I’d say anything under 30% is simply a reflection of how high the profit margins are for sellers. Seeing as 30% is the industry fee tacked onto titles by storefronts.
Star Wars, Starfield (Not a good game at all), Resi, and Persona are all ‘free’ on GamePass. So they’ve most likely already made their expected profit from sales if going that route was the more profitable decision. That really just leaves SF6, which these days isn’t that strong a franchise and fighting games are niche.
Videogames are the largest entertainment industry in the world, dwarfing books, film, and music. The industry is seeing record profits year-on-year. Add to that gaming being one of the most resilient entertainment forms during economic downturns due to its price-to-hour ratio, I don’t see these discounts being a reflection of market difficulties.
A man from Western Australia has been charged with aggravated assault after reportedly using cable ties to restrain three children. According to police, the man detained a six-year-old girl and two boys aged seven and eight after discovering them swimming on an empty property....
In a highly anticipated State of the Union address, President Joe Biden delivered a passionate speech on Tuesday night, outlining his administration’s vision for the future and setting the stage for the upcoming election....
The statement marks an apparent reversal from what Biden said Friday. While at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the president was asked, “Do you regret using the word ‘illegal’ to describe immigrants last night, sir?”
“Well, I probably — I don’t re — technically not supposed to be here,” he responded.
Funny how he used illegal, doubled down on it, got negative press, and regretted it the second time he was asked if he regretted it.
The way they talk, Biden is the greatest thing ever.
I dont care that they have to vote for him to avoid Trump, that sucks but i get it.
But I cannot tolerate the maga cult levels of delusion they use to support him. Just admit hes shit and that all he offers is not being Trump, at least that shows a sign that maybe you would at least want to fix the system after the election.
The agreement — signed by Amy Dacey, the former CEO of the DNC, and [Clinton campaign manager] Robby Mook with a copy to [Clinton campaign counsel] Marc Elias— specified that in exchange for raising money and investing in the DNC, Hillary would control the party’s finances, strategy, and all the money raised,” Brazile wrote in the story under the headline “Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC.”
Brazils added of the deal: “[Clinton’s] campaign had the right of refusal of who would be the party communications director, and it would make final decisions on all the other staff. The DNC also was required to consult with the campaign about all other staffing, budgeting, data, analytics, and mailings.”
The Clintons outright took control of the DNC, hardly conductive to a fair primaries.
“I have an apology to make to @BernieSanders,” Phillips wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I had long dismissed his complaints about the rigged Democratic Party primary system.”
“But you know what? He was right. And I apologize, Bernie,” he added.
Other D’s ageee
After hacked emails published Monday by WikiLeaks appeared to reveal Brazile, during her time as a CNN commentator, giving advance notice to Clinton’s camp about a debate question,
They further gave unfair advantages to benefit Hillary
In the emails, DNC staffers derided the Sanders campaign.[28] The Washington Post reported: “Many of the most damaging emails suggest the committee was actively trying to undermine Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign.”[8]
The leaks show the DNC was weaponised against Bernie, they colluded together to find ways to smear his campaign, even suggesting antisemitism.
Etc etc etc. I’ve done this song and dance a million times with you people and if I was still on Reddit I’d go back and find my long perfectly sourced post that I’d trot out every time.
You’d end up saying “wahhh it’s not technically illegal so it doesn’t matter” and I’d go on with my day not wasting any further time. So enjoy me randomly copying stuff from the first 3 links I clicked on Google, you can be a big boy and go search those exact quotes to find the corresponding pages I got them from if you want to read more.
tl;dr: Hacked emails and admissions from DNC chairpeople all point to the same thing, the DNC was rigged to give Hillary an unfair advantage over everyone else. Democracy was subverted through this bias, and as such we will never know how Bernie would’ve failed.
What we do know is that Hillary tried her best to game the system and lost. So it’s not like Bernie could have done any worse.
How about instead of totally going to have a big talk with Bibi, that he comes right out and publicly denounces Israel and the genocide it’s committing?
