It's a step in the right direction. I didn't expect EA to ever go that way.

EAC is a concern on a lot of games, and it takes the pressure off EA and puts it on the devs to activate it. Remember, even New World uses EAC. Ashes of Creation uses it too I think.

It's used a lot across the board, and now the pressure is on to the devs.

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Finally got Steam not to install 13 updates every time it starts.

Was the download cace. Steam crashes clearing that one though, but the issue was gone after that :-).

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What I realized - I'm always getting a few KB updates for numerous games daily. Has that to do with Valve tweaking games / game configs for the Deck, or is that again some bug like the 0kb downloads?

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They really impress me. They have the paid DLCs, but they throw in the odd free one and they tend to be good ones.

I never liked DLCs, but in this case they add value, and they have to pay the development to continue somehow. And for our mone they drop a free DLV here and there.

It's for me the model how DLCs should work, for the creator and the customers to keep the product fresh and the studio paid.

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Quoting: NociferI also can't overlook the fact that this only after Flatpak and Snap and Appimage (not to mention containers) have risen in prevalence and efficiency, which means that the Arch advantage of a rolling system + AUR is beginning to diminish in favor of a stable system + Flatpak/Snap/Appimage/container userland.

Actually, that's something I hope Solus will integrate well. This works a lot better on other distributions already, and I do use snaps (for Spotify in example .. well, that's actually the only example :D).

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Quoting: slapinThey managed to create their own code in C++ working in the same way as GTA code.

This can be argued, since they did decompile it and use the decompiled code with tools to get code that behaves like the original. Ofc there is more involved than just that, but it's basically using the original code, decompiling it and using tools to get manageable C++ code and work from there - and that can certainly be argued as copyright infringement.

Personally, if they never framed it the way of decompiled code but a green field approach, they'd probably have a better ground at court.

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Well, the dissasembled parts were to get them in trouble.

I disagree though that it's a market belonging to T2, since it's a market they never catered to and a market by definitoon does not belong to anyone, and I disagree that it caused T2 any harm financially, since you require the base game, and game enhancements and mods hardly do them harm if you are required to buy the original copy from T2, rather the opposite would be the case.

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Good. Some Patents are just bunkers.

Don't get me wrong, some patents do serve a purpose and are very expensive in R&D and have every right to be there and to get a share for others implementing it (things like 5G technology).

But I really have an issue with all those trivial patents which should not exist in the first place.

A button is just a button, leave it at that. A corner of a device just that, how ever round.

I'd argue that patents generally hinder evolution, but in some cases I see the need of the one doing expensive R&D to be compensated for their effort.

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Interesting mix of genres. Could be cool... hopefully will be too.

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: ArtenGood upscaling is crucial for handhald device, if you want just conect it to display and play on larger screen...

I'd say for handhelds that have relatively low resolution in general, upscaling is not so useful.

I'd say depends on, if you have to upscale from a let's say steam deck to a 4K or 8K monitor in your living room ... if you can connect them (?)... may be useful.

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