BadlyDrawnRhino

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BadlyDrawnRhino,

Hifi Rush is in Humble Choice this month, and I noticed they have a redemption deadline which is a bit out of the ordinary. So it’s possible it’ll get delisted, or maybe Humble is just playing it safe with the keys they have.

BadlyDrawnRhino,

Shadowheart does mind sharing, depending who it is. Not at all happy sharing with Lae’zel.

BadlyDrawnRhino,

But Microsoft is doing exactly the same thing, only instead of paying for exclusivity of one title, they’re buying developers so not just their next title, but all future releases will be exclusive, up until MS decides they’re not worth it and dumps them.

Sony absolutely participates in anti-consumer practices, but let’s not pretend that MS is any better.

BadlyDrawnRhino,

Loving the small tweak to MJ’s look, she’s a bit closer to her comic book counterpart now. Miles’ new hairstyle is also awesome.

Super stoked with how this looks. This is the game I’m most looking forward to this year.

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Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23779039/microsoft-activision-blizzard-ftc-trial-win

From the article, quoting Judge Corley:

... the Court finds the FTC has not shown a likelihood it will prevail on its claim this particular vertical merger in this specific industry may substantially lessen competition. To the contrary, the record evidence points to more consumer access to Call of Duty and other Activision content. The motion for a preliminary injunction is therefore DENIED.

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BadlyDrawnRhino,

Microsoft are no longer interested in selling consoles necessarily, otherwise they’d be holding stuff back from PC as well. They’re interested in getting people into their ecosystem through Game Pass.

And while I agree with you that Sony and Nintendo have used plenty of anti-consumer practices, Microsoft has also done so in the past and I think the only reason they’ve been more pro-consumer of late is because they’ve been the underdog for a long time now. I would be anticipating a change in their behaviour the more people they get to subscribe to Game Pass, and this Activision-Blizzard deal is a huge step towards that.

BadlyDrawnRhino,

Is there a way to view the different categories via Discovery Queue? The Store Page isn't great for checking out multiple different games in quick succession, particularly since the lists reorder themselves every time the page reloads.

BadlyDrawnRhino,

You could still give Knight a go. The folks over at protondb seem to be reporting that it runs just fine even without official Deck support.

But Asylum and City are both great games so definitely play those first.

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