I paid and still get peppered with their promotion. So I stopped paying, then if it gets worse I will uninstall and use the web app as you can block elements with the ad blockers. (so even site hosted stuff you can single out elements to block. )
edit: yeah, unfortunately I can't really just stop using it entirely, until my regular group server and some of the game's server move somewhere else.
Very simple math if if the numbers we saw spamming the past 2 days are accurate. Unique Player count * unit sale price = gross revenue.
many aren't old enough to understand "innovative" means simply because they lack the reference material, history of said genre, etc. And yes, trolling is probably a reason like review bombing.
can we have normal sized version? also a bit more variety for the face type/angle make up and expression.(and lighting should be better cause it uses out-door background.) How many per batch you generate and pick the better ones from them? During my brief research of prompting and trying to posing the result, it's really hit and miss.(even for the "hit" one you probably still need to hand tweak them to make them look nicer.)
I haven't played around with the newer iterations, kinda dropped it and waiting for direct-ml to become more mature. It's a useful iteration tool for me though to generate texture patterns then pipe to program that make them tileable.
interesting, hmmm, without DRM people can mod the game to the moon.
I didn't even bought the 3rd SC2 expansion, I bought the 2nd one and not even playing through half of it. I did play a bit of overwatch due to friends asking me to play with them, but quickly drop it cause I really don't have time to grind or play that game and keep up with the meta.
It's most likely engine architecture issue for processing objects that has animation/AI. I doubt the CPUs are fully utilized on all cores on PS5. Crowd of AIs are hard on many engine not specifically designed or programmed for them.
They only feel it would be dangerous because they have the capital to drain talents to do experimental things while not care about the fall outs of closing subsidiaries or abandoning projects. It could also drive up developer cost and make the business more risky.(IMO, the developers are getting paid in peanuts compare to what the big publishers made. Even after considering flopped projects.)
The danger lies in once people get used to the new payscale, if big capital consider it's not that profitable, then the better talents may not keep staying or heading toward this industry. Also less loan/venture awarded to companies doing projects not passing the "market research" phase.
Yes, and lastly Tencents also don't like competitions bidding their potential acquisition targets.
I wrote reviews(early 2000) during the late magazine era and even back then there were taboos about local influential company's releases.(they only sign import deal and sell/distribute games locally.) Cause they survive on the ad money instead of subscription or individual purchases. Modern website sucks even more cause you made pennies for each view and if you don't have something that covers enough contents to drive views, you will be at the mercy of promotion partners, same for the youtuber/streamer/influencer.
I mostly write review/walk through for import games, as there was usually a couple months delay for localization, even had contacts with local publisher that consult with group of writers about maybe which game to sign and import. The US/Japan publisher aren't exactly nice guys you know, they will ask you to sign multiple games, including the games you know might not sell well as part of the deal. It's a risky business and if companies that import games will try to influence review scores, you know how desperate the publisher will try to defend their "investment".
Just spend hours making my first character today and honestly at the end just go with some instinct choice.(not familiar with the 5e rules, haven't played turned based RPG for a long time. I picked a High Elf/Dragonblood(Blue) Sorcerer focused on lightning spells. The last bit where you can allocate stat points I am at lost so I just go with recommended values. (ie. to go from 14->15 requires 2 points, that really throw me off and your main stat is at 16 "maxed"?? I thought 18 is the highest. Don't have time to waste on creating a EA character. )
I want to quickly go around, get familiar with the system so when the game released in a week to start over.
I don't know if you ever see the ifixit tear downs, there is no new tricks. The battery is still replaceable, it's just that the manufacturing process adds more stuff to "anti-tempering". Let me list a few:
I'm willing to double dip just to roam the world with my ultrawide oled again, I've never really touched the coop mode anyway in Ps4 and then later PS5's remaster. I want to support the studio and I hope the Helldivers 2 event sends Sony a clear enough message. It's only 2 days in and they will be monitoring metric etc. Remember how well that reddit blackout worked? But this time, steam seems to willing to refund for those delisted countries no issue, so players in those region can hit Sony in the pocket. (and sadly, AH as well. )