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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: "They Just Have To Be Good" Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 06:10:04 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <3mortj1qt0k5cfoms3d8ojj7tvd91tpcja@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 07:10:05 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f93b1c05508c8a8dc1c72008084bccc1"; logging-data="1846827"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+DETdrpHGak36l9lVzNCA1jXz+Mo/6vfOHEzXIowRnIQ==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1l9gxqBe7/4vuS93mf74/GzCp/k= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 08:42 this Saturday (GMT): > On 21/03/2025 22:09, Zaghadka wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:03:56 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, >> Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >> >>> The big-name publishers looked at this calculation and decided the >>> best way to do things, then, is to go all-in on live-service, >>> MTX-riddled, advert- and sponsorship-heavy games in a hope that they >>> can recoup some of the expenses. And --for the time being-- that >>> strategy is working, but it comes at a cost. >> >> Yeah. The indies and smaller shops will step in. We're not back to games >> in ziplock baggies, but AAA games are not where it's at for me. >> >> I prefer small dev-team options and will pay them handsomely. So long as >> Unity doesn't shit the bed, this will continue to be available. >> > > My money and time also now goes to the smaller studios as I just find > the games more interesting and I don't feel and they are trying to > squeeze every last penny out of me. Agreed, I'm planning to donate Patreon money to Tendershoot because I love HSOL (and also it would be funny to be in the credits twice) >> And then there's Larian. There's CDPR. There are single-A companies that >> try. We need to be forgiving of them and support them. I bought Cyberpunk >> 2077 at a discount to keep them honest. >> >> It's not dead yet. It's just very badly burned. >> Hopefully. At least Nintendo makes some decent single player stuff. > I agree although even those games you mentioned aren't really doing > anything that different but instead doing a type of formula know to work > very well, although in Cyberpunk's case that took a couple of years > until after it had been released. > >> I don't care if the textures aren't 4k. I just have to buy a much more >> expensive graphics card and monitor then. I agree, my computer sucks and I do NOT care about graphics. Basically every game I play I do so with the minimum settings possible. > I got off the graphics bandwagon many years ago as I realised that > graphics were no longer that important to me and the type of games I was > played didn't really rely on them. I can appreciate really high fidelity > graphics but that quickly wears off. > > I look at the price of higher performance GPU's now and just think, you > have got to be kidding me. I think the GPU price is more because of the AI bubble rn.. -- user is generated from /dev/urandom