It really does feel like Davies went out of his way to appease transphobes and it kinda makes me worry why he’d give any fucks what they think.

Or just fucking show it because transphobes are assholes and you don’t need to concern yourself with their feelings.

IP can’t be stolen?  Please go on...

We’re not even talking about tertiary fees here. We’re talking about paying for a service that specifically provides access to content.

I’d argue that that logic is fundamentally flawed. For one, when you pay for a service like GP, you’re specifically paying for access to games on that service. That access isn’t an incidental benefit. It’s the primary purpose of that service.

Obligatory “it’s not free if you have to pay to access it” comment. Seriously, though. It’s not free. That’s like saying Stranger Things is free on Netflix. It’s not. You have to pay a subscription fee to access that content. Therefore, that content isn’t free.

This is a bonkers take. After character creation, almost every single upgrade in Starfield is “+10% pistol damage” “+10kg carry weight” “-5% O2 consumption” “+10% persuasion chance”. Comparatively, the skill tree in AC: Valhalla was a fucking design masterclass.

The same people saying Microsoft can afford to lose a few thou are pissing blood MS might not be able to buy Activision at a bloated price.

Is a nuclear test site that shut 65 years ago, and has been pointed to as a failure of American environmental policy, really meant to be a ‘gotcha’ here?

because it has produced something where otherwise there would be nothing.

This isn’t democratization — it is wholesale destructiin of the the craftsman ecosyatem that develops artists, provides income for artist, and is the very well that these automated machines pull from to use as grist.

You’re right handicapped folks should pull themselves up by their wheelchair bound boot straps.  They don’t need to drive! /s

People who are the victims of those without insurance will also be quickly bankrupt.

Are you on drugs?

Are you at all aware of the conditions women in SA are forced to live under?

Anyone, individual or corporate, doing business with Saudi Arabia under the current regime should be ashamed of themselves. Complicit with murder, torture and misogyny, KSA represents one of the worst of human societies.