I like innovation format and hardware, however at some point vendors will have to accept that shackling to Windows license IS holding them back. SteamOS is just way more superior environment.
Yes, Microsoft might throw billions after Valve new project, but I doubt they gonna redirect serious software resources to it, considering shareholders scream for moar OpenAI.

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Quoting: Nateman1000Open source creative software can not exist under capitalism and be successful if there is NO finances except for donations. Apart from a few you NEED a product to sell to have the money to maintain a project that big

I think if you look over the cases of open source software, even "creative software" that is successful, examples of that not being the case show up. These days they always seem to have "foundations" or stuff, but those exist mainly to wrangle the donations.
So for instance, I'm pretty sure Blender does not derive its success from a paid product. If anything, I'd say the existence of a company selling a paid product as a major adjunct to the open source project is more the exception than the rule. Wine has Codeweavers . . . but even there, I get the impression lately that Codeweavers spends less time selling their actual product and more time taking commissions to improve aspects of Wine from companies like Valve . . . i.e. acting kind of like it was a foundation wrangling targeted donations.

I think majority of income comes from companies that provide consultation and training for Blender, also Blender Foundation has some paid training available as well.
Unless it is government sponsored - I wish - these projects will need some revenue stream, directly, or indirectly. As long as there is balance between commercial interests and community, it is viable strategy and way to practically deliver open source product.

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Quoting: AdutchmanI don't think these pricing changes are very expensive. Keep in mind that the main alternative is Unity, which charges 1877 dollars per seat. Meanwhile W4 charges 800 dollars to port all your games with bug handling and the legal stuff taken care of. I can think this is not an unnecessary luxury with console companies, as I imagine their SDKs/rules to be quite finicky to get right. As for the Defold situation: they crucially do not guarantee bug fixes and/or legal help. I think 800 dollars is definitely worth it to have a guarantee that your game will keep working on all platforms, also from a sustainability standpoint.

Legal rule coverage and SDK support is pretty much a must when you do console port. Engine might be open source, but hardly anyone wants to handle Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo pro bono. It is proper minefield and you will want expertise on your side when planning port for these platforms.

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Having console development support and licensing costs money, it is simple as that. For anyone aiming to be released on consoles, this is reasonable cost. I also don't see any conflict of interest there, as previously Godot developers said they can't provide console support for free and it will be always covered by commercial entities. No one stops other companies offering these services cheaper.
If you want to have free console development, support Steam Deck.

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Documentary was very cool. I wish they would rounded up story with HL3 or other media, but HL story still sticks with me and it is very nice to see how they challenged norms of first person shooter, at quite a risk sometimes.
Also Valve supporting Linux gaming can't be understated.

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"Fixed Old School Runescape and other games on systems with 128+ virtual cores."

Hahaha, what. This sounds so strange bug that I have to know what weirdness this causes and how you can have so many cores.

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Steam Deck gonna sell well for foreseeable future, for multitude of reasons. It has solidified brand, name and recognition how and why it is good in terms of price/performance, ergonomics, and just whole ecosystem. Yes, competition will try to weight in as well, but I don't expect them to change market any time soon.
I expect to see hardware evolutionary refresh at some point. They not gonna rush it though. And to be honest, that is smartest to approach this, as I expect anyone rushing in to expect fast ROI will burn themselves out.
Tbh besides higher VR resolution, I am not 100% sure you can add more hardware wise. Yes, small improvements, but overall, it is highly dependant on VR games and experiences, which move much slower than hardware, which is expected.

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Quoting: basedOh, another Microsoft studio

Depends what they are cooking. I feel Microsoft will get very selective about their purchases from now on, as investors might want to see payout than splashing money around (although Microsoft is unique case here).

If Gearbox does not have solid titles in pipeline, most likely not. I wouldn't be surprised that it will be disbanded as well. market state considering.

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I actually ended up enjoying Cyberpunk 2077 a lot, it is flawed, yet definitely big and important game (and I found story actually having more good bits than bad ones). My only gripe was however artificial limits of NPC combat prowess (they are limited to certain hacks, while you have all of them, they can be permanently cornered easily with weapon and hack combos, etc) thus late game after you have acquired all upgrades you want feeling too easy, I wanted my badass weapons to feel badass but with hope that I would still sweat a lot while using them :)
While buggy mess at launch, overall Cyberpunk 2077 continues CDProject Red championing advancement of open world/RPG systems, like spawning interesting encounters, world building, dialog system that does not force eye contact between you and NPC, and so on and so forth.
I hope their next big RPG game is more planned, slimmed down but with even more improvements on systems they have developed for Cyberpunk 2077, original and 2.0.

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If you look past all online DRM bits - which fair, Titanfall 2 was released with considerable MP component - campaign was short, sweet, with excellent weapons and shooting mechanics, jaw dropping levels, solid mech gameplay, and story while formulaic, is elevated by performances and pacing. It is genuinely good example of what triple A studios do best - giving shine and feel of Hollywood professionalism to such blockbuster titles.

So yeah, it is more than worth that asked sandwich money.

I wish EA would take that franchise, see what clicked so well with players in TF2, and expand on that. Also happy for studio with their success with Apex Legends. As they share same universe with Titanfall...maybe who knows, they are already working on something.

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