They were also much simpler and smaller back then with often extremely limited specification variations. And DRM existed back then too, with some fairly egregious and infamous physical DRM checks.

One of the DLC is just a better version of the camp item that you can’t find in-game.

In what capacity is it anymore disrespect than doing literally anything else?

With the exploration thing, I get “W”-anderer vibes or something along those lines.

That’s not even strange, the spoon is just the perfect utensil.

It’s the same version, just different numbers. The update for Xbox should be out by now, I noticed there was an update for it a few hours ago.

Isn’t that practically the same as all games in general?

You don’t think it’d still be the same even with the headphone jack still there? Wireless headphones and converters for wired headphones do exist, they just don’t care.

Big city taxi companies now have all the same features as Uber

But weren’t they saying above that big city taxi companies were basically the only decent taxi companies already? Them getting better doesn’t solve what Uber is providing an alternative for.

Not to mention that Steamworks DRM is practically non-existent anyways (and that it also wasn’t necessary to use, it’s rare, but some games just don’t protect their game with any DRM).

Isn’t that largely just the case for competitive games?

And they’ll keep being the de-facto option if you just keep accepting that they are. In the end, Adobe software and their alternatives are often similar enough that transitioning from one to the other isn’t difficult.

Or better yet, just don’t use Adobe products. Staying in their ecosystem is how they end up getting money anyways if that’s what you know how to use.

It’s even more baffling when some loading screens are already dark as well.

While true, that’s not exactly relevant when it’s a choice between losing a lot of money and not losing a lot of money.

It really makes their tests for the higher bit rate “1080p Premium” quality just seem like reducing the current 1080p and locking out the one we already had.

On the other hand though, it’s Valve so they won’t get to 3.

While that would be ideal and it makes me feel a bit gross when I catch myself thinking the same things sometimes, it’s inevitable. Retribution is one of the easiest ways to exact a punishment, violent or not.

I know it’s easy to claim that, but is there any actual proof of that?