This is the “Capitalism eats itself” phase of Late Stage Capitalism. Prices go up, wages go up, purchasing goes up, employment goes down, profits skyrocket, and a bunch of rich dudes in suits think the only way they can capitalize on this huge expectation of massive corporate profits and afford their third yacht is to…

i walked into one today, and the employee running the store had to put a sign on the door that he will close for 30minutes to get lunch.... Gamestop has him alone, in December... what a scummy place.

Judgments from foreign countries aren’t immediately enforceable or valid in a US court, they can be used as evidence if they’re from a judicial system that is known to be legitimate.

I don’t think (?) that foreign judgments have preclusive effect over here, and this verdict is not going to be thrown out because of a venue issue (I don’t think, although that quote from Depp’s attorney is pretty damning on this issue). But yes, that this case ever even got to a jury is patently absurd.  There is…

You’re so edgy

Looking profitable for Q1 is way more important than QA.

It’s also why so many companies fire people during Q4. The financial books suddenly have an increase of funds.

Sound to me you’re an idiot.

Sounds to me this is going to be a 3 waits game:

I honestly believe GameFreak gets away with it just because this is Pokemon. Because of course, who doesn’t love the idea of exploring the world and finding a Jigglypuff in the wild?

I think the main problem is that Pokemon stayed on the Gameboy/DS for so long and stuck to the same formula for so long that the devs at Game Freak had no incentive to really keep up with new developments and technology in the broader gaming world. Now they’re in a position where they’ve massively lagged behind the…

My wife plays the Nikki games and they have some of the most insane monetization I’ve ever seen. Basically most of the ‘special edition’ outfits can cost over a hundred dollars.

I’ll never understand you Nintendo fans. This is a company that actively hates you. They’re not just telling you they’re showing you. They’ve been showing you for minute now.

.... Nintendo, the company that literally hates its biggest fans.

This article is laughable. It reads like it was written by Jim Ryan himself. The hypocrisy and lack of self awareness just leaps off the page. What this “argument” basically boils down to is “I like Playstation and want to play all the games there. Microsoft exclusivity bad, Sony exclusivity good and natural”! That…

The goal is to grow the Game Pass sub base, which can be accessed on multiple devices. MS will happily take a hit on overall unit sales if they can entice even 5% of people who’d play on PlayStation to instead access Game Pass via PC, mobile device or streaming, and they know a big Bethesda SP RPG is the kind if…

I think they’re saying that only calling one side bullshit is disingenuous, and I’m inclined to agree.

In summary of the collective internet consciousness:

The company also points out that the last Elder Scrolls game was released in 2011

I agree with you, but you’ve gotta think all those studio investments are gonna start paying off soon, right? Like, MS bought some really good/talented developers at a weird time due to COVID. Without that, we’d surely be starting to see some of those games being released. They’ve gotta be coming soon, don’t they?

Important to note: if this deal goes through Microsoft becomes the 3rd largest company by revenue in the video game market. Sony still dominates the space and if anything Sony should be the one investigated for antitrust actions. Forcing publishers offer two hours of every game for free to Sony subscribers or be…