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Post by sjsharp2010 on Jul 6, 2022 17:10:47 GMT
Rino @rinothebouncerForspoken has officially been delayed to January 24th, 2023. Square Enix confirms in an official statement on @forspoken. #PlayStation #PS5 #GamingNews Shame it's been delayed again but with Midnight Suns and Gotham Knights dropping then in some ways I'm kind of glad Forspoken's been delayed as it was starting to look like i might get crowded out especially as I'd like t oget this years Fifa given it'll be the last and that drops around then as well. (Fifa's are always good especially in World Cup years given they always come wit hWorld Cup expansoins which add the tournament stadiums and teams that have qualified for it.) October to January doesn' t sound like a majo rdela ythough so I'd expect it to drop then. But I can understan pullin git from October considering what else is releasing then. Especially given MidnightSuns an dGotham Knights are lookin glike heavyweight games given tha they're bot hbased on well established Super hero franchises as ewll as RPG's . Given those 3 games 1 wa slikely going t ofeel a bit abandoned and this one unfortunately was the mos tlikely to be the one. So probably needed to move.
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Post by Hier0phant on Jul 6, 2022 17:54:50 GMT
This would be shortsighted of Ubisoft if what you suggested isn't implemented in the future. If they're taken to task like Sony who attempted to drop PSN support for the PS3 earlier this year, Ubisoft would have no choice but to maintain online support or release updated versions of said games with all dlc included. Hopefully they don't go full Nintendo who has a habit of not providing any platform support for classic titles, but cries about piracy even though it's the result of lack of service issues on their end.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2022 2:48:02 GMT
Hopefully they don't go full Nintendo who has a habit of not providing any platform support for classic titles, but cries about piracy even though it's the result of lack of service issues on their end. They do cry, because it is such a failed effort on their part... Nintendo has a rabid emulation community for exactly this reason. They created a leopard, and it ate their face. I have carts for almost all my emus, or dvd/bd for the PS titles, and those I don't have I paid for those games on that system at least once in the past. I am not a thief, I like their games! I like the old ones as much as anything new, why should we not be able to play them? The only reason is greed. "If they can't play the old games, they'll have to buy new ones! Yeah, that's the ticket, new ones! If enough of them buy new ones, I'll get a new Ferrari so I can go pick up.... yeah, Morgan Fairchild. Morgan Fairchild, that's the ticket!" /LovitzSatan
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Post by Hier0phant on Jul 7, 2022 4:31:30 GMT
Hopefully they don't go full Nintendo who has a habit of not providing any platform support for classic titles, but cries about piracy even though it's the result of lack of service issues on their end. They do cry, because it is such a failed effort on their part... Nintendo has a rabid emulation community for exactly this reason. They created a leopard, and it ate their face. I have carts for almost all my emus, or dvd/bd for the PS titles, and those I don't have I paid for those games on that system at least once in the past. I am not a thief, I like their games! I like the old ones as much as anything new, why should we not be able to play them? The only reason is greed. "If they can't play the old games, they'll have to buy new ones! Yeah, that's the ticket, new ones! If enough of them buy new ones, I'll get a new Ferrari so I can go pick up.... yeah, Morgan Fairchild. Morgan Fairchild, that's the ticket!" /LovitzSatan For now all Nintendo can do is make threats since iirc no one was taken to court over roms or emulation in the west. Their biggest argument against emulation, lost revenue, is ridiculous when you realize that the games in question are not even being distributed, but they keep insisting. Like you said it's a combination of pure greed, and the senior citizens in executive positions just being out of touch with the market.
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Post by Rascoth on Jul 7, 2022 8:44:26 GMT
As much as I like Nintendo, I also dislike them for the exact reasons you guys mentioned. And the problem is going to get worse now that they're closing online support for pre-Switch consoles. Sure, they're slowly bringing some old games to Switch, but they're mostly hidden behind Nintendo Online expansion pack or are timed exlusives like for example Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2022 17:32:31 GMT
As much as I like Nintendo, I also dislike them for the exact reasons you guys mentioned. And the problem is going to get worse now that they're closing online support for pre-Switch consoles. Sure, they're slowly bringing some old games to Switch, but they're mostly hidden behind Nintendo Online expansion pack or are timed exlusives like for example Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light My wife was thrilled when I got a DS emulator, now she can play those games on a big screen if she wants to. Isn't really perfect for some games, since indeed those games were built for the hardware they are on, but the point remains -
We bought the game. We bought the hardware. Let us play the games, because the hardware will eventually fail. That's all. Right To Repair is also a part of this, although people have been repairing game consoles forever anyway.
Nintendo is special in many ways, and I mean that both positive and negative.
