Title is weird with how it could be interpreted to mean mtx was $1 billion.

So for people who might be confused

150 million dollars from in-game microtransactions.

That’s like 4090 build range in other places https://pcpartpicker.com/b/drNPxr

Oh sweet finally a competitor with not 1 but 2 TouchPads! I hope this eventually leads to some third party coming out with a steam controller with all the deck inputs.

Living room isn’t a selling point for me since I have a fiber optic hdmi hooked up to the TV that allows me to not have to have my PC next to the TV. All I do is grab a controller and wireless keyboard like the K400.

Getting a console and having to buy games for it would be money wasted for me when I already have a unified library and am able to either play at the desk, play in the livingroom , or continue on from the Steam Deck.

It’s an ecosystem and no need for having to have games for different hardware.

Pretty crazy how they botched the success they had with the 360 so badly. Exclusives was what always mattered to me when it came to consoles and they just haven’t impressed in that department since then. Many quality triple a titles have come out every year but Xbox just couldn’t manage to come up with any new IPs that caught people’s eyes and missed on existing ones even with all that money.

PC is like 3 consoles in one with it getting Xbox games, Sony games on delay, and emulating Nintendo games. Can use mouse or game pad without needing blessing of devs on a game by game basis. And is a productivity device too that can be used for stuff like coding, video editing, 3d modeling, etc.

Yeah been keeping eye on it and they’ve been making good progress with some of the story being playable already.

Okay good. That was my main concern since I opt to download the same app from F-droid over Google play if it is an option.

I want Crew 1 offline more than the others because it has an actual single player campaign.

Not like console gamers were ever given a choice, but PC gamers kept wanting PC ports for more frames over the 30 fps standard. Graphics were already good during the PS4 era and PS5 is still crutching so hard on PS4 games during their PS5 pro showcasing. Now console users wanting the same after finally getting the option over a decade later I think shows they aren’t too different from PC gamers in loving frames.

They’ve finally seen the light. Just took several console generations until a console that started consistently delivered options above 30 happened. Now maybe they understand why PC gamers kept begging for PC ports to escape the 30 fps that was forced on them even if they owned a console.

My PS4 last gen collected dust majority of the year and that had a way stronger library of actual exclusives games released for the system that weren’t remasters. So PS5 and it’s current library of exclusives ignoring that they get released to the PC has been sad. Not been an impressive generation.

I considered getting a dualsense before for pcgaming, but the stick issues pushed me away when other alternatives have hall effect sticks and grip buttons without paying the price of the dualsense edge.

No idea but I’ve had it come and go since I’ve had my Steam Deck. I tried doing a fresh install to get rid of it but nothing worked so just dealt with it by exiting the game and relaunching it when it occurred.

I’ve used this plugin for several months and haven’t had the static audio issue from suspend happen ever since.

Firefox because nothing has blocked ads as well as Ublock Origin has. DNS is for other apps but for browser Firefox has been king.

Active players can be much more important than people who spend money, since spenders aren’t going to drop money on a game they think is going to die. Whales themselves don’t hold up a game if the player base is low, since it’s many little guppies dropping their spare change that support the games as a service economy as a collective.

Since Risk of Rain has been coop it would be nice if they were brought on to work on a new coop title, since I’m not always in the mood for pvp and the commitment it can require to stay ahead in order to not get stomped.

It’s not that hard to understand when even apps determine whether someone wants to use social media like reddit or lemmy despite the content being the same.

When it comes to archiving piracy is the answer anyways since the average person is not going to be backing up all their games and creating redundant back ups of it.

It’s also that they put out a product I actually find value from like Linux support, Steam Input, forums, workshop, etc. I enjoy using Steam because I find it to be a good experience.

It’s like reasons people prefer Android or Apple even if they share the same apps. Really can’t discount the experience simple things like navigation and social features do to add value. Those who dismiss it as unimportant probably share the same views as some MBA who only looks at the numbers and think they can just enter and corner a market through brute force spending.