Why not stop pushing to send billions in aid and weapons to Israel?
But no, he’s been accidentally “caught” saying he will do something, just like it was “leaked” that he thought they were being jerks months ago behind closed doors.
You’re right, the PotUS is a completely powerless position, Biden literally can’t do anything! He’s forced to put support bills offering aid to Israel, to fast track weapons to Israel ignoring congress, to have his Secretary of State protect Israel in the UN.
The President is such a completely powerless position, right?
Spawned off an adult entertainment trade association.
Reason is a merge of the Sex Party, Cyclists, and the NSW euthanasia party. Basically a broad tent party of single issue parties that have no reason to oppose each others goals. Sadly they haven’t faired too well at the polls last election.
I’d love to see them merge with the Fusion party - itself a merger of the Science Party, Pirate Party, Secular Party, Vote Planet, and Climate Change Justice Party.
And for all of them to stick with one bloody name so they can build up public recognition. At least people took notice of the Sex party name.
We have two main parties Lib and Lab. Both rightwing neoliberal parties , one is slightly more right to the other. Imagine a little bit more left Dems vs a little bit more right Dems.
Our preferential system means all votes have to end in 2 parties. Thus any slightly left parties vote is funnelled to Labor and any slightly right parties goes to Liberal.
President Biden told a Democratic lawmaker and members of his Cabinet after the State of the Union address that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they will need to have a “come-to-Jesus meeting.”...
Yeah but he was caught in this totally unscripted “hot mic” event looking like he’s going to do something. Thats all he needs to do for the sycophants to swoon over him.
Fuck the 30,000 dead, its Dark Brandon time baby. He’s totally gonna one day do something to stop what he is already doing for Israel!
Do you hear them now say shit about the cease fire that was totally going to happen by tomorrow or what ever it was he was saying for weeks?
As soon as the dates over, they move on. There will be no backpedalling or giving a shit they were wrong, it’s MAGA level cultism going on. They’re always right and infallible, any criticism is Russian shills trying to sow division, &tc.
It’s ramped up so much on Lemmy the past few weeks, that I feel we must’ve attracted the attention of some astro-turfing. So yay we’re in the big league now I guess?
Progressive Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush raised signs calling on President Joe Biden to “stop sending bombs” to the Israeli military as he pledged during his State of the Union address Thursday night to provide more humanitarian aid to Gazans and decried the war’s grisly death toll....
From the first moments of the war, it was clear that right-wing Israeli politicians and settler leaders sensed an opportunity to radically shift the status quo in Israel-Palestine. For months, calls to resettle Gaza — often in the same breath as calling to expel the Strip’s 2.3 million Palestinian residents — have been...
Tonight, I want to announce that I will be returning to the arena of politics and challenging Nick [LaLota] for the battle over #NY1,” Santos told Semafor in a statement. “I look forward to debating him on the issues and on his weak record as a Republican. The fight for our majority is imperative for the survival of the...
It feels like a mooch ago we had a man hiding in bushes, we’ve been so over saturated with meme quality politics that I feel we just don’t get the same level of value from it.
But I would still get a chuckle out of Santos being fired and arrested again.
It’ll probably be used to bring in aid for Gaza, like new missiles for Israel or tractors so settlers can clear the land to build themselves new houses.
The last thing the rest of the world needs is American right wingers moving over. And if you think Biden is actually good, I’ve got news for you about your political leanings.
During the Second World War (1939–1945), India was a part of the British Empire. British India officially declared war on Nazi Germany
Sure is a lot of Britain in there. Almost like India had no say in the matter🤔
How much of the world war was European colonial powers forcing natives of the lands they had invaded to fight their battles for them? Like I said it was a European war, just because every battlefield wasn’t in Europe doesn’t change that.
China will boost its defence spending by 7.2% this year, fuelling a military budget that has more than doubled under President Xi Jinping’s 11 years in office as Beijing hardens its stance on Taiwan, according to official reports on Tuesday....