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Post by UutIVvdPw7END0Ef on Jul 8, 2022 12:23:38 GMT
1. Company adds snake oil DRM to stop piracy. 2. Company removes the product(s) that customers paid for. 3. Customers can't access the product(s) they paid for cuz of DRM. 4. Customers resort to piracy to access the product(s) they paid for. (*pirates who didn't pay for the products laugh in the the distance*) 5. Company cries about piracy. 6. Repeat.
Self-inflicted wound.
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Post by General Mahad on Jul 8, 2022 15:23:29 GMT
1. Company adds snake oil DRM to stop piracy. 2. Company removes the product(s) that customers paid for. 3. Customers can't access the product(s) they paid for cuz of DRM. 4. Customers resort to piracy to access the product(s) they paid for. (*pirates who didn't pay for the products laugh in the the distance*) 5. Company cries about piracy. 6. Repeat. Self-inflicted wound. Yep, it’s why I like Physical Media.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2022 15:40:06 GMT
1. Company adds snake oil DRM to stop piracy. 2. Company removes the product(s) that customers paid for. 3. Customers can't access the product(s) they paid for cuz of DRM. 4. Customers resort to piracy to access the product(s) they paid for. (*pirates who didn't pay for the products laugh in the the distance*) 5. Company cries about piracy. 6. Repeat. Self-inflicted wound. Yep, it’s why I like Physical Media. Even with physical media, there inevitably will be patches or additional content. There will always be an online component of games while they're in their "new sale" phase. Unless we go back to cartridge ROMs, which would require actual QA so lol that's not happening. The pirates have long enjoyed an equal or better playing experience than all of us who pay for our games. This is dumb. The companies simply need to have some pride in their past work and always make it available to the customers who paid for it. Multiplayer can be shut down, that's the nature of MP especially if population has been low for a while. They just refuse to do anything that gets in the way of squeezing more water from dry rocks.
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Post by Sanunes on Jul 9, 2022 5:30:11 GMT
1. Company adds snake oil DRM to stop piracy. 2. Company removes the product(s) that customers paid for. 3. Customers can't access the product(s) they paid for cuz of DRM. 4. Customers resort to piracy to access the product(s) they paid for. (*pirates who didn't pay for the products laugh in the the distance*) 5. Company cries about piracy. 6. Repeat. Self-inflicted wound. Yep, it’s why I like Physical Media. Physical media isn't an option for me, its all CD Keys in a plastic box now.
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Post by trinity0 on Jul 9, 2022 10:42:58 GMT
I installed Vampire the Masquarade Bloodlines lately with my Old CDs. When i tried to start the game nothing happens.
With a little research i found out that SecDrv is the problem. SecDrv is a old DRM that was used for Vampire the Masquarade Bloodlines.
Unfortunatly SecDrv was removed from Windows 10 because of some Security issues.
So in Theory i am not able to play the Game anymore. I had to install the Community patch to be able to play the game.
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Post by Hier0phant on Jul 11, 2022 1:35:22 GMT
Remember 20 years ago when Jack Thompson claimed that violence in videogames was influencing violent behavior in kids, and later was soundly rebuked by multiple research studies? History always repeats itself.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jul 11, 2022 1:40:14 GMT
Remember 20 years ago when Jack Thompson claimed that violence in videogames was influencing violent behavior in kids, and later was soundly rebuked by multiple research studies? History always repeats itself. For history to repeat itself, there needs to be a gap first. There are still tons of idiots who make those arguments about video games (and many other things) whenever someone young commits violence.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Jul 11, 2022 11:19:03 GMT
Yep, it’s why I like Physical Media. Physical media isn't an option for me, its all CD Keys in a plastic box now. Yeah it is PC games jus tcom wit ha code now so you'e rprobabl ybetter offjus tgoing t oSteam or something and byuing digitally. Consol egames you can still ge tphysicall ythough as Fifa 22 was on a disc for my series X.
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Post by Hier0phant on Jul 11, 2022 11:51:37 GMT
Remember 20 years ago when Jack Thompson claimed that violence in videogames was influencing violent behavior in kids, and later was soundly rebuked by multiple research studies? History always repeats itself. For history to repeat itself, there needs to be a gap first. There are still tons of idiots who make those arguments about video games (and many other things) whenever someone young commits violence. This has been going on for decades. In the early 90s Doom, SF and Mortal Kombat had soccer moms up in arms, in the late 90s and early/mid 2000s Jack Thompson and Hillary were campaigning against sex and violence in games, and the 2010s were about the objectification of females in games. I don't know about you but i can't wait to see what the next moral crusade against VG is.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Jul 11, 2022 12:50:20 GMT
For history to repeat itself, there needs to be a gap first. There are still tons of idiots who make those arguments about video games (and many other things) whenever someone young commits violence. This has been going on for decades. In the early 90s Doom, SF and Mortal Kombat had soccer moms up in arms, in the late 90s and early/mid 2000s Jack Thompson and Hillary were campaigning against sex and violence in games, and the 2010s were about the objectification of females in games. I don't know about you but i can't wait to see what the next moral crusade against VG is. Yeah for me if there is a female in a game as long a sshe looks like a woman I don't mind. She doesn't hav eto be scatily clad wher she's wearing a tanktop and hotpants like with Lara in Tomb Raider and those tha twere complainin about how she wa schanged in the reboot which I foun dridiculous really . For me I never minded th echange because in fact I think I found myself respecting Lara moer because of it. I know there are mods out there that ha changed her back mor eto he rclassic look but personally I've never touched them but that's more because I prefer the way she looks now.
