Smokey, a year after "One of the most popular franchises in the world" released" :
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Smokey, when MS says they need to buy Activision for 70 billion US Dollars in order to compete with Supreme Leader Sony
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Smokey, when MS says they need to buy Activision for 70 billion US Dollars in order to compete with Supreme Leader Sony
By Smokey Go To PostStreet Fighter 5, one of the most popular franchises in the world, skipped a whole MS system, and seems to me the FGC has never recovered on Xbox because of it (slaent fighting experts except sy, correct me if I’m wrong). So sure SF6 is coming but the damage on Xbox’s platform has already been done with regard to that scene.
By Smokey Go To PostThe next entry in one of most popular fighting series had no chance of being greenlit without Sony 💀
The responses here and at the other place are why I needed the fukkery to continue with the deal
Good guy Sony come save us all with your price increases and oRgAnIC growth
Good guy Sony come save us all with your price increases and oRgAnIC growth
The fact that the UK and especially EU regulatory bodies (who aren't really as kind to big american tech as the US) investigated this acquisition and tried really hard to block it, then determined that at most it would have a 3% effect going the other way so they couldn't, should tell you all you need to know about how much of a nothing burger this is for the status quo. Like, Sony's position is that secure.
Is this really what you are all fretting about? If they use this to push legislation against massive mergers, etc. then that might actually have an effect.
Is this really what you are all fretting about? If they use this to push legislation against massive mergers, etc. then that might actually have an effect.
By Daz Go To PostOh Reilo. You just don't get it.People really don't realize this.
If there's anyone who's owed a divine right to compete it's 2 TRILLION DOLLAR megacorp MS.
Microsoft's market cap is $2tril
Sony's market cap is $110bil
Microsoft just bought Activision for $70bil
Just because Microsoft makes shit games and can't compete with Sony's internally developed products
But what else can you expect from Smokey who made his riches working for big oil corporations that ruined earth?
By s y Go To PostSmokey, a year after "One of the most popular franchises in the world" released" :
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Smokey, when MS says they need to buy Activision for 70 billion US Dollars in order to compete with Supreme Leader Sony
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By reilo Go To PostDemocrats:only chance Sony has is if Taylor Swift gets involved.
"Tech corporations are too big and need to be split up because they hold undue influence and power, especially after they acquired competitors"
Also, Democrats:
"Microsoft is the little guy and can't compete with Sony's high-end gaming, we should allow them to acquire companies worth 2/3rd of Sony's market cap"
By s y Go To PostStreet Fighter hasn't been one of gamings most popular franchises since the 80s breh.While SF isn’t the biggest fighting game series anymore, when it comes to the competitive scene I think it has a huge impact. It headlines Evo.
Xbox is dead last for fighting games because they're dead last in Japan and they've historically had awful D-Pads. Not because Poverty Fighter 5 didn't come out on Xbox.
I remember being in SF4 and MvC3 lobbies with some of the top players on 360. Capcom games performed better on 360 than PS3.
MS should have capitalized on that but they aren’t interested in your game if it doesn’t sell 3 million. So Sony went and secured SFV meaning if you wanted to play the top 2 competitive fighting games, you needed a PlayStation. Tekken was always a PlayStation game and no one even played it on Xbox.
By jjasper Go To Postonly chance Sony has is if Taylor Swift gets involved.I bet Smokey thinks Ticketmaster are the good guys
By inky Go To PostThe fact that the UK and especially EU regulatory bodies (who aren't really as kind to big american tech as the US) investigated this acquisition and tried really hard to block it, then determined that at most it would have a 3% effect going the other way so they couldn't, should tell you all you need to know about how much of a nothing burger this is for the status quo. Like, Sony's position is that secure.I would not be surprised if MS lobbies against massive mergers after this deal concludes you know for competition.
Is this really what you are all fretting about? If they use this to push legislation against massive mergers, etc. then that might actually have an effect.
More people would be excited about MS being a dominant player if they weren’t known for mid tier garbage for like fifteen years. Just complete lack of imagination driving their gaming business, they only care about services.
Guess Reilo shouldn’t have been allowed to buy a Panamera. I mean, his earnings are higher than most on this forum. The man did work in Silicon Valley after all.
Why should he get to buy nicer things than sy?
Why should he get to buy nicer things than sy?
SLAENT elite fight go go go.
Y’all got the Connecticut waterfront dude or the Panamera in NYC what are u doing dude
MS sucks tho … Smokey still never made it past biome 3 💯
Y’all got the Connecticut waterfront dude or the Panamera in NYC what are u doing dude
MS sucks tho … Smokey still never made it past biome 3 💯
By reilo Go To PostDamn I had no idea I was a corporation.SLAENTco & Reilo LLC begs to differ.