Mate we’re literally losing our influence day-by-day. China is buying out nations we’ve had positive relations with and propping up lil’ dictators all over Oceania.
The only saving grace we have in all this is Chinas such a dick to many of its neighbours that they don’t want a bar of them.
Historic Portrait of Lord Balfour Slashed by Pro-Palestine Protestors (news.artnet.com)
A painting of Lord Balfour housed at the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College was slashed by protest group Palestine Action....
Suicide Squad’s $70 price tag slashed by 40% just a month after launch (www.pcgamesn.com)
Western Australian Man Charged with Aggravated Assault for Using Cable Ties to Restrain Children (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
A man from Western Australia has been charged with aggravated assault after reportedly using cable ties to restrain three children. According to police, the man detained a six-year-old girl and two boys aged seven and eight after discovering them swimming on an empty property....
President Biden Delivers Fiery State of the Union Address, Drawing Election Battle Lines (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
In a highly anticipated State of the Union address, President Joe Biden delivered a passionate speech on Tuesday night, outlining his administration’s vision for the future and setting the stage for the upcoming election....
rule problem (lemmy.cafe)
Grisham on Trump’s meeting with Orbán: ‘He wants to be a dictator’ (thehill.com)
Biden Threatens ‘Come to Jesus Moment’ for Netanyahu on Hot Mic (www.thedailybeast.com)
Crusader Rule (i.imgur.com)
Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Dune Awakening dev won’t sacrifice lore for the sake of game mechanics (www.pcgamesn.com)
Small car problems rule (lemmy.world)
That bumper is eye level with me. He could have probably decapitated me if he reversed with enough determination....
Biden on hot mic: ‘Come-to-Jesus meeting’ with Netanyahu on the way (thehill.com)
President Biden told a Democratic lawmaker and members of his Cabinet after the State of the Union address that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they will need to have a “come-to-Jesus meeting.”...
Tlaib, Bush Raise 'Stop Sending Bombs' Signs as Biden Pledges More Aid for Gaza (www.commondreams.org)
Progressive Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush raised signs calling on President Joe Biden to “stop sending bombs” to the Israeli military as he pledged during his State of the Union address Thursday night to provide more humanitarian aid to Gazans and decried the war’s grisly death toll....
Israeli settlers cross into Gaza, build 'symbolic' outpost (www.972mag.com)
From the first moments of the war, it was clear that right-wing Israeli politicians and settler leaders sensed an opportunity to radically shift the status quo in Israel-Palestine. For months, calls to resettle Gaza — often in the same breath as calling to expel the Strip’s 2.3 million Palestinian residents — have been...
The rules of Australia 🇦🇺 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Rupert Murdoch engaged, at 92, for 6th time, to Roman Abramovich's former mother-in-law (abcnews.go.com)
George Santos is running for Congress (www.semafor.com)
Tonight, I want to announce that I will be returning to the arena of politics and challenging Nick [LaLota] for the battle over #NY1,” Santos told Semafor in a statement. “I look forward to debating him on the issues and on his weak record as a Republican. The fight for our majority is imperative for the survival of the...
White House Video Promotes SOTU With Joe Biden Seeking Advice From Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman And Other Famous Fictional Presidents (deadline.com)
Biden to announce US will build port on Gaza shore for large-scale aid delivery (www.theguardian.com)
Pro-Haley super PAC relaunches as ‘Haley Voters for Biden’ (www.semafor.com)
If Trump is reelected, Americans are planning to flee in droves (www.yahoo.com)
Rooster Teeth Shut Down By Warner Bros. Discovery (deadline.com)
7 more Indians release video, say forced to fight Ukraine war by Russian army (indianexpress.com)
Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
China drops 'peaceful reunification' reference to Taiwan (www.reuters.com)
China will boost its defence spending by 7.2% this year, fuelling a military budget that has more than doubled under President Xi Jinping’s 11 years in office as Beijing hardens its stance on Taiwan, according to official reports on Tuesday....