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“We no longer have choice. We no longer have voice. And what is left when you have no choice and no voice? Exit.” - Andreas Antonopoulos

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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • They were one of my favorites over 20 years ago. I played many of their games: Splinter Cell, Beyond Good & Evil, Child of Light, Assassin’s Creed. I never played Far Cry, Prince of Persia, or got heavily into Rayman, but they certainly did make many gems.

    Then somewhere around 10-15 years ago, they enshittified.

    Now they’re an evil and anti-consumer corporation. I don’t buy their games anymore, which is a shame because I’d love the Beyond Good & Evil remaster and the upcoming sequel. I’d love to play Immortals Fenyx Rising. But their track record shows they will only release games that are: “safe” copy-and-paste games, not innovative, unoriginal, loaded with micro transactions and predatory telemetry, and equipped with DRM and kill switches.

    Why purchase and play Immortals Fenyx Rising when in 10 years they’ll just take it away from me? Such a shame. I won’t participate in Ubisoft games anymore unless they course correct (read: They will never course correct).








  • CatZoomies@lemmy.worldtoSteam Deck@sopuli.xyzGOG or STEAM? how do you choose?
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    10 months ago

    I own most of my games on GOG these days. I still lease my games on Steam on occasion, because I do love the ecosystem and that my spouse can play my games easily.

    But now I’m thinking of the end game. One day after Gabe steps away from Valve and appoints his replacement, that replacement will also need to step away. Eventually, Steam will go public, and their vision will change.

    For now though I’m not too worried about Steam, but it does make me reconsider where I buy my games from. Ever since Ubisoft had that server shutdown notice a few years ago that would have rendered some of my digital DLC for my physical disc of Splinter Cell Blacklist on Wii U unplayable, I’m now very cautious about ownership of all my media.





  • I decided to bite the bullet and preordered two 2 TB SSDs, which release officially next Friday on Sep 22nd. I haven’t used a Steam Deck, but the two Steam Decks I ordered just arrived today for my spouse and I (yay!). They’re a gift for us next month, so I’ll install them next month and have impressions by then.

    While doing research, I only found that there was an SN740 model from WD that was only sold in some regions that Steam Deck users were using. People were happy with it so I figure the higher spec model is probably fine to use. Reddit link here (served through Libreddit privacy front-end): https://libreddit.kavin.rocks/r/SteamDeck/comments/y9yg9i/2230_sn740_nvme_ssd_for_steam_deck/

    So far though, I only know the SN770 is TLC NAND and basically similar to the published Corsair MP600 specs. I’d love to get my hands on MLC or SLC, but I don’t think it exists for that capacity (nor would it be affordable). My guess is by the time an affordable MLC or SLC arrives in 2280 config, Steam Deck 2 will be out and probably use a more common SSD form factor.