“It’s only cosmetics” has never held water for me. I like cosmetics. They’re important. They are a part of the game I enjoy, and just because some people don’t care, doesn’t mean you can nickle and dime on something I do enjoy. I am absolutely fine with paying for more video game up front. Been buying games with…

Agree on being bored of these defences. Theres not really anything new to add here, same old stuff about “games are unsustainable” as id the industry isn’t richer than ever.

With the caveat that harassing developers is NEVER okay and anyone involved with it should be utterly ashamed, and that much of the furor over this game specifically was done by misogynist gamergate assholes...

...I am getting completely sick of seeing microtransaction puff-pieces. Especially from an outlet that put…

We don’t have anything other than highly vested participants’ takes on this option.

I hope that shilling and defending those multinational corporations are paying you well for that white knighting. Just remember, they wont give you free games for doing so.

Ninja Theory, CD Project Red and other developers would like to disagree. They dont seem to be having trouble making money by delivering games without micro-transactions.

Or games lower their dev cost. Scale back on some features.  Don't make those bleeding edge graphics.  

Then games need to go up in price. The $50-60 pricing model has not kept up with inflation. At all. It’s either get this game with some minor microtransactions, or we will increasingly not see these games much at all.

I fully support the message about harassment ... the microtransaction apologism, not so much. After 10 years of increasingly predatory monetization the “you don’t understand the videogame industry”and “it’s just cosmetics” excuses are hollow.

This is fantastic casting for a show that still basically shouldn’t exist

Counter-point : TLJ was fine.  

-1 for the fallacy of assuming your opinions are universal

You only think it was a middle finger to every Star Wars fan because you can’t imagine someone liking the movies for different reasons than you do.

Nah we gotta push through that mess. Can’t let the haters steal the joy of the finale. I loved TLJ and get extra joy out of every rewatch, and it continues to baffle me how violent the negativity is.

Best thing about these sequels.

I’m still confused as to what the angry mob didn’t like about TLJ. Other than the dull (imo) casino sideplot, the rest of the film is great.

FFS, please stop saying “timelines” when talking about this show. There are multiple time PERIODS, one could even say multiple timeFRAMES, but the use of the “timelines” in sci-fi strongly implies time travel and/or alternate universes, and there is nothing in West World to indicate there’s any of that going on.

As someone pointed out in another thread, one of the Bernards in that screenshot has the scar, too. And another has a bigger dent in his head.

Obviously I’m not aware. I didn’t watch the cartoons. And he’s a clone of a Mandalorian, he’s still Mandalorian. And you really could’ve relayed this information in a less patronizing way.

Finally more Mandalorians that hopefully aren’t related to Fett! Honestly that’s better than having Fett in this. Although now that I’m thinking about this, it’s probably gonna be like his brother or girlfriend or some shit just to give him some vendetta against Solo.