PC Gaming Era | April 2019 - Goodbye, Uzzy is your new King

[Stoze]

I don't know why but hearing about the NRS crunch bothers me more than when I usually hear about it. Maybe it's because they're the only AAA studio in Chicago so it becomes more predatory in this case, maybe it's because seeing Ed Boon painted as this friendly, down to earth director when this shit is going down under his watch. Maybe it's because it's been going on for years and people have been giving NRS massive props and wondering how they do it. Well, this is how.

I hope Ed Boon gets grilled about it during an interview or something at the very least, maybe Giant Bomb will bring it up at E3 when they do their usual sit down with him.

 

[Futaleufu]

I don't know why but hearing about the NRS crunch bothers me more than when I usually hear about it. Maybe it's because they're the only AAA studio in Chicago so it becomes more predatory in this case, maybe it's because seeing Ed Boon painted as this friendly, down to earth director when this shit is going down under his watch. Maybe it's because it's been going on for years and people have been giving NRS massive props and wondering how they do it. Well, this is how.

I hope Ed Boon gets grilled about it during an interview or something at the very least, maybe Giant Bomb will bring it up at E3 when they do their usual sit down with him.

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Has any studio changed their culture after their crunch habits have been revealed?

 

[Stoze]

Has any studio changed their culture after their crunch habits have been revealed?

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No clue, probably not.

 

[Swenhir]

Price of Ubisoft games that went to Epic Store/Uplay exclusively went up 10% on average. Before exclusivity The Division 2 was sold on 12 stores for average price of 54.61 euros and Anno 1800 was sold on 15 stores for average price of 55.07 euros. Lowest registered price for Anno was 46.86 euros, lowest registered price for The Division 2 was 46.85 euros. If we take lowest registered prices and compare it after games went exclusively to Epic Store and UPlay we get around 30% price increase.

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The benefits of competitions steadily trickling down to us, I see :p.

 

[Deleted member 10629]

No clue, probably not.

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People have said that EA has been improved a lot since the EA spouse days.

 

[Pixieking]

People have said that EA has been improved a lot since the EA spouse days.

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That's probably true, but just reading about BioWare's development of Anthem shows that there's still a long way to go, and that a studio's culture can play as much a part in crunch as the publisher culture.

 

[Deleted member 10629]

That's probably true, but just reading about BioWare's development of Anthem shows that there's still a long way to go, and that a studio's culture can play as much a part in crunch as the publisher culture.

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Edit: nvm misread your post

 

[Hella]

Hella https://www.resetera.com/threads/so...n-game-collecting-donations-via-steam.106127/

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why is it still for sale ;-;

thanks for the heads up wok.

 

[Parsnip]

Did anyone contact the actual charity about it? Get a twitter reply or anything of the sorts? Would be easy to link into something like that when reporting the store page.

 

[Isamu]

Quick question guys.......
Right now I'm running Win10 off of one Samsung EVO 850 SSD. If I add another one and run it in Raid 1(mirrored) mode as a fail safe back up plan, will that slow down my performance? I have 32GB DDR4 ram

 

[Dan L]

Quick question guys.......
Right now I'm running Win10 off of one Samsung EVO 850 SSD. If I add another one and run it in Raid 1(mirrored) mode as a fail safe back up plan, will that slow down my performance? I have 32GB DDR4 ram

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raid 1 one should be almost identical to single drive performance these days especially on your SSDs.

Older software based raid solutions on shitty drives there would be a performance hit with raid 1 but even if there is a slight hit it shouldn't even be enough to notice at all.

 

[matimeo]

If we're talking pure gameplay I'd take a bunch of other fighting games over it, but I'll give it props content wise.



To be honest I feel the only reason anyone cared was the Star Fox stuff though.

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Yup. Got it for Star Fox otherwise would have ignored it. Wanted the Star Fox toy as well lol.

Has any studio changed their culture after their crunch habits have been revealed?

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Right. Everyone acting shocked is odd to me. I've worked places where people did not go home but worked all night and continued into the next day. Also it's very hard to track, as there are places where some people are better at setting personal boundaries than others so maybe they don't crunch but many others around them still do.

It's a situation that's bigger than gaming sadly.

 

[abracadaver]

Such a noble man. He just wants to save PC gaming from evil Valve's 30% cut

 

[Cooking]

god his tweets give me high blood pressure what a fuckin idiot.

Yes, valve, the company that almost single handedly made pc gaming relevant again while companies like Epic branded us all pirates, is actually just Game Dev IRS. Fuck off

 

[Isamu]

raid 1 one should be almost identical to single drive performance these days especially on your SSDs.

Older software based raid solutions on shitty drives there would be a performance hit with raid 1 but even if there is a slight hit it shouldn't even be enough to notice at all.

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That is great news thank you sir!

 

[Catshade]

"Stores... just being nice places to buy stuff."

