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You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind

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You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind

konnichiwa said:

Oh I feel you both should not try FFXVI then, another game that got hyped up by reviewers but with many players wondering why it is good?

Finished that game last night and I almost got physically sick with it, it went on and on and on with silly fetch quests...

Yeah, while the game had its high points, they would get followed by some of the lowest lows lol. Games story went on at least 10 hours too long.

Most players that were chad's for the game online would only highlight the actual epic moments of the boss fights, which were pretty awesome, but they wouldn't mention how much time went on in between lol



You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind



You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind

Leynos said:

Why is it when I play a game now a fucking menu pops up? It's annoying. Of course I want to play it why the fuck else am I selecting it? Why is it 2 steps now to play a game? Can I turn this shit off?

EDIT: Found the off switch. What a stupid and pointless feature.

If you press X it will take you straight to the game. It a quicker way to get to the game hub.



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https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-isnt-making-its-own-vr-headset-but-there-is-the-400-meta-quest-3s-xbox-edition

I really want the iPhone Xbox Edition and the DeWalt Drill Xbox Edition next!



Microsoft Gaming has been growing every quarter in revenue and profit, they've got multiple of the best selling games on multiple platforms, their profit margins are consistently singled out recently as being strong, growing and even contributing to improving "More Personal Computing" overall profit margins, Game Pass continues to grow according to NPD every single month and they're almost certainly about to post a record breaking Q4 thanks to all their ports and releases they've had.

*Major Layoffs Time*

I hate Satya Nadella and Microsoft as a whole. They're one of the most cutthroat greedy companies out there, no amount of profit is ever good enough for them. Though this is capitalism for you, Microsoft in particular takes the piss with it, it's just layoffs after layoffs after layoffs from Microsoft, Satya and Microsoft Executives don't give a fuck about nurturing talent, employees or the long-term view, they're just obsessed with short-term profits and making the line go up more than last quarter.

Personally, I think Satya's obsession with AI will backfire on Microsoft eventually as well. Dude is going to make Microsoft into the most soulless corporation around, all for an overhyped concept like when he was banging on about the Metaverse but worse, I'm still waiting on AGI and how it will revolutionise and change the world, while Microsoft sinks tens of billions into AI and everyone else suffers as a result. Satya's end goal is replacing all workers with some AI bullshit, better hope he isn't tricked again and it's another 700 Indian engineers.

The Quebec/Montreal videogame industry is very rough right now, something to do with Quebec no longer giving out subsidies which they used to do a lot and it helped videogame studios stay operational, now all that funding is being taken away and a lot of Quebec/Montreal studios are now struggling and/or closing with major companies also considering pulling out so Compulsion might be on the chopping block, but no longer receiving government handouts in an expensive area isn't an excuse for a trillion dollar corporation that wouldn't even notice it. Hope for no studio closures though, I'll probably take a break from gaming once again if any studios get closed, go back to TV Shows and Nintendo, Lol.

I really should just move to Steam so I don't have to feel like I'm directly supporting this bullshit. Least problematic company and ecosystem, apart from the garbage they allow on it and the trash Steam forums but I don't give a fuck about socialising in those areas, Lol. Maybe the Xbox Rog Ally will be the start of my transition to PC/Steam. Every single time this happens it essentially destroys my mood to play games and I end up taking lengthy breaks, despite me playing a ton of games this year and having a lot on my backlog. 

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 24 June 2025

You just don't hear so much about Steam because Valve isn't a public company releasing everything they do (or don't). When you look how they can't even be bothered to employ a few people to fight all that cheating in Counter Strike even though they make billions with their cases and keys and other stuff then yeah, I'm sure they also just work with the minimum of employees they need lol

Last edited by crissindahouse - on 24 June 2025

crissindahouse said:

You just don't hear so much about Steam because Valve isn't a public company releasing everything they do (or don't). When you look how they can't even be bothered to employ a few people to fight all that cheating in Counter Strike even though they make billions with their cases and keys and other stuff then yeah, I'm sure they also just work with the minimum of employees they need lol

Hope Valve never goes public, this shit is basically the core problem with American capitalism, as soon as a private company goes public they instantly go to shit, they're in a desperate never ending pursuit of infinite growth and it can't just be "good" growth, it has to be the absolute best growth ever, every single damn quarter, average employees suffer and rich shareholders make billions.

It'll come to a horrific crash in a few hundred years from now because humanity population can't keep growing forever, which means growth will stagnate across the board, but hopefully the world takes its dick out of capitalisms ass before then and comes up with something new where "profitable" can be good enough and shareholders can be told to fuck off.

Discord hasn't even gone public yet, they're just preparing to, and they're already adding a bunch of absolute garbage, Lol.

And to be clear, I know this isn't unique to Microsoft, I just notice them doing it a lot more since I'm focused more on them, but I know almost every major public corporation is shedding thousands of employees every year lately, some every 6 months, it's goddamn exhausting to see how these corporations treat their employees like trash only to rehire thousands then layoff thousands again.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 24 June 2025

coolbeans said:

We're #1! We're #1! We're #1!

Coincidentally, this momentous occasion lines up with an informal giveaway I've planned for my American Arcadia review. Here's a quick rundown for those who're unfamiliar:

-One raffle entry per user (# of comments doesn't matter)
-Keep within the guidelines (obviously)
-Don't need to ass-kiss or anything

Winner gets an Xbox or Steam gift code of American Arcadia! I'd like to keep it between those two platforms for the sake of ease. I don't see any means of directly purchasing a code on PlayStation Store or EShop atm. I'll probably close the raffle this coming Sunday.

Looks like I won, thanks for the code coolbeans!



Switch: SW-3707-5131-3911
XBox: Kenjabish