Quoting: SakuretsuHope the consumer group wins. That's what Ubislop deserves.

What Ubisoft deserves is bankruptcy. But I take them losing that lawsuit, too.

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Quoting: TightRopeHow much did Tim Sweeney cut his own compensation? Responsibility starts at the top.

You don't understand how corporate management works.
If a business is doing well, it's ALWAYS because of the hard-working, visionary CEO.
If a business is not doing well, it's ALWAYS because of external factors outside of the CEO's control.

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I feel sorry for the people who lost their job, but otherwise, I can't see anything bad about Epic not doing well...

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Quoting: grigiI would love a clone of this parental controls to work with Plasma too.

Although my kids are actually very good at self policing themselves right now, so maybe it's not really needed for me?

I never used parental controls for mine, only good old talks. I can safely say that it worked. But I guess it depends on a lot of things that might or might not be different in other families, so YMMV.

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What they say is not a good reason not to ban lootboxes and other predatory business practices. It's really just fair to have a good look at the real life equivalents they mentioned, as well. When they say MTG is the same thing, they're right. They also make people overspend for little value in return. I wouldn't mind banning that stuff, too. Collectibles have been a thing since forever, but I am not sure at what point it become acceptable not to tell people what they're buying.

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Quoting: Linux_RocksNot about to weep for Valve if they lose.

Yes. I guess it's important to keep in mind that evil deeds don't suddenly become less evil when a company does them that we might otherwise find sympathetic.

Lootboxes or other dark designs have no place in games, and if developers don't change their ways voluntarily, it's perfectly fine to have to courts/lawmakers force them to. Even if it's Valve.

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I always thought the very definition of "indie" is NOT having a publisher...

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So people having a license to use and distribute music, cannot actually distribute it unless the shop they're selling it with, also buys a license.

That's...rich. But it's also the UK, home of some of world's dumbest laws.

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Both refreshing and surprising to see some developers still doing native ports.

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Quoting: VreidicusPlaystation never released anything on steam i wanted to play so fine by me, bye bye Playstation..

I can't name you too many of their games I bought either, but I liked Horizon Zero Dawn / Forbidden West.

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