He still doesn't get why Steam is as popular as it is.

 

[dex3108]

So Tim wants Valve to remove majority of payment methods or transfer fees to customers, remove all features that are not necessary and stop doing everything else and just focus on Steam Store.

 

[Pixieking]

The more Sweeney tweets lately, the more it reminds me of Trump.

Such a move would be a glorious moment in the history of PC gaming, and would have a sweeping impact on other platforms for generations to come.

Then stores could go back to just being nice places to buy stuff, rather than the Game Developer IRS.

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This a) makes no sense, b) is trying to push a narrative that Steam is a big bad thing, and c) is trying to push the narrative that stores shouldn't have added value, but merely be someplace to buy things. B and C would - shockingly! - help Sweeney and the EGS, as B turns people against Steam, and C is trying to push the idea that a store that is "pure" and free from random extras (like EGS) is "better".

 

[eonden]

I hate the hate to IRS and most other tax agencies. They are an integral part of the finance of the state which provides many services and provides a (very modest) redistribution of wealth.

 

[Pixieking]

I hate the hate to IRS and most other tax agencies. They are an integral part of the finance of the state which provides many services and provides a (very modest) redistribution of wealth.

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Ah, you're right. I missed that at first, but it's definitely pushing the well-worn - and false - narrative that taxes/tax collection departments are negative things. It's also disingenuously arguing that a store cut is the same as a tax, which is just... urgh. :/

 

[Tizoc]

god his tweets give me high blood pressure what a fuckin idiot.

Yes, valve, the company that almost single handedly made pc gaming relevant again while companies like Epic branded us all pirates, is actually just Game Dev IRS. Fuck off

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Dont let him get to you.
Just treat him like an idiot, laugh at him, then play something you enjoy.

 

[BAN PUNCHER]

 

[BAN PUNCHER]

 

[Armaros]

His PR is getting more desperate as more and more people dont just swallow his normal PR wholesale.

Its also wierd that he is doing this righat after his store got some good News/PR?

 

[Tizoc]

His PR is getting more desperate as more and more people dont just swallow his normal PR wholesale.

Its also wierd that he is doing this righat after his store got some good News/PR?

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I wonder if upper management are pushing him towards it.

 

[Armaros]

I wonder if upper management are pushing him towards it.

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He IS uppermanagement, he owns enough of the stock to not care about what the rest of the company says, really only Tencent could do anything to him if they wanted but they are famously hands-off with foreign companies.

Sweeney's behavior is reminding me of Musk. When someone bad happens, he goes into spit out bullshit PR mode.

 

[Tizoc]

He IS uppermanagement, he owns enough of the stock to not care about what the rest of the company says, really only Tencent could do anything to him if they wanted but they are famously hands-off with foreign companies.

Sweeney's behavior is reminding me of Musk. When someone bad happens, he goes into spit out bullshit PR mode.

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Ah so in that case
Dude is legit shook and crazy @_@

 

[Shelbyville Milhouse]

Lol, that such a bullshit claim it's kinda hilarious
That's 6 year old me saying "If you buy me this game I'm gonna do the dishes for 5 years"

 

[Armaros]

Ah so in that case
Dude is legit shook and crazy @_@

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He is in diversion mode (like Elon) after that big expose that showed that he has been overworking his Fortnite devs like Rockstar. IE 80hr work weeks, long term to crank out content for Fortnite, and we wonder why no one else could keep up.

Their BR competiton aren't killing their own devs.

 

[FaceHugger]

Another day, another Epic story pissing me off. Still pissed I'm going to have to wait six months after release to play Borderlands 3, if I ever do at all.

 

[Wok]

A demo appeared.

 

[fspm]

Their BR competiton aren't killing their own devs.

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Maybe their competition killed 80% of devs already that's why they are slow with content.

 

[dex3108]

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He looks constipated XD

 

[Tizoc]

A demo appeared.

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Oh nice.

 

[Rosenkrantz]

Valve will commit to 88/12...if Epic closes Fortnite and makes store their only revenue stream.

 

[Uzzy]

He IS uppermanagement, he owns enough of the stock to not care about what the rest of the company says, really only Tencent could do anything to him if they wanted but they are famously hands-off with foreign companies.

Sweeney's behavior is reminding me of Musk. When someone bad happens, he goes into spit out bullshit PR mode.

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I'd say its the old 'dead cat strategy' but I don't think Tim's worried about bad PR enough to want to distract attention. The majority of these tech bros live lives of such extraordinary privilege that they can say and do practically whatever and face no repercussions at all. It's bound to skew your approach to things.

If I were perhaps being unfair I'd suggest that a 30% store cut denies Tim money, while overworking devs makes Tim money, so he's obviously going to see only one as a problem.

