Congrats on the release!

Holy moly this thread got a lot of comments! Is Lemmy growing up? Are we big now?

Funny how the key stakeholders are never on the chopping block, huh?

Wow, that letter to employees was even soulless by corporate non-apology standards.

It’s not their fault they’re gatekeepers, it’s a symptom of their success. The biggest platform will have a much greater pull inherently, and it should be their responsibility to act fairly because of that position. Thankfully they seem to take that seriously so far. We can only hope it stays that way.

Having the biggest audience to the degree that they do absolutely makes them a gatekeeper. If Steam became predatory tomorrow it would have a catastrophic effect on the consumer friendliness of the current PC market because you wouldn’t have anywhere else to turn for many games. GOG and Itch don’t have nearly as large of a selection of mainstream stuff.

Right, that’s the article that doesn’t explain why they’re doing it.

Why are they doing it? Legal troubles? I didn’t see any explanation in the article.

“Nor in any future presidential election.”

“Until it’s someone Jeff wants, then we will definitely do it again.”

You’re not wrong, but I’d still encourage everyone to celebrate the small victories. If we wait for perfection it may never come.

As a game designer, I would prefer my security be maintained through an elaborate series of puzzles.

My condolences to anyone who has to spend enough time on LinkedIn that you would need to kill time there.

Same

They mean the start of 2026, right?.. Right?

I just like to say I’m starting my villain arc

Doesn’t seem to be working considering this is a post about a major article about it.

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And gain new tech debt in the process!

I definitely agree about going back to more bespoke engines.

Is it taking extraordinary measures, or is it more leaning into the hyper realism look because that’s what people expect when they hear UE5? Not a rhetorical question, I just would assume the latter.