By Fenderputty Go To PostSLAENT elite fight go go go.Thats a nice avatar. King James!
Y’all got the Connecticut waterfront dude or the Panamera in NYC what are u doing dude
MS sucks tho … Smokey still never made it past biome 3 💯
By Smokey Go To PostGuess Reilo shouldn’t have been allowed to buy a Panamera. I mean, his earnings are higher than most on this forum. The man did work in Silicon Valley after all.Equating a single person to a megacorp are we?
Why should he get to buy nicer things than sy?
Corporations are just people lad
Can you explain why you, as the creator of this forum, are allowed to buy a Panamera and others here can’t? Could you explain to me how that is fAiR? Did you work harder than others here in their respective line of work? Would you say….capitalism had a hand in this?
Can you explain why you, as the creator of this forum, are allowed to buy a Panamera and others here can’t? Could you explain to me how that is fAiR? Did you work harder than others here in their respective line of work? Would you say….capitalism had a hand in this?
Smokey, the resident republican. Look how quickly being among the richies in Connecticut changed him.
By Fenderputty Go To PostSLAENT elite fight go go go.Sony vs Microsoft, Relio vs Smokey, same thing innit.
It's us the poors who really suffer in the end.
By Smokey Go To PostCorporations are just people lad
Can you explain why you, as the creator of this forum, are allowed to buy a Panamera and others here can’t? Could you explain to me how that is fAiR? Did you work harder than others here in their respective line of work?
By Smokey Go To PostI’m just wondering. Feel free to answer at any pointI am the resident communist, my guy. I invested countless free labor and out of pocket money in this forum to allow s y to troll as his heart desires.
Do you even know how to ban users?
By Eternity Go To PostI would not be surprised if MS lobbies against massive mergers after this deal concludes you know for competition.They'll probably try. FTC is spending all their money on the wrong cases and fumbling the ez wins, so they are weak af.
By s y Go To PostI want an apology for years of trolling accusations
😂
When it's all said and done Sony could still clap their cheeks. If only for a little while longer until they need to compete again and buy Take 2 or something.
By reilo Go To PostI am the resident communist, my guy. I invested countless free labor and out of pocket money in this forum to allow s y to troll as his heart desires.
Do you even know how to ban users?
Out of pocket money you say. How did you obtain this money? Why are you allowed to purchase nicer things than other people? Why did you HAVE to buy a Panamera? You could’ve bought something cheaper amirite?
By Fenderputty Go To PostJust do a space themed ND game and buy FromI second this.
By Laboured Go To Postinky what's ur queue time?How is Diablo btw? You enjoying it?
By Laboured Go To Postinky what's ur queue time?It's minus 2 hours m9, already level 12 lol
when I queued up it was ~30 mins
By Eternity Go To PostHow is Diablo btw? You enjoying it?
It's pretty dang gr8 but only when you're not queuing.
By Laboured Go To PostElden Ring RT isn't amazing but it's an improvement.I tried it. It looked nice(r) and ran on like 15 fps
https://imgsli.com/MTY0MDAz
https://imgsli.com/MTY0MDM4
Perfect
By Perfect Blue Go To PostWtf is a Panemerasmh
Thought you misspelt Panera bread
Edit: oh it’s an expensive car. Meh
By Kibner Go To PostsmhI’m an anti-car radical you can’t expect me to know these things innit.
By Kibner Go To PostEvenly split market? How so?Innit. Ms throws so much more resource into it one wonders how Sony can compete with them
My gf is playing D4 right now and she is pretty confident in saying that D4 is what D3 should have been.
By Kibner Go To PostMy gf is playing D4 right now and she is pretty confident in saying that D4 is what D3 should have been.
Clarify some?
d3 was great a year after launch lol
I’m getting pumped tho. Not doing the beta shit. Trying to get Nioh 2 done and maybe Ghosts as well before … almost done with Nioh 2
I'm no expert in these matters and the end game can't be analysed but I can say it's exactly what I wanted.
D3 launched with a difficulty wall in the desert in end game. Nobody but DH’s could progress and all they did was kite. The legs were worse than the blues so the loot was all fucked up as well. Botting was crazy with the auction house too lol. I remember high level blue going for tons of gold because people needed them for damage in that desert. DH’s we’re camping this one goblin for blue and just killing the market
It wasn’t until about a year in that they started making legs with actual skill buffs, and not total trash, and gave us things like rifts and seasons and shit
At first crit and crit dmg was all that mattered, and while that’s still true, the sets and legs buffing skills made different builds viable.
