Who would have thought that having little in the way of compelling first-party releases for your console would result in consumers not finding much reason to purchase it over the competition?

Half a billion dollars is exactly as crazy as I think. You say Callisto Protocol cost 150 million dollars - and extrapolate that amount to cover the production time of Star Citizen. So, “half a billion over 12 years is not so bad”. Except it is bad. For half a billion dollars the game should have been completed thrice…

No? There is a story, the method of storytelling is unconventional, but if anything it’s more work for the writers than a regular, paint by the numbers narrative.

Maybe I’m not as pumped for Starfield as I should be

well, tell that to JK, she’s the one saying that slaves love being slaves, so it’s okay if you keep them that way.

what do you think aurors are, dude?

well, considering that the HP books are the kind of trashy liberal fantasy where maintaining the status quo is the absolute goal (up to making the main protagonist a literal cop), this is just brand consistency.

They did prove their point though: The point of this AI is to *not hire artists in the first place*

It’s working exactly they way they want.  And that’s the problem.

short-sighted, and reeks of people that refuse to adapt to the times

Less-labor intensive? The purpose isn’t to make art easier, it’s to steal their work altogether and push them away - which they are already doing. Making their labor obsolete is just another pro-corporate convenience.

Fucking piece of imperialist shite. The world would be a better place without the US hands manipulating everything. Those “unparalleled resources” are a shitty compensation for all the wrongness that came and still comes from your country and your culture.

It absolutely isn’t when compared to what Russia is doing to Ukraine. But I’m glad you acknowledge your comment is, indeed, harcore whataboutism.

I believe a lot of this can still be attributed to Cash for Clunkers.

You serious? Taxes? The taxes that recently got reduced for higher income earners? That’s what’s causing you financial hardship?

Yeah, it is almost like wage growth has stagnated and the guarantee of a yearly raise and bonus that boomers grew up with dried up after their 40 years in the workforce.

Oh, it’s not by dollar amount, it’s measured by take-home pay. Well the reason is obvious, it’s that Gen Z and Millennials, and to a lesser extend Gen X, get paid absolute garbage compared to Boomers who pulled up the ladder behind them, but still need to buy cars.

Your silly protest is YOURS, no one else cares

originally I did not agree with Rowling’s stance, but with all these complaining and virtue signaling attempts makes me want to support her more. This is doing the complete opposite of what people are trying to preach.

Its like the religious sidewalk preachers, it just makes me want to do the opposite of what they are…