Video Game General 2: Definitive/Remastered Edition

@Mikey  
But, didn’t you see all the Google Stadia ads?!
 
That’s the way of the future!

Just beat Outlast and Outlast: Whistleblower, now moving on to Outlast II.
 
Wish me luck.

@Cyborg_pony  
Did you know the Switch has games? Wow, I’m blown away.

@Cyborg_pony  
And yet no one cares about it.

@SombrLiz  
Death Stranding: Crying over the waste of money.
 
Switch: FUGGIN’ GAMES! BYETCH!

@Mikey  
#1: I’m most likely going to swap out my i7-3770 for a 3rd or 4th generation Ryzen 5 or 7 by that time, though.
 
#2: I already bought the last console I’m likely going to buy, that being the Nintendo Switch.

Speaking of PCs…  
Last night, I had a dream where 7-Eleven sold gaming PCs. [shudders]

Wait, Death Stranding is a waste of money?

@Lord Goku  
They come water cooled, using Slurpees as the coolant.

There’s a New Vegas mod on Nexus Mods, that is hoping to recreate Fallout 1 as a New Vegas Mod. It has Vaults 13 and 15, along with a few towns, and so far has some decent voice acting. So far it looks like they don’t want to put everything in one big world map, Bethesda style, but instead have a very unique world map that you view from top down, with a fog of war. The mod is very much a work in progress, I haven’t had a chance to try it myself yet, but there’s plenty of content showing it on YouTube.

@gingerninja666  
I mean the gameplay is literally about delivering packages.

@Lord Goku  
I’ll probably buy Nintendo’s next console because I can’t let my childhood go. I still love them, and I hope they keep their gacha shit to mobile.

@gingerninja666  
No. I haven’t played it myself, but it seems like a really odd game that you just have to try for yourself. It just sounds like you need a lot of patience for it

For some reason I don’t want to play the new Modern Warfare.
 
I don’t know why I don’t care for it.

@Mikey  
If Nintendo does release a Switch 2, and it’s design resembles the original Switch with the removable and swappable controllers, and not the Switch Lite, I’ll buy it.  
A full size Switch with video out HDMI, with better processor and graphics, is exactly what I want from Nintendo.  
But people have been speculating for some time now that Nintendo wants out of the hardware business and just focus on software.  
Either follow a “bring your own device” type of deal where you can access Nintendo games and services from your phone.  
Or continue to supply games for a console, but instead the consoles are designed and brought to market by someone else.  
That could be like having a Switch 2, or a new system that succeedes the Switch, but you could have 2 or 3 different vendors making the consoles, they all run software supplied by Nintendo and run the same games, but each system from a different vendor meet different needs.  
Like one system is full spec, is beefier and maybe costs a bit more.  
Another one is smaller, lighter and more portable and costs less.  
And another might be built differently enough for someone who’s not happy with the other options.  
Kind of like what the PC market is now, they all run Microsoft Windows, but there’s enough variety that everyone can have a system built to their needs.  
I’d hate to live in a Apple world where everyone’s computers are ALL Macintosh’s and nobody does custom builds.  
Kinda like when you go to a car show and everyone checks out each other’s cars.  
The limit to individuality I have ever saw in a Mac user was if they put stickers on their case and what they had for a wallpaper…

@Mikey  
I didn’t click the link, but just seeing the words, Popular Video Games Get You To Spend Money, just reeks of “I follow popular trends!” or “I only buy AAA games.” which I guess is not much better than trying to pretending buying indie games doesn’t make you a hipster…

@Ping_chan  
It’s “Fool your brain into stealing your money,” with the thumbnail being an a slot machine, likely referring to lootboxes and other means of scummy microtransactions in popular games/franchises.

@Meanlucario  

 
This, it talks about how the major take advantage of consumers, I recommend watching.

@Mikey  
There’s a reason the popular franchises are the worst examples of scummy practices, since they know they have an audience to exploit.

@Meanlucario  
Indeed. The guy talks about how they consult actual mental psychologists to exploit people.

@Meanlucario  
@Mikey  
Interesting, microtransactions. Online games where you feel pressure to out do your friends with cosmetic bullshit. Microtransactions.

@Ping_chan  
Dead Space says hi, only their microtransactions are called DLC, even though they are the same in practice.