I think the “Microsoft dilemma” is between Making Some Money vs. Take All The Money.
If they publish a bunch of successful games on Steam or on Playstation, they will make Some Money, compared to games published exclusive to Xbox, where they can make All The Money.
By acquiring studios they are making sure that good franchises “don’t make all the money… yet” (on competing platform like Steam, Playstation or Switch, but also Android/iOS)
They could make good games exclusive for Xbox, but given how relatively unsuccessful is the Xbox platform, compared to Switch and Playstation, it would mean that very expensive (to make) games will bleed money
On the Warner Bros. Discovery earnings call this morning, CEO David Zaslav said that their quarter’s financials took a hit due to the “disappointing release of Suicide Squad,” the newest game from Rocksteady Studios
So far, the biggest bourdary for Valve seem to be: no 3 for software, no 2 for hardware (but we may still get a SteamDeck 1: Episode 1… if SteamDeck OLED isn’t already that)
Historically speaking, Nvidia was always the best for Linux. Nvidia’s success history with Linux trace back to the 2004 with State-of-the-art 3d capabilities (albeit for arcade machines). At that time ATi radeon 3D capabilities for Linux were below sub-par.
The problem with Linux+Nvidia is that it was never “the Linux way”… but always the “Nvidia way”.
The Linux way is… flexibility: it mean you can use whatever kind of Linux you want, and the drivers works straight out of the box (basically you need open source drivers). Instead Nvidia always pushed for fixed binary blob that required specific kernel and rigid environment.
The modern support for Linux by AMD is mostly “the Linux way”, that’s why the Linux community love AMD more than Nvidia.
In any case of hardware parity between Nvidia and AMD; Linux crowd will always prefer AMD, because AMD mean you can use any kind of Linux distro-thing and have an uncompromising gaming experience.
Managed to get access to Marvel Rivals' alpha? Make sure you don't criticise it, as that contract you signed doesn't let you (web.archive.org)
Steam is now refunding Ghost of Tsushima for people in affected countries. (lemmy.ca)
Asus’ ROG Ally X is going to struggle against the Steam Deck OLED (www.pcgamesn.com)
100 Days Later, Neuralink’s First Human Patient Is Now Using His Brain Implant to Play Slay the Spire (www.ign.com)
Men of War II will be online-only at launch but an offline mode is in development (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Classic Marathon 2 TBA on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
Homeworld 3 performance analysis: Surprisingly scalable but no ultra-high frame rates (www.pcgamer.com)
God of War Ragnarok PC Port Announcement Is Imminent, Leaker Claims (gamerant.com)
Poppy Playtime Is the Latest Horror Video Game to Get the Movie Treatment - IGN (www.ign.com)
Nvidia's unannounced R100 AI GPUs reportedly coming in late 2025 — 'Vera Rubin' multi-chip designs using 3nm and CoWoS-L (www.tomshardware.com)
Incredible Apple M4 benchmarks suggest it is the new single-core performance champ, beating Intel's Core i9-14900KS — results of 3,800+ posted [Geekbench online database] (www.tomshardware.com)
After Buying Up Studios, Xbox Says It Doesn't Have The Resources To Run Them (kotaku.com)
AMD takes CPU market share from Intel in desktops and servers, but Intel fights back in laptops (www.tomshardware.com)
Mark Hamill Is Back As The Joker In MultiVersus (kotaku.com)
Crusader Kings III gets a Free Weekend plus a big Paradox sale on Steam (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Save 90% on Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition 90% off on Steam [~6€/$ for Mass Effect 1/2/3 +40DLC] (store.steampowered.com)
Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.0 Preview: Remote-Controlled - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
Little Kitty, Big City - Little Kitty, Big City is available NOW! - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
Asus’ next ROG Ally will be the ROG Ally X (www.theverge.com)
Capcom Is Making More Money Than Ever Before — and It’s Forecast Even Better to Come - IGN (www.ign.com)
Dead Games News: Response from UK Government (www.youtube.com)
EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO (www.tomshardware.com)
On the Warner Bros. Discovery earnings call this morning, CEO David Zaslav [....] "disappointing release of Suicide Squad," (nitter.privacydev.net)
On the Warner Bros. Discovery earnings call this morning, CEO David Zaslav said that their quarter’s financials took a hit due to the “disappointing release of Suicide Squad,” the newest game from Rocksteady Studios
Now is an amazing time to buy these AMD Ryzen CPUs (www.pcgamesn.com)
Devolver co-founder says large-scale game dev "crushing under its own weight a little bit" (archive.is)
Crow Country: The Kotaku Review (kotaku.com)
Report: Devs Were Working On Redfall's Offline Mode Up Until They Were Fired (kotaku.com)
Valve launches Proton 9.0 with improved game compatibility and more - KitGuru (www.kitguru.net)
With a Nintendo Switch 2 on the way, I hope Valve make a Steam Deck 2 (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Denuvo Outage Makes Hit Single-Player Game Unplayable [Persona 5] (gamerant.com)
Bethesda Softworks to close Arkane Austin [Redfall], Tango Gameworks[Hi-Fi RUSH,The Evil Within], Alpha Dog Games[mobile games], and Roundhouse Studios [remnants of Human Head Studios: Prey,Rune] (www.gematsu.com)
Leaker claims Nvidia plans to launch RTX 5080 before RTX 5090 — which would make perfect sense for a dual-die monster GPU ["@kopite7kimi believes"] (www.tomshardware.com)
Microsoft Abandons Redfall and Cancels DLC After Shutting Developer Arkane Austin Down - IGN (www.ign.com)
Official mod support is coming to Darkest Dungeon 2 next month (www.pcgamesn.com)
Remedy Entertainment cancels premium co-op multiplayer game ‘Codename Kestrel’ (www.gematsu.com)
Activision Reportedly Ditched Tony Hawk 3+4 For More Call Of Duty (kotaku.com)
[84% off offer] Titanfall® 2 on Steam [less than 5$/€] (store.steampowered.com)
Chrono Ark is a roguelike that blends Slay the Spire style deckbuilding with Persona 5 like RPG game design, and it's blowing up on Steam. (www.pcgamesn.com)
With a few days to go Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy is fully funded on Kickstarter (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Playtron give a bit more detail on the Linux-based PlaytronOS and their plans (www.gamingonlinux.com)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Review: A Value Gaming Masterpiece (www.tomshardware.com)
Hades II now Early Access on Steam [EA reviews are already ~9/10] [verified SteamDeck] (store.steampowered.com)
videogamer 10/10...
Which GPU or GPU brand would you buy for gaming these days?
Eyeing the Helldivers 2 backlash with a nervous flop sweat, Sucker Punch assures us that Ghost of Tsushima won't need a PSN login for single player [co-op online multiplayer mode still require it] (www.pcgamer.com)