The Arcadium's Random Thoughts

[winb83]

My mans Typlosion is really going through it right now




In case anybody is confused on the Typlosion Pokémon story this was supposed to be his original story

I'm not understanding Typlosion is an animal. It needs an story to define it?

 

[Mowgli]

 

[General Mills]

 

[Why-Fi]

why am i playing ff9 again. glad i didnt sell this steam deck like i started to

i want to get around to metaphor but i just modded this shyt

 

[storyteller]

Not too much longer before the Arkham VR game drops, and I think it looks really promising.

Reviews are dropping and it's getting a lot of love. I'll def be giving this a purchase and spin.

Batman: Arkham Shadow Review - IGN

www.ign.com

Batman: Arkham Shadow Reviews

Gotham City is in danger. And you’re the only one who can save it. Batman: Arkham Shadow, coming late 2024. Only on Meta Quest 3.

www.metacritic.com

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

How does Phil Spencer still have a job? In fact, how did he get promoted?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

How does Phil Spencer still have a job? In fact, how did he get promoted?

Uncle Phil:

Xbox's Console User Count At Record High, Says Microsoft Gaming CEO

"When everybody plays, we all win"

www.purexbox.com

Xbox Just Had Its Best Year Of All Time Based On Revenue

Xbox generated $16.28 billion in calendar year 2021, a new all-time high for the company in the past 20 years.

www.gamespot.com

Xbox smashes records with $16.2 billion earned in FY22

Xbox gaming generated an incredible $16.2 billion in revenues throughout FY22, making more money than it ever has before.

www.tweaktown.com

Xbox closes its fiscal year with ‘record annual revenue’ | VGC

UPDATE: Xbox has “been the market leader in North America for three quarters in a row among next-gen consoles”…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Microsoft’s gaming revenues overtake Windows thanks to Activision Blizzard

Microsoft’s devices revenue is down once again.

www.theverge.com

Xbox Achieves All-Time High 200 Million Monthly Users Across All Platforms

In an earnings call, Satya Nadella revealed that the Xbox ecosystem has over 200 million monthly active users across all platforms.

exputer.com

Microsoft Games Are Having A Major Moment On The PS5 Best-Seller Charts

Out of the current top 25 best-selling games on PS5, 7 are owned by Microsoft, compared to Sony's 5.

www.gamespot.com

Xbox's 'Sea of Thieves' dominates PlayStation's sales charts in North America and Europe



Sony stans: “Why don’t they fire that nikka and close down xbox”


Sony stans

 

[MajesticLion]

Anti-piracy company Denuvo is tired of gamers saying its DRM is bad for games: "It's super hard to see, as a gamer, what is the immediate benefit"

"I'm a gamer myself, and therefore I know what I'm talking about"

www.gamesradar.com

Anti-piracy company Denuvo is tired of gamers saying its DRM is bad for games: "It's super hard to see, as a gamer, what is the immediate benefit"​

"I'm a gamer myself, and therefore I know what I'm talking about"



By and large, PC gamers hate Denuvo, the controversial DRM software that has become the industry standard for anti-piracy protection. It seems that Denuvo is now trying to rehabilitate its image with a big PR campaign led by product manager Andreas Ullmann, who's making the interview circuit while trying to improve the company's image among gamers.

"I think it's super hard for a gamer," Ullmann tells Rock Paper Shotgun. "I'm a gamer myself, and therefore I know what I'm talking about. I think it's super hard to see, as a gamer, what is the immediate benefit for me that a certain game developer, game publisher, is using our anti-piracy services." This gap, coupled with the fact that Denuvo "simply works" and "pirates cannot play games" which use it, as Ullmann puts it, are two main contributors to its negative reputation, he argues.

Ullmann cites a new study suggesting that piracy can take about 20% of a game's revenue. "If I, as a gamer, would read that, I see: okay, then these big corporations are just making even more money." Ullmann says that with budgets for AAA games in the hundreds of millions, publishers are looking for "insurance" in forms like Denuvo. "Again, this does not have an immediate benefit for me as a player. But if you look further, the more successful a game is, the longer it will get updates. The more additional content will come to that game, the more likely it is that there will be a next iteration of the game. That's basically the benefits that we offer to the average player."

I don't want to just sit here and poke holes in Ullmann's argument from afar, but by his own admission it's going to be tough for gamers to consider the idea that maybe Denuvo will help publishers line their pockets enough to ensure updates for everybody's favorite games.


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[Obreh Winfrey]

Somebody gonna have to explain the appeal of Valheim to me because I've been struggling to find any real fun with it

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

 

[daze23]

 

[Mowgli]

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

 

[Gizmo_Duck]