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[-] Blxter@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] harmonea@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bethesda the publisher does things differently than Bethesda the developer.

As a dev, they know their modding communities keep their games alive long, long past their expiration dates and will fuck with them as little as they possibly can - this takes them from games to household names to legends that everyone knows.

As a publisher pushing products that aren't intended to be modded, they drink the koolaid.

[-] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago

I disagree about the publishing side somewhat, every now and then the publishing team hits a home run. Like I've been playing Ghostwire: Tokyo recently which is published by Bethesda and it's a pretty good game, and let's not forget Prey which was an awesome game also published by Bethesda.

So tbey do get it right sometimes.

[-] harmonea@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I didn't say they don't make good games. I said they drink the koolaid.

Context matters, and in the context of this thread (whether or not Bethesda games often have Denuvo) that means the anti-piracy "DRM is neat" koolaid (vs them avoiding DRM for self-developed games so they can be modded extensively).

[-] roon@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

WTF is/was this comment? It's killing me lol

[-] Blxter@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Lol it was this "https://lemmy.zip/comment/2283511" /\ Did starfield not have denuvo drm. I thought most Bethesda games did. ", I tried to delete it but obviously not lol.

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