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Do you think Corona virus might affect gaming landscape?
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As someone who has in the past done both, I can say that it will slow things down. A lot more miscommunication when things aren't face to face.
Yeah, I'm with you. We might even seen one or both of the companies push to 2021.
That first page. Nothing like being wrong and being a dick about it because you're so confident you're right
One things for sure, things are going to get worse before they get better. Next gen will have to wait at this rate...
Not gonna blame them tbh. This shit escalated beyond what most of us thought.
Who else are you going to blame? There were plenty of other posters in this thread that didn't choose to show their own ass.
Thank God! it's starting to look scary here in Italy. But since "it's just a flu™" I'll sleep fine tonight!
The writing was definitely on the wall, but it's true that the issue is that media loves to go full on nuclear every time there's a new potential contagious (or even non-contagious!) disease, so to an extent it's a bit of a "boy who cried wolf" situation. There were signs that this was different from other such cases, but I guess it was easy to miss them if you didn't invest some time informing yourself.
Still, it's a bit infuriating to see the obvious Dunning-Kruger in people with obviously no clue what was going on being all smug with people actually informed about it. "Best to remain silent and be thought a fool..."
It's not going to happen any faster because you post more times about it. Just report the thread and let the mods decide.
That value can spike very easily depending on containment levels. If the health care system can't keep up, it will be significantly higher because people who would've survived won't get the necessary treatment. Even more disturbing is that it leads to any other life threatening illnesses not getting the required treatment because the hospitals will be over capacity. This is Italy right now. I believe ambulances that used to respond within 8 minutes in Lombardy now take over an hour.
Also consider that about half of the US population is in the higher risk group.
I'll be honest, I thought it might be bad not this bad. I just hope everyone is ok. I do think the new consoles have a good shot of being delayed to next year.
I mean do we need make "haha look how wrong you were posts?" over a month later?
They still ignored an industry developer stating outsourced studios had already been closed in favour of their hot takes complaining about the media and "it's just a flu".
On the topic, I really wonder how RE3 and TLOU2 are supposed to be marketed in the current landscape.
I mean in this case this shows that people should think better about these types of things instead of going "lol no" also this thread is a month old and pretty relevant so there wouldn't be a problem with bumping it
I'm obviously assuming no one is put in dangers by releasing it, especially because you can buy it digitally.
RE3 isn't an issue. The game is mostly about running away from a tyrant monster.
It's not getting delayed, people alrrady have it preloaded.
Tlou2...idk, I don't think it would either, they are still putting up ellie editions more and more and it's in 2 months.
Yeah, the game is done. So delaying it wouldn't be about physical aspect, but because it might feel tasteless to release a game that deal with a outbreak in the current climate. But we're talking about zombies and monsters here.
Yea this isn't comparable to like the earthquake or something at all. If there was a game specifically about some kind of pandemic or something, then yea.
I have no clue what that has to do with me pointing out that we don't have the power to lock the thread, and you should contact a mod via the conveniently labelled "report" button.
So many posters in this thread are the "this is fine" meme personified and distilled into a person.
Often when you watch certain movies, you see people standing around saying everything is okay and nothing is wrong when things have clearly gone astray (especially true in horror movies). These actors often seem ridiculous and oblivious, so you tell yourself "oh c'mon who would be so naive in this situation?" ...but then one look at this thread makes it pretty obvious they do exist.
And there are a lot of them.
Often when you watch certain movies, you see people standing around saying everything is okay and nothing is wrong when things have clearly gone astray (especially true in horror movies). These actors often seem ridiculous and oblivious, so you tell yourself "oh c'mon who would be so naive in this situation?" ...but then one look at this thread makes it pretty obvious they do exist.
And there are a lot of them.
The Corona virus will (and actually is) affect the economy and thus, video game industry. However, it could boost digital sales (sort of) since a lot of people will be quarantine before long.
It's not Ebola, it's not going to bring an end to large chunks of the population on earth. If you wanna get really freaked out you should look at the things in the past that have existed that absolutely can and did do that. Yes you should be safe, take precautions to stay healthy, but there's this weird fanaticism about this particular medical thing that just does not line up with reality.
Then again I post on a video game forum so what the fuck do I really know, you should probably ask a doctor or something.
Edit: /s for clarity
Then again I post on a video game forum so what the fuck do I really know, you should probably ask a doctor or something.
Edit: /s for clarity
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Ah, this thread was made a week ago. It's scary how much things have changed in a span of a week.
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