redskins next?

Even if it were real, I don’t see how RGOD is a problem (aside from how parents will use it to delegitimize their kids if they come out as trans). If a bunch of girls want to go around calling themselves boys, and dip their toe into gender ambiguity, let ‘em. Either they’ll figure it out what they want in due time, or…

Sadly, as people who are merely hearing the accounts rather than participating in them, we can only work in a world of probability. There is no perfect witness, sure, but Christine Blasey Ford gave a forceful, consistent account, even when under pressure of intense political scrutiny of a Senate hearing, that was also…

If the CBC asked, I think they probably were right to say yes

Presumably, the same preschool pageant director who had Pelosi fondling a Bible to “me too” Trump the other day.