Quoting: RomlokI don't understand the hostility to this.

As soon as governments are involved, some people just get their panties in a twist.
It is an automatism, I don't think they can help it, nor do they think about it.
So far, so normal.

Generally, I think this is a reasonable requirement, age restrictions and content declarations should be on store pages - so people can check BEFORE they buy.
And of course, an age requirement for video games makes sense to begin with, I'm somewhat surprised Steam did not already do that. Or does it?
I'm way out of the age for that to matter, so no clue lol...

However, the way they go about this with already released games retroactively requiring declaration or not be listed at all has the distinct taste of a "politician's idea" - something that was simply not thought through with its practical implications.

I'd just set all games that haven't been declared by whoever is responsible to be 18+ and be done with it.

Quoting: GamingTFMThis is the regional pricing thing all over again. I can see many games being delisted for Germany, because so many companies aren't going to go back to older games and set those ratings.

Nah, Germany is a big enough market to care, and I do hope Valve will pester devs/publishers until they take action.
If a game sells at all, devs will care. And if it doesn't sell at all - well then nobody is going to miss anything.

As national laws (especially from bigger EU countries) tend to become broader laws in many cases, I'd also expect other countries to follow suit here, sooner or later, adapting something similar.

I have no doubt the vast majority of devs/publishers will be very quick to comply here.
I mean, come on, it's not like something impossible is demanded here. Fill out a questionnaire, done. This is easier than uploading a patch for a game.

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Quoting: Leahi84Why are there so many Chinese users on Steam? I thought they have their own version created for the Chinese market?

That's true afaik, but A) They might work around that "restriction" and B) who knows if both versions don't count into the same statistic.

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Quoting: pbPersonally I find this fascinating that China is so Windows-centric. It might be because there's no IP laws and a lot of these are pirated copies of Windows (so basically free as in beer), but still, it's an American product, I would think its use would be discouraged at the very least. I guess Red Flag Linux didn't gain as much popularity as they hoped it would. ;-)

On the other hand, Linux is an open system while Windows is fully controlled plus they might have some deal in place for backdoors and stuff, so everyone is happy (I mean the corporation and the government).

Honestly, I think it is mostly because Windows has really, REALLY good support for Chinese language + Pinyin.

Linux support of those two is absolutely abysmal - yeah, you can get something installed that "kind of works", but it will still be far, far away from the support MS offers for this.

And because that is the case, there are not many Chinese Linux users, and because of that, not much effort goes into improving the situation, and there you are, vicious cycle.

I tried learning Chinese for a while and I totally get why no Chinese person would want to touch Linux, even IF they were tech affine and not afraid of terminals.

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This is unfortunately not very surprising.

If a console is still actively being sold, offering any kind of emulation for it is asking for trouble.
Especially if it is a Nintendo console.

I'm relatively certain that once the Switch's lifetime has ended, Nintendo will be a lot less aggressive towards its emulation.
After all, I don't see them going after GB, NES, SNES, N64, DS, GameCube, etc. emulation (unless there is some additional shadiness involved).

I just wish they would communicate more clearly. A simple "do not try to emulate our actively sold/developed console, or else" would go a long way.
Though I guess they communicate through actions here :unsure:

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I already switched from the native version to the Proton one - it's just vastly superior, the native one had worse performance for me and several display bugs.
Nice try, but it is clear they never had a good developer for the port.

Better to drop it than to carry an inferior version along.
Though the communication could indeed have been better.

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Most likely case:
The sales were not worth the effort of maintaining the files/updates/etc. on GOG for the developer.

Which I think is very odd, since I strongly doubt any older titles of theirs still received updates...-

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Quoting: PyrateI got one when I upgraded to Plasma 6, and another one in 6.1, I believe this is a much better system that's already set in place, and since major Plasma versions happen more than once a year, it's a better system if you want to give out reminders more frequently.

Quite obviously, it isn't a better place, or they wouldn't be changing it. Or rather, doing the notification in addition.

Welcome screens are usually just ignored as they tend to be "what's new"/tutorial kinds of things. It's an automatism of most people to go straight for the "don't show this again" without ever actually looking at anything.
It's a bit like the "startup hint"/"tip of the day" kind of deal - a nice thing, but the wrong place if you are trying to increase donations with any degree of efficiency.

Funny anecdote: A few years ago, I handled user reports for bugfixes on a software that had such a "hint of the day".
I got an error/help report asking about a functionality with a screenshot showcasing a "problem" and the question of how to solve it - the screenshot also had an open "hint of the day" with the exact key shortcut to solve the problem.
And the reporter was no fool, either. He, like most people, just got so used to fully ignore these kinds of windows. When I pointed it out, we had a good laugh :grin:

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A ... team shooter. Yawn.

*goes back to sleep*

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Quoting: DrakkerBut there's also a lot of nostalgia involved with BL1. As for BL2 and BL3 and the pre-sequel, man where those stories bad.

I played BL1, 2 and 3 back-to-back, in co-op even.
The difference between BL3 and everything else is night and day. The pre-sequel lost me with its moon phase and oxygen shenanigans, so I can't really say much about that.

Sure, The story itself is of course less pronounced in a game like this, this isn't a "cinematic experience".
But the writing, worldbuilding and the humor is still very much important and a constant part of the gameplay experience and while BL1 and 2 had us laughing and giggling throughout, BL3 just made us groan and roll our eyes.
We even tried muting our characters, but it didn't really help (much).

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I have zero faith in this.

BL1 and 2 were all-time greats. BL3 improved the gunplay a little, but completely shat the bed with the absolutely awful humor, writing, plot... I couldn't even finish the game based solely on the writing, THAT's how bad it was.

Clearly, whatever talent wrote BL1 & 2 has left the building by now.

I bet they planned to use the movie momentum to announce this. Good luck, given the worst flop and just worst movie in a lot of ways of the last decade.
And then of course Randy Pitchforks insane ramblings trying to defend that abomination of a movie don't help restore any faith in that company knowing what it is doing.

Yeah... no.
There's maybe a 1% chance BL4 will actually be good.

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