I feel like the only real complaint a year in was the WOW like art style
It wasn’t until about a year in that they started making legs with actual skill buffs, and not total trash, and gave us things like rifts and seasons and shit
At first crit and crit dmg was all that mattered, and while that’s still true, the sets and legs buffing skills made different builds viable.
I feel like the only real complaint a year in was the WOW like art style
It's a big step up from Diablo 3.
- Story and presentation is evident right away. It's so much better.
- Skills trees and variety is already much better too. Much more flexible, distinct between classes much more expansive to really make committing to a build feel meaningful.
- Loot: there is more emphasis on making rares useful. I think people don't really get what Legendaries are just yet, but the idea is that you'll find them to acquire their specific skills, extract those skills and then use them to power up rares which will make up most of your build. It's a similar system to Path of Exile's influenced items if you've played that. Because Rare affix variance is smaller than Legendary, you'll have an easier time finding one with the exact stats you need, well rolled, then infuse it with a Legendary skill to tailor it to your build.
So on that front, it's already better than D3's system where everything revolves around item sets and multipliers. But there is also a higher tier of items in D4 that isn't in beta, that's Unique items. Truly rare and the ones that will be more build defining than anything. Remains to be seen how well balanced, unique and powerful they really are, but the idea is that you get a few of those and really define your particular character, but your raw power will come from legendaries (which are just infused rares). This is closer to Diablo 2's excellent rare items.
- Overworld and Dungeons I'm less sold on. Overworld bosses are cool, areas are nice and open and there's tons of room to explore which isn't necessarily a strength of the genre but it's fine. Problem is level scaling is a double edge sword. It essentially means that you're never really getting more powerful against the world around you, you are just catching up to the scaling. Multiplayer focused objectives and shared bosses also have their own pros and cons.
- Dungeon objectives are almost always boring. Kill everything, free prisoners, activate switch, etc. are not really engrossing gameplay, and these will be the brunt of the endgame. Kill everything is especially tedious, and there are some that require too much back and forth empty space (which is already a feature of the open overworld).
So overall, I'm excited about the game, but not over the moon "I need to take 2 weeks off" hitcher style for it. These games come out once every 10 years and should feel a bit more can't miss than this. Then again, this is the first that will be all seasons, no expansions from the start. Battlepass shit, constant content drops means the game will change at a much faster pace and will continue to evolve for much longer than D2 or D3 ever did.
- Story and presentation is evident right away. It's so much better.
- Skills trees and variety is already much better too. Much more flexible, distinct between classes much more expansive to really make committing to a build feel meaningful.
- Loot: there is more emphasis on making rares useful. I think people don't really get what Legendaries are just yet, but the idea is that you'll find them to acquire their specific skills, extract those skills and then use them to power up rares which will make up most of your build. It's a similar system to Path of Exile's influenced items if you've played that. Because Rare affix variance is smaller than Legendary, you'll have an easier time finding one with the exact stats you need, well rolled, then infuse it with a Legendary skill to tailor it to your build.
So on that front, it's already better than D3's system where everything revolves around item sets and multipliers. But there is also a higher tier of items in D4 that isn't in beta, that's Unique items. Truly rare and the ones that will be more build defining than anything. Remains to be seen how well balanced, unique and powerful they really are, but the idea is that you get a few of those and really define your particular character, but your raw power will come from legendaries (which are just infused rares). This is closer to Diablo 2's excellent rare items.
- Overworld and Dungeons I'm less sold on. Overworld bosses are cool, areas are nice and open and there's tons of room to explore which isn't necessarily a strength of the genre but it's fine. Problem is level scaling is a double edge sword. It essentially means that you're never really getting more powerful against the world around you, you are just catching up to the scaling. Multiplayer focused objectives and shared bosses also have their own pros and cons.
- Dungeon objectives are almost always boring. Kill everything, free prisoners, activate switch, etc. are not really engrossing gameplay, and these will be the brunt of the endgame. Kill everything is especially tedious, and there are some that require too much back and forth empty space (which is already a feature of the open overworld).
So overall, I'm excited about the game, but not over the moon "I need to take 2 weeks off" hitcher style for it. These games come out once every 10 years and should feel a bit more can't miss than this. Then again, this is the first that will be all seasons, no expansions from the start. Battlepass shit, constant content drops means the game will change at a much faster pace and will continue to evolve for much longer than D2 or D3 ever did.