I think if you just read Larian’s actual PR on this it doesn’t seem likethey’re trying to scape goat Xbox through the S at all. They want splitscreen to be there, they are unhappy with the performance of it across the board, and so they (an independant studio) are choosing to delay it and focussing their development…

This. And as much as I am glad they eventually dropped the file size limit, remember when Xbox Live Arcade had one? There were incredibly innovative indie games developed in that time that we still talk about today. Limitation often has an interesting affect on creativity.

I hate scary games so much. Like they can be good, but I is a baby. But because of Control I am now compelled to play this. FML.

https://www.tiktok.com/@gameovergreggy/video/7216036013037374766?lang=en

Because of several financial crisis like moments in recent years, the GTA V single player campaign along with its talk radio stations and layers of satire, remains surprisingly relevant. I still think its worth a playthrough if you already own it. There is some good fun to be had there. The simulation itself also…

And yet its still keeping up in sales numbers with the current gen, when its not beating them. While I agree Nintendo leave a lot of money on the table, I don’t think making TONS of money is a problem for them. They’re still making it hand over fist despite people who are very online complaining about its specs.

With Xbox rolling out system level voice chat reporting I think the window on that problem will be closing soon.

Strikes are not always handed out as singles. So minor offences can be one strike, but major offences can generate several strikes for a single offence.

I’d have made it three strikes though

So perfect for a nearly 30 year old trying to reclaim their youth?

I’m just looking over at my curveless Series X which runs silently in the most demanding games. Where there is a will, there is a way. Blegh, I loved my PS4 Slim, it fit so effortlessly in my tv unit.

Still looks hideous, but at least its small enough to hideaway. When the price is right I will probably buy it in 2025. That way the number of exclusive games will have built up enough too. Until then I’m sticking with Game Pass.

I don’t think we’re looking for mindless. We’re looking for actual management. For starters the carry limit could be way higher. But more than that the comparison tools could be better, by a long shot. From pinning aspects you’re looking to upgrade and having the game call those out, to being able to compare multiple…

It should be that extracting an aspect “levels up” the aspect you have in your collection.

Because it is a core part of the genre and game loop is precisely the reason why it should be done better. It’s precisely the reason why you think a company making this game for 30ish years would actually have evolved this at all since the very first game. IMO.

Yeah but I never did say you gotta hand it to them. I said, they got some people. I know some of those people personally. So while yeah, I dont think there is any point in engaging with the video essayists themselves, I do believe in engaging with the people around me, especially those who got sucked into that manosphe…

Sometimes you embrace a label, other times a label is put upon you. Sometimes either of those things can be factually valid, other times they could not be.

That last statement is completely out of left field and has absolutely nothing to do with anything I said.

Aside from that, I think where we primarily disagree is in the finer detail. I do think it would be possible to do a video good enough that it would be easier to point out how clearly bad faith the arguments were…

I never said that her using bad examples negated the arguments, I said they undermined them and that that was unfortunate. On the other hand you can’t just say criticism is bad faith because you don’t like what is being criticised. Her using these bad examples basically made it super easy for bad faith commenters to…

(If you assume any part of this conversation is in bad faith, I cannot help you with that, you’ve either made up your mind on that or you havn’t. If you have decided it is all bad faith then save yourself the time and stop here).

Here is the full video, you’re welcome to watch all 15 minutes of it. 12:45 is where the…