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2 hours ago, [email protected] said:

Why? He already posted his daily rant about video game company’s. It was Bethesda.

Bethesda again, in fact :-)  How could it not be, considering the show that they're putting on?

Nah, there's nothing to complain about in KSP 2 yet - there's only an announcement trailer at this point.  He's not a fan of "AAA" publishers, T2 or Strauss Zelnick though.  My point is only that with the price-hike to USD $60, DLC announced before the game is even demo'd and everything else he's *might* to have something to say once it does release.

Unless EA, Activision-Blizzard and Bethesda continue to believe, somewhat oddly, that there's no such thing as bad publicity and hog the limelight for atrocious behaviour.  It's hard to imagine how they could behave any worse but they presumably get paid so much for managing to think of new ways to annoy customers.

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11 hours ago, burn boi said:

will there be more dlcs? (I hope not)

Why would you development of the game after the initial 2.0 release to stop? Wouldn’t it be more fun if it were continuously developed, just like we’re now at 1.8?

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1 hour ago, Pecan said:

Unless EA, Activision-Blizzard and Bethesda continue to believe, somewhat oddly, that there's no such thing as bad publicity and hog the limelight for atrocious behaviour.  It's hard to imagine how they could behave any worse but they presumably get paid so much for managing to think of new ways to annoy customers.

The sad part is that all of those companies used to be pretty awesome, back when games were mail-ordered on physical media.
Seems like all the big game studios are hell bent on behaving badly these days, I don't know if it's just a symptom of success or what.

 

12 hours ago, burn boi said:

will there be more dlcs? (I hope not)

I truly do not understand this aversion to DLC that keeps springing up around here. What's wrong with charging for additional content beyond the base-game? Content costs something to make, right?
Would you really prefer that cost was added to the initial price of the game instead?
With KSP as an example, I haven't bought the DLCs because I don't really want what they bring (and mods bring it better anyway). You don't have to buy DLC either.

It's a different story if the core game is intentionally crippled without it, or it gives a competitive edge in multiplayer, that's screwing the customer. We'll just have to wait and see.

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40 minutes ago, 5thHorseman said:

Oh, he's one of those guys who makes videos with SEO titles

Yeah, he's a games-journalist "shock jock", camps it up madly and all that but he was an experienced journalist before he went YouTube, really knows what he's talking about and, more to the point for me, actually scripts and edits videos rather than just waffling like so many people do on YT.  Nevertheless, he's definitely not for everyone, I mention him more as the sort of person likely to shout about this stuff than as a recommendation to watch him.

6 minutes ago, steve_v said:

The sad part is that all of those companies used to be pretty awesome

Long time ago for EA though ^^.  I can't speak for Activision-Blizzard as I've never played, nor wanted to play, any of their games.  Bethesda's behaviour would be odd since they were genuinely-affectionately known as 'bugesda' but still had a loyal following.  Apparently there's some big buyout/finance deal going down though, so they're price-gouging to look good to investors or something.

Have to say that Take Two haven't done anything offensive with KSP 1, despite the review-bombing over their new EULA and the DRM/spyware.

And I forgot about Ubisoft.  I always forget about Ubisoft.

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8 minutes ago, Pecan said:

I can't speak for Activision-Blizzard as I've never played, nor wanted to play, any of their games.

I was referring to when Activision and Blizzard were separate entities, I've never played an Activision-Blizzard game either.
 

12 minutes ago, Pecan said:

And I forgot about Ubisoft. 

They seemed okay in the late '90s/early 00's, but I only played a couple of the games they published.

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7 hours ago, Pecan said:

Bethesda again, in fact :-)  How could it not be, considering the show that they're putting on?

I Found it hilarious that Mr Matty had not one but two rant videos about there actually broken ass premium pass and not so private severs (seriously I was asked to join one persons privat sever so she could  show me what’s wrong. The place we logged into was picked clean and had a rad zone from someone else’s nuke. And the people just started showing up that she had not invited . Never Mind comments by Oxhorn and yong yea.

 

seriously most games nowadays deserve a rabid Matty unleashed on them. 

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