 

[Catshade]

I wonder if Valve can offer a tiered revenue sharing not based on copies sold, but on time of release. Like, 80% for the first week, then 75% for the following weeks until a month, then the standard 70%. It's more enticing for smaller pubs/devs since most sales are frontloaded, but in the long term Valve still get their usual cut.

 

[Akira86]

The more Sweeney tweets lately, the more it reminds me of Trump.



This a) makes no sense, b) is trying to push a narrative that Steam is a big bad thing, and c) is trying to push the narrative that stores shouldn't have added value, but merely be someplace to buy things. B and C would - shockingly! - help Sweeney and the EGS, as B turns people against Steam, and C is trying to push the idea that a store that is "pure" and free from random extras (like EGS) is "better".

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too used to dealing with people who MUST buy or MUST have a transaction, or can't just say "no" and walk away. Unfortunately for him, the latter is exactly what's going to happen to Epic Megastore if he isn't careful.

 

[.exe]

Still playing AC Odyssey. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I have! So glad all content can be set to scale to your level. I'm doing a story quest intended for level 19 while being level 44. Got a little sidetracked. It's so nice to be able to take things at my own pace. I really appreciate all the ways you can tweak the difficulty.

 

[kafiend]

Another day, another Epic story pissing me off. Still pissed I'm going to have to wait six months after release to play Borderlands 3, if I ever do at all.

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I like games. I also like books and music and have never ever been upset or irritated that I can't read or listen to everything. I am getting the same way about games these days. Every time someone from Epic or a dev/pub that made an exclusive deal opens their mouth and spews out rubbish, a little bit of my irritation gets shifted to not giving a shit. Borderlands 3? Love the series but don't really care if I ever play it.

 

[dex3108]

I am again popular on reddit XD I will really end up on Epic hit list XD

 

[FaceHugger]

I like games. I also like books and music and have never ever been upset or irritated that I can't read or listen to everything. I am getting the same way about games these days. Every time someone from Epic or a dev/pub that made an exclusive deal opens their mouth and spews out rubbish, a little bit of my irritation gets shifted to not giving a shit. Borderlands 3? Love the series but don't really care if I ever play it.

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Borderlands 2 was my shit, largely thanks to Steam. My friends being able to drop in and out. Chatting about the game while playing. Sharing screenshots on our profiles and opining about them. That it cloud sync'd so I could play at home on a Monday then pick up where I left off on the following Thursday on my laptop while on a business trip. Them going with the Epic store merely means I would have to buy it through them, then play it with none of the above. So each time I hear of another EGS exclusive it makes me hate them even more and more determined not to support them. We should be able to play on any digital platform we choose when it comes to PC. It's always been the allure. Fuck Epic.

 

[Chance Hale]

Developer of the incredibly underrated Lakeview Cabin Collection announced a new game

 

[Tizoc]

I am again popular on reddit XD I will really end up on Epic hit list XD

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What would happen if you changed your avatar
To Nathan Drake :thinkingemoji

 

[Wok]

Is there any website which allows to detect arbitrages with respect to booster packs and gems? I have tried SteamCardExchange, but it is really flawed.

For instance, for 667 gems, I can craft a Crash Bandicoot booster pack, which I can immediately sell for 0,17€ (the highest buy order).
In the end, I receive 0,15€ after paying Valve's fees.



Meanwhile, the price of a sack of 1000 gems is 0,21 € (the lowest sell order).


Overall, that means that:

• I can pay 0,42€ to get 2000 gems,
• add 1 gem from my inventory, and craft 3 booster packs for a total of 2001 gems,
• immediately sell them and earn 0,45€, or try to aim for a bigger profit by listing them for sale.

That is a profit of at least 3 cents, for doing nothing, and despite paying Valve's fee.

The only limitations are that:

• one can only craft booster packs for owned games,
• one cannot craft more than 1 booster pack per day and per game,
• you may have to pay 1 gem to open a sack of gems, not sure about that.

Anyway, it is weird that people have not programmed bots to take advantage of these. I guess there are more profitable strategies that bots are taking advantage of.

 

[Ruruja]

Valve will commit to 88/12...if Epic closes Fortnite and makes store their only revenue stream.

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Such a move would be a glorious moment in the history of PC gaming.

 

[dex3108]

What would happen if you changed your avatar
To Nathan Drake :thinkingemoji

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I am not giving up on AC Sackboy no matter what :P

 

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[Deleted member 1849]

The Tim/Elon comparison is pretty fitting tbh. They are both cult of personality corporate types who benefit from severe workforce exploitation, and love to go into full PR bullshit mode on Twitter.

 

[BlueOdin]

The Tim/Elon comparison is pretty fitting tbh. They are both cult of personality corporate types who benefit from severe workforce exploitation, and love to go into full PR bullshit mode on Twitter.

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How long until Tim Sweeney proclaims his love for anime on Twitter and makes a song about an outdated internet meme?