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Post by Hier0phant on Jul 11, 2022 13:27:29 GMT
This has been going on for decades. In the early 90s Doom, SF and Mortal Kombat had soccer moms up in arms, in the late 90s and early/mid 2000s Jack Thompson and Hillary were campaigning against sex and violence in games, and the 2010s were about the objectification of females in games. I don't know about you but i can't wait to see what the next moral crusade against VG is. Yeah for me if there is a female in a game as long a sshe looks like a woman I don't mind. She doesn't hav eto be scatily clad wher she's wearing a tanktop and hotpants like with Lara in Tomb Raider and those tha twere complainin about how she wa schanged in the reboot which I foun dridiculous really . For me I never minded th echange because in fact I think I found myself respecting Lara moer because of it. I know there are mods out there that ha changed her back mor eto he rclassic look but personally I've never touched them but that's more because I prefer the way she looks now. New Lara's looks aren't an issue because she's still recognizable despite her outfits being uninspired, but it's her persona that i don't like. Within the context of the first two games it made sense because she's still a rookie but by Shadow there's no argument that she's a different character. It's like watching DMC 3/4/5 Dante transform into RE8 Ethan Winters.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Jul 11, 2022 14:32:35 GMT
Yeah for me if there is a female in a game as long a sshe looks like a woman I don't mind. She doesn't hav eto be scatily clad wher she's wearing a tanktop and hotpants like with Lara in Tomb Raider and those tha twere complainin about how she wa schanged in the reboot which I foun dridiculous really . For me I never minded th echange because in fact I think I found myself respecting Lara moer because of it. I know there are mods out there that ha changed her back mor eto he rclassic look but personally I've never touched them but that's more because I prefer the way she looks now. New Lara's looks aren't an issue because she's still recognizable despite her outfits being uninspired, but it's her persona that i don't like. Within the context of the first two games it made sense because she's still a rookie but by Shadow there's no argument that she's a different character. It's like watching DMC 3/4/5 Dante transform into RE8 Ethan Winters. I think that's more down to the fact of the experiences she had in those first2 games thoug halmost like she's convinced herself she needs to toughen up a bit a tleas tthat's how I read into that change. So for me it still kind of makes sense.
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Post by skekSil on Jul 11, 2022 15:59:18 GMT
Would be interesting to read that study. Btw a quote from the article:
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Post by Jeremiah12LGeek on Jul 11, 2022 16:50:53 GMT
I will dub myself "temporary amateur journalist:"
On Friday, a maintenance update by Rogers Inc. (a Canadian telecommunications company) crashed their networks, cutting internet and cell communication for a quarter of Canada.
Emergency services, municipal governments, and even the department in charge of telecommunications had their phone systems disabled.
The principal outage lasted over 24 hours before some networks were restored. Significant outages continue in many areas. So far, Rogers has not offered a timeline for when remaining networks will be fully restored.
This has led to calls from many to cancel a planned takeover of Shaw communications that would have seen Rogers become one of only 2 major providers in the country, as well as action from the government to have emergency plans and systems in place should another such outage occur.
On a personal note, waking up to a total internet/telephone shutdown and going all day with no idea why it is happening is quite an unpleasant experience. I imagined some very frightening scenarios before finding out the relatively mundane explanation was that it was a Rogers fuck-up. That was a weird thing to be grateful for (my imagined scenarios were much worse.)
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Post by Hier0phant on Jul 11, 2022 18:02:34 GMT
This has led to calls from many to cancel a planned takeover of Shaw communications that would have seen Rogers become one of only 2 major providers in the country, as well as action from the government to have emergency plans and systems in place should another such outage occur. When i lived in NYC Consolidated Edison was the only energy (electric and gas) company. The rolling blackouts, and comically high costs thanks to no competitors was fun.
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Post by UutIVvdPw7END0Ef on Jul 11, 2022 18:07:56 GMT
That's old news, the study was published months ago and of course no gaming site reported on it otherwise they can't grift on Gamergate